Talk About A Change….

Most everyone who reads this blog remembers me like this….  

The Secretary of FCC, Wednesday night children’s teacher in summer, and all around ‘go to’ person. If you needed something I was the person to come to. If we didn't have it already, I would get it for you, and if it was an elusive item, I would find it no matter what.

I was the church membership’s personal phone directory, money collector for many projects and events, sounding board for other staff members and the person with the answers to who, what, when, where & how.

Well, in the year that has past since we left Tennessee I have found a new job and it is not what anyone would expect.

Here is my new office…. 

...and here is my new desk.

And here is where I work…  

While I am mowing the expansive areas you see, I also get to enjoy these beautiful sights….. 

It is a beautiful sight to look out 

over a field of wild flowers 

in an array of different colors.

Sometimes I am even treated to the occasional critter like this baby squirrel hiding in the baseball dugout. There was actually two but one was a little too shy and scurried around the back. 

The thing I find fascinating about my new job is that I spend so much more time talking to God now than I ever did working as a church secretary. I know that sounds odd but it's the truth. With great amounts of time to think I found myself thinking of things I didn't want in my head. To battle the bad thoughts I decided to talk to God instead. 

I talk to Him about my family, my friends, myself and all the 'now what' questions I had. I pray for the family members of the people buried in the cemetery I mow weekly, some I now know and care about. 

I talk to Him about what He wants me to do with my life now and how to go about it. I ask for strength, guidance and peace. 

This job is seasonal and will end in late September. What I will do after that I don't know. I do know that I will be in Idaho with my mom for a couple months. (Rick will take over the mowing.)  I am flying out on the 15th to be with her while she goes through surgery to repair damage from a heart attack and have a pace maker put in. Something none of us ever expected with my mom. She has always had what the family jokingly called 'an iron constitution', and they all secretly admired her for it. The attack she had was pretty severe from what the doctors told her so I imagine her iron constitution is what has kept her going since then. I ask for your prayers for her recovery and over all health. 

While I am there I will post about what is going on and try to get a bit of information about the area & my adventures there. I imagine the next couple of months will hold some big changes for us. 

Love you all and thanks for reading.