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Friday was my last day of work at Trinity Behavioral Healthcare. My office family(co-workers) really sent me off well. They really made an effort to make me feel cared for and appreciated- they decorated the entire office for an aloha party- balloons, streamers, lays(the necklace thing you get on tropical islands), we had food all day and one of my coworkers even wrote a sarcastic poem including several inside jokes we all shared-really made me feel special/cared for.

It is now Tuesday- we move on May 29th and I am realizing that while I like being at home with Melanie- I am the type of person who really needs to be working/doing something or I get bored/ start to feel useless. I still have plenty to do, but I am glad I offered to the family if they had any projects to do I would be there.

In other news a friend of Mine Terry S. is puting together a Fish Fry on May 16th at his church(Cash Baptist church) to benefit a sister church and another pastor friend of ours Paul C. Paul's church has gone over budget on their new building which they had initially planned on being in by Christmas 2008. The initial plan was to have mission teams who would come in do most of the labor and thus cut down costs- but due to the economy not many mission teams have gone out and they only have the foundation and main support beams up so far and have opted to hire a professional contractor to finish the work- but this will put them over budget- so if any of you are not busy on May 16- the fish fry will be going on at 6pm for $5 per plate including fish and all the home made trimmings.

Something else that I am incredibly excited about is that this Saturday May 9, 2009 My amazing wife Melanie will be graduating from Williams Baptist college:-) woohoo.

With all the extra time I have on my hands now I picked up a book I had to read as a freshman in college for a book review, but now I am actually pushing myself to take it in and learn from it. The book is Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster. I am only a few chapters in and I am realizing the depths of wisdom this book has to offer. I just finished a chapter on meditation, surprisingly it really is pushing me to expand the way I perceive prayer and how I seek after Jesus. I wanted to share a quote from the book which really stood out to me so let me know what you think:
"True Godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it"
This book is helping to push me and show me practical ways to seek God and to gain a greater passion and desire for Him and his word.
I hope this has been encouraging,
Much love,
Ira