News

So, we found out earlier this week that we are now official PBT recruits.  Wooo!

We've been waiting for this news so long, now that it came we're not really sure what to do with it.  I guess it means that our plans have potential to change from "we might" and "we want to" into "we will."  And we can officially accept money from supporters now.  That's good, right?

Our summer plans still include living in Rolla, going to PMI in Dallas in June, and having a baby.  All, of course, after school is over and Hyvee is no longer Zephan's employer.  Which is soon, I keep telling myself, very soon.  But not yet.

Decisions

We still haven't heard from PBT yet, but we have decided to move to Rolla after my semester is over.  Which is like, in three weeks. This will give us a chance to get out from under Hy-vee's tyrannical rule over our lives and make opportunities to bond with people and share our plans.

At this point we're not really sure how long we'll be there.  At least until August, but we feel like staying longer might be beneficial as well.  We'll be able to have flexible, consistent work schedule for Zephan, which would be nice as we begin parenthood.  We'll be closer to family and our home church communities.  And there are lots of productive things we could do or training that Zephan could get if we decided to stay there longer. 

Of course, Zephan's generally of the opinion that faster is better, so as our plans take shape, we're continuing to pray for wisdom as we make decisions, especially about our time line.  But also about things like houses and midwives. 

Walking

Zephan and I went for a walk last night, despite the wind and the cold.  I took my camera along and played with it a lot.  It was a good time.  I love where we live.

Pistol insisted on following us, but wouldn't stay out from under our feet.  So Zephan carried him for a while.  There was point, though, when he would go no farther and just stood at the side of the road meowing for us.

Good News/Bad News

Good news:

• I'm at Coffee Zone drinking the Brazilian and a blueberry muffin.
• My friend Gwen is engaged.
• I bought a new battery for my computer this morning, which means that I no longer have to be attached to a wall in order to do anything.
• I have 18 pages of stuff to turn in for my rough draft today

Bad news:

• I paid $75 more than I was expecting to for the battery because apparently someone used my gift card I got for working ONITA over winter break to buy underarmor and Skittles.
• The 18 pages - it's mostly stuff that other people have written.  But man, is it well-organized.  Hope it's ok with my adviser . . .   Of course, so far he's been thrilled with everything I've done.
• It is unbearably windy outside.

Other news:

• Zephan and I are waiting on the Lord.  Still.  And so, Zephan will be fasting (a modified Daniel fast - complicated) and we'll both be praying a lot over the next few weeks, at least until we hear from PBT about becoming recruits.  And then we'll have to make some decisions about when to move to Dallas.  We'd love for everyone to pray with us especially hard during this time.  If you're up to it, give us a comment/email/text and let us know.  We love knowing that we've got people supporting us :)