In other news, the British public schools are finishing up this week, which means there is good news and bad news:
The good news is that I don't have to do supply teaching anymore! Even though it was horrible at times, it was the way God provided for our family. I didn't get called as much as I thought I would - only once or twice a week at most - but at least we were able to prevent financial hemorrhaging for the last five months. While I didn't like working so little, it also allowed lots of time for me to stay at home and show hospitality to our wave of guests recently, which is a huge blessing.
The bad news is that I don't have a way to earn any money for six more weeks until I start my new job. I am back online with the temp agency that got me the work at Josephine Butler College, but things are very slow at the University because they are between terms. Is there anything I can do for anyone in/around Durham? Organize your closets? Help you clean? Babysit? Cook? I've also been dressing up the blog a little bit more in hopes of someday figuring out how to make money off of it without bombarding people with randomly generated ads. Any insight or wisdom you might have about this would be helpful.
There may be a way for me to start at the Durham School on August 1st instead of September 1st, but I have to wait until the end of the month to find out if that will work. Will you pray that this happens? Not only will it be a huge financial help, but I think it would be really good to get a jump start on navigating the job before the international students arrive on September 3rd.
Meanwhile, I am in serious need of prayer for discipline in all things: eating, exercising, time management, spiritual disciplines, etc. When I was crazy busy with work and moving and homemaking and hosting wife-ing and all of what made up my life at its busiest times, I thought to myself, "If only I didn't have to work! I'd cook stellar meals, keep a spotless house, study my Bible, journal, read for pleasure, exercise, stay in better touch with my friends and family, and blah, blah, blah EVERY DAY!" Well, that's just not true.
Instead of wallowing in and wailing about how not perfect I am (shocker), I need to just put one foot in front of the other (repentance and faith, repentance and faith, repentance and faith) and keep doing the next thing with complete dependence on Jesus. That way all the glory goes to God.
Here's one of the very, very few books that came with me to England. If you don't have one already, get one. Never mind the 70's cover. It's so good! So, so good!
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Yes, we have that book also and it is fabulous. Another book we really like and is a repeat reader is "Trusting God" by Bridges. It's a classic but so good. And one more which was written by someone I know personally, Spurgeon on Leadership by Steve Miller.
Hang in there girl. You're not perfect but still the Lord thought you were worth dying for. And that, to me, is better than perfect.
Mark gave me that book last year, and it's a good one. AND he got this same one with the fantastic 1970s cover. I'll be in prayer for you as I pray for my own discipline, as well.
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