The Secretary Extraordinaire goes Ecumenical

I just found out that I may be able to fill in for another church secretary while she is gone for three months! At this time of year, that makes me very happy as I can use all the money I can get. Right now I work at a United Methodist church on Fridays. That would give me Tuesday and Thursday at a Presbyterian church. There's another church that might be looking for a secretary a couple days a week too. I could be full-time, just at different churches. Maybe I should start a church secretary business! ;) I am way excited because we need some more income right now. But of course God will supply our needs. We were in a crazy accident last Friday. Our whole family was in the van and I was driving to work. I hit a deeper patch of snow and couldn't stop us from going into a ditch that was at LEAST 6 feet deep and had 1-2 feet of water in it. We ended up on our side. The van was totaled, but we are all ok. Thank you, God!!! (And I really mean that - it's not just an expression) We were in need of a vehicle, though. But we were given one by a Mennonite Pastor and his wife. However, they are afraid that the transmission might go out soon. We have another car, but it isn't running right now. We should be able to get it fixed before the other gives out, though. AND I just found out that someone is giving us a van! A 1998 Dodge Caravan! I couldn't be happier! God is SO good to us when we are faithful to Him! He's AWESOME!!!

Boring Stuff

I'm posting these to my blog just so that I can put them on my daughter's blog.

Happy Days Are Here Again

Today I had a good day. I've been in such a vile mood, but the doc put me on some different meds and now I feel much happier. I wish I could be like this without meds... But at least I can cope again. Work didn't even irritate me today. I feel I could accomplish anything.
My hubby bought me a wonderful Christmas present and gave it to me early. It was a dishwasher. I've been yearning for one for so long. I think that it should be required in all parsonages, but it's not. If I were United Methodist I would be guaranteed one, but not as an Assembly of God minister. :( O well, I have one now. It's portable so I can take it with me when we move (which is a long time from now I hope). I do like it here in Sebewaing a lot. Lots of friendly people. I do wish that we weren't in the Thumb (of the Michigan hand), though. I can't get cell phone service that covers everywhere around here that I go. But the scenery is pretty here. And I love our cute little parsonage. Well, Have a Happy Day!

Phone Lines

Ok, it's time for a rant. I have been working at my job since March. When I started they put me in a Sunday school room without a phone line. But they said 2 or 3 weeks and I would have one. Of course I don't... It has been 8 months!!! What is up with that??? I have even written a letter to those who could take care of it and they decided they should take care of it. But did they? Where is the follow through? I have been harping to my husband about that a lot lately, too. And myself... Where is follow through? why is that so hard to accomplish these days? Have we all just got too much on our plates? I think it would at least help if we cut some things out of lives so we had more time.

Blog Stopper

I found an interesting blog while I was creating a blog for my daughter. It is called "Everlasting Blog Stopper." She would seem to have Buddhist beliefs and practices, which I don't adhere to, but her views on life had me laughing (in a good way). I think she is very funny. I also thought that some of her thoughts were right on in her post about what normal is. So I added her to my links. As I said, I appreciated the site because of her sense of humor and personality. She also had a lot of cute pictures and borders on her blog.

Personality Quiz Results

Advanced Global Personality Test Results Extraversion 66% Stability 23% Orderliness 53% Accommodation 23% Interdependence 83% Intellectual 30% Mystical 36% Artistic 76% Religious 90% Hedonism 10% Materialism 36% Narcissism 23% Adventurousness 43% Work ethic 43% Self absorbed 76% Conflict seeking 23% Need to dominate 70% Romantic 36% Avoidant 30% Anti-authority 50% Wealth 10% Dependency 83% Change averse 56% Cautiousness 76% Individuality 43% Sexuality 50% Peter pan complex 10% Physical security 70% Physical Fitness 10% Histrionic 70% Paranoia 90% Vanity 56% Hypersensitivity 83% Female cliche 56%

Stability results were low which suggests you are very worrying, insecure, emotional, and anxious.
Orderliness results were medium which suggests you are moderately organized, hard working, and reliable while still remaining flexible, efficient, and fun.
Extraversion results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting at the expense of developing your own individual interests and internally based identity.

trait snapshot:
open, tough, irritable, worrying, does not like to be alone, craves attention, low self control, emotionally sensitive, interacting, sad, very social, aggressive, prefer organized to unpredictable, dependent, social chameleon, suspicious, values the heart over the mind, likes large parties, outgoing, likes to make fun, likes to fit in, mildly phobic, vain, makes friends easily, enjoys leadership, clingy, rash

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I'm not sure about these reults, but I did take this quiz at 2:30 in the morning - that could have affected my scores. I know i'm pretty psycho sometimes, but I hope i'm not really THAT psycho...

New Emmaus Sticker

Emmaus Internet Bumper Stickers

I recently went on an Emmaus walk (and it was wonderful). These are some things that I frequently type at the bottom of e-mails to Emmaus people. They are my own creation. Feel free to use them in your e-mail signature. They make e-mailing a little easier. Any others you would like created? Post a comment, i'll see what I can do.

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My God-Shaped Hole

While I was doing my devotions last night, I realized that the best way for me to make more time for God was to give up having cable, which is hard for me to do. I love watching TLC and being able to see the regular channels clearly. But I have to take that tv out of the God shaped hole inside myself and fill it with God again.

Am I a Wesleyan?

I took a quiz to see which theological tradition best fits me. Here are my results. I found it very interesting since I am a Minister in the Assemblies of God, which is pentecostal. You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan. You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God's grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you assurance of your salvation, and he also enables you to live the life of obedience to which God has called us. You are influenced heavly by John Wesley and the Methodists. Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan 93% Neo orthodox 86% Emergent/Postmodern 82% Charismatic/Pentecostal 64% Reformed Evangelical 61% Classical Liberal 57% Fundamentalist 54% Roman Catholic 43% Modern Liberal 21% What's your theological worldview? created with QuizFarm.com

My Family

These are the two wonderful little monsters that I have created. I love them, but they sure know how to get into trouble. This picture was taken just after Ella decided to leap from my husband's arms. She face-planted the grass and scraped her chin and nose. The flowers she is holding were given to her by one of the bridesmaids (we were at my brother's wedding) to keep her happy while we got a family picture. Foster will be one on September 25th. He gets into EVERYTHING! Even as I am writing this he has dumped my trash can, tried to eat a bouncy ball and tried to drink from my can of pop. I sure do love them, though.

Why must I post in order to finish setting this up?

That is a pain.