This past Saturday we were able to host a baby shower for our dear friend Kristin Fowler who is going to have a baby boy soon! Kristin has been a real blessing in my life as I've moved away from my life long friends! Keith and Kristin live less than 5 miles away and we're able to get together with them quite a bit. They've showed us hospitality many times - I stayed there while Jose and I were engaged and Jose had several dinners there before we were married, and now we both come over for fun times. I'm excited for baby Joshua's arrival :) Tonight I'll be going with Kristin to a birthing class - her husband is busy and she asked me to come. You can see some pictures of us girls (and baby Jack and Joshua) having a fun time at the shower.
This past week I've been taking a review class for the NCLEX and studying at Barnes and Noble. Jose is helping me to stick to my study plan. Friday I applied online for Children's Hospital, so please pray that they would call me back for an interview.
Next week Jose and I will be in Dallas getting some training for him to be the Family Readiness Officer (FRO) and me to be the Key Volunteer(KVO) for his unit, which means we'll be a point of contact for families if there is a deployment. I'll let you know how that goes.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Life in General
Hello Family and Friends!
Jose and I wanted to start this blogger as a way to keep our friends informed about what's going on in our lives, ask for prayer, and communicate with those we can't see often. The married life is going wonderfully! It's almost been 4 months :) We've settled in our apartment here in sunny San Diego and have been keeping busy.
This Sunday we will be starting the new members class at Grace Church. We are excited as we are getting more involved by serving in the hospitality and children's ministry. Our new home group just started this past Sunday and I'm excited for what God has in store for us. It's been fun meeting lots of new people and getting plugged in.
Monday nights we are in a group called CBS (Couples Bible Study) that Jose is helping to lead. The group originally started with Christian couples whose husbands were in the Navy on the same ship. Now only two of the men are still on the ship and the group is more diverse in that way. The group had been more of a social outlet with a commonality in the military but is now changing to focus more on our commonality as Christians to encourage, fellowship, keep each other accountable, and pray for one another. We just started to go through the book "Why Small Groups?" and can see good coming from that already.
Jose and I have been trying to get in shape by running together more regularly. We live by a really cool dirt trail that actually goes to the ocean (although we haven't gone that far yet). Yesterday I was really challenged as we ran close to 8 miles on the base at Miramar. We're hoping to run some races together in the future.
As Jose mentioned earlier, I need prayer to study for the NCLEX test to become a registered nurse. I took a review course earlier this summer and took the test August 11th. I didn't have the best feeling after the test. We waited about 2 weeks for the result and found out I did not pass. God is sovereign and has a good plan for the future! I'm taking the review course a second time starting Monday, Sept. 18th. We're hoping that I can take the NCLEX again sometime in November. I had two different job offers, but obviously was not able to take them due to not passing. I'm going to apply for more jobs starting at Children's Hospital. My desire is to work in Pediatrics and maybe this is why God didn't allow me to pass the first time. I'm enjoying this time now of not working 12 hr shifts. Right now I'm working part time at Starbucks, because it was easy to transfer from MD to here. I've been working the opening shift lately, which is at 4:15 am (bright and early...no actually it's still dark).
Jose is stationed at Miramar and works with reservists. One weekend a month he works as the reserves come in. It's not that bad because the following week he gets Thursday- Sunday off.
God has really blessed us with the job he has now. It's so much better than getting deployed to Iraq again! He's been able to come home for lunch on many afternoons, or sometimes I go there to bring him lunch. He also doesn't usually stay at work that late, so that's another bonus. Praise God!
Well, as you can see I've already written quite a bit :) We'll try to keep this as up to date as possible. Write back and let us know what's going on in your lives!
Jose and I wanted to start this blogger as a way to keep our friends informed about what's going on in our lives, ask for prayer, and communicate with those we can't see often. The married life is going wonderfully! It's almost been 4 months :) We've settled in our apartment here in sunny San Diego and have been keeping busy.
This Sunday we will be starting the new members class at Grace Church. We are excited as we are getting more involved by serving in the hospitality and children's ministry. Our new home group just started this past Sunday and I'm excited for what God has in store for us. It's been fun meeting lots of new people and getting plugged in.
Monday nights we are in a group called CBS (Couples Bible Study) that Jose is helping to lead. The group originally started with Christian couples whose husbands were in the Navy on the same ship. Now only two of the men are still on the ship and the group is more diverse in that way. The group had been more of a social outlet with a commonality in the military but is now changing to focus more on our commonality as Christians to encourage, fellowship, keep each other accountable, and pray for one another. We just started to go through the book "Why Small Groups?" and can see good coming from that already.
Jose and I have been trying to get in shape by running together more regularly. We live by a really cool dirt trail that actually goes to the ocean (although we haven't gone that far yet). Yesterday I was really challenged as we ran close to 8 miles on the base at Miramar. We're hoping to run some races together in the future.
As Jose mentioned earlier, I need prayer to study for the NCLEX test to become a registered nurse. I took a review course earlier this summer and took the test August 11th. I didn't have the best feeling after the test. We waited about 2 weeks for the result and found out I did not pass. God is sovereign and has a good plan for the future! I'm taking the review course a second time starting Monday, Sept. 18th. We're hoping that I can take the NCLEX again sometime in November. I had two different job offers, but obviously was not able to take them due to not passing. I'm going to apply for more jobs starting at Children's Hospital. My desire is to work in Pediatrics and maybe this is why God didn't allow me to pass the first time. I'm enjoying this time now of not working 12 hr shifts. Right now I'm working part time at Starbucks, because it was easy to transfer from MD to here. I've been working the opening shift lately, which is at 4:15 am (bright and early...no actually it's still dark).
Jose is stationed at Miramar and works with reservists. One weekend a month he works as the reserves come in. It's not that bad because the following week he gets Thursday- Sunday off.
God has really blessed us with the job he has now. It's so much better than getting deployed to Iraq again! He's been able to come home for lunch on many afternoons, or sometimes I go there to bring him lunch. He also doesn't usually stay at work that late, so that's another bonus. Praise God!
Well, as you can see I've already written quite a bit :) We'll try to keep this as up to date as possible. Write back and let us know what's going on in your lives!
Friday, September 08, 2006
God has provided!!
Just to let everyone know, Rebekah and I have been praying about our investment home in Texas. A couple of months ago our renter left the home and we were stuck with another mortgage payment. Well, God has now provided another renter!
Some other things that Rebekah and I have been praying about and need pray about are as follows:
Please pray for Gods wisdom in discerning my call to be a Navy Chaplain, stay in the Marine Corps or to become a professor of mathematics. I have until July 2008 to be in the Marine Corps so that means lots of time to pray.
Thank you so much!
We love you all!!
Some other things that Rebekah and I have been praying about and need pray about are as follows:
Pray for our family to receive Christ as their savior. We always pray for this. I know that both of our hearts are continually hoping that God will reveal to them their sin, show them His mercy and grace and that they will repent.
Pray for Rebekah as she turns to the books to study for her NCLEX exam. It is the test she has to pass before she can become a nurse. We are thinking sometime in November will be the test.
Please pray for Gods wisdom in discerning my call to be a Navy Chaplain, stay in the Marine Corps or to become a professor of mathematics. I have until July 2008 to be in the Marine Corps so that means lots of time to pray.
Thank you so much!
We love you all!!
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