So much to be...

There's really a lot going on in my life right now and it seems like it's been forever since I've posted here but I wanted to get in a quick entry. Here we go - in rapid fire mode. So much to be... thankful for. We just started our new ABF last night. (That's Adult Bible Fellowship for those of you that don't know. It's The Chapel's term for Sunday School classes - sounds much more grown up when you say "ABF".) We had 31 people there! I was and still am quite amazed at the turnout. It's been a few months since we ended our other class and I was quite anxious to get started. Looks like the time of waiting and promotion have worked well. The class is called Young Marrieds PM (YMPM) & we meet at 5:30 in the Great Commission room. We had a great first night with a few familiar faces and quite a few people that I've never seen before, which is awesome because it is an opportunity to meet new people and make more friends. Hopefully everybody will come back and we'll get to know each other better in the coming weeks, months and years. We've got a good range of ages and marriages from what I call "Risky Couples" (You've got to be a risk taker if you're not engaged and you go to a young marrieds abf) all the way up to 9 years of marriage. The best part about this is that we can all learn from each other. We mature in our marriages and faith in different ways and I can't think of any better way for a couple to learn how to (and sometimes - how not to) treat each other than with other Christian couples. So if you're reading this and we're one of the couples who gave us a shot on Sunday night - thanks again for coming and I really hope to get to know you better and am looking forward to next week. So much to be... praying about. I'm surprised that Kirsten hasn't posted this on her site already but we've been matched with a sibling group of three. A 4-year old girl, and two boys, a two-and-a-half year old and an 11-month old. We went to the agency to read their case history and it wasn't quite the rosy picture that it was originally told to us. We're at a point where we can't move forward until we get some questions answered, and the funny thing is that we don't know how we'll proceed after we find out the answers. We're just waiting on God to give us the info we need to make a decision at the time we need it. We're holding off on seeing pictures or meeting these kids until we have the answers we need and have made a decision to move forward. We really want to make this decision based on facts and not emotions and seeing what they look like, and having their cute little faces in our heads certainly won't make it easy to keep emotionally uninvolved. In the mean time, please continue to pray for our kids and wisdom for us as we seek God's will in this situation. So much to be... working on. We've been doing a fair amount of work on the homestead. New(er) appliances replaced the older ones in our kitchen which we donated to church. I'm installing new baseboard molding and with the old appliances out of the garage all we need to do is get Ben & Ashley to take our old couch. Speaking of Ben & Ashley... So much to be... excited about. Yes, Ben & Ashley we're married on January 7th in a great ceremony at church followed by the best wedding reception I've been to. It's a whole different world now kids. Have fun learning all the things you never knew (or sometimes never wanted to know) about each other. Ahh, young marriages, so much to learn, so many memories to be made, so many little reasons to argue with each other! Have fun - see you in YMPM. So much to be... geeked about. Don't want to spend too much time on these but if you're interested check out the links! Macworld Keynote - Intel processors in Apple computers! 14 Million iPods sold over the holiday quarter - for comparison check out this press release from 1 year ago. Keep in mind this release is talking about the TOTAL # sold to that point vs. 14 from last quarter. Can you say phenomenon? Underwood Podcast - Speaking of phenomenons, Gary Underwood, Senior Pastor of Delaware Grace Brethren Church has a shiny new podcast, brought to you by, well - me. And Feedburner.com. And, technically him, and the church's website. Truth be told, I got tired of downloading the individual mp3's, tagging them and adding them to my iPod manually, so I created a podcast feed and saved myself a few extra minutes each week. Being ever so generous with other people's stuff I thought you might like to jump on the bandwagon too. You can find it at dgbc-podcast.blogspot.com or if you're one of the 42 Million people out there with an iPod you can get the podcast straight from the iTunes Music Store. So subscribe, tell your mom to subscribe, tell the kid across the street with the 60 GB iPod with video that you're so jealous of to subscribe too. I did! Other free mac stuff. Skype - Skype is a great, free application that lets you talk, (yes with your words and voice) to anyone around the world for free. It sounds really good too. I was chatting with Feathers and it sounded like he was sitting next to me. But not in an uncomfortable way, like when you can feel someone breathing and maybe even see nose hair peek at you as they breathe out. No, skype sounds good, and it's got a nice little instant messenger feature in it too. They have a paid option that lets you call phone numbers from your computer. You can also sign up for a telephone number that rings on your computer and has voicemail - a full year for $38. But the free part is really quality. Check it out - my username is gitgan so if you download it, add me to your contacts and maybe we can talk. Quicksilver - a sweet application launcher for OS X. Saves you from having to use the dock or finder to start applications. Google earth- it's been out for PC for a while but the mac version looks better... because it's on a mac. Get google erf! Technorati Tags: gitgan mac podcast church adoption macworld skype googleearth quicksilver