It seems our blog entries are getting further and further apart. Sorry about that! We are feeling settled into our apartment. It is nosier than our old place with three young boys living above us, but overall it is nice and very much worth the savings!A major update for us is that I went back to work on Nov. 30th. It is a crazy story, but I was offered a school social work position. This is a huge blessing since that is my preferred career path and those positions are very rare in this area. I serve 3 campuses. Two are 6th-8th grade and one is K-8th. It is very different than my school social work job in MI, but I am enjoying the work. It was so hard to be away from Malachi at first, but a friend of mine kept him for the first 3 weeks and it helped a lot with my transition. After working 3 weeks, I had 2 weeks off for Christmas break :) I go back to work tomorrow (Jan 4) and Malachi will be starting at a new childcare as my friend who was keeping him is having a baby at the end of the month. He will be going to a woman’s house. She has done in-home childcare for 9 years and is licensed through the state. Right now she is only keeping little ones and has 4 other kids in her care. I have visited a few times and talked to other parents. I wish he could go to grandma’s house or something like that, but I know things will be okay.
Jermale also had time off for Christmas break. We had fun relaxing at home and them we spent 5 days in Michigan. It was really nice to spend time with family. Malachi is now 6 months old and he had a really fun 1st Christmas. He is sitting up now and babbling constantly. No teeth yet, but he’s clearly working on that. He is sitting on his own and just starting to push up on to his hands and knees a little. He remains one of the most expressive babies I’ve ever seen and is full of smiles. I’m loving this age b/c he is so fun. Now, if he would just sleep through the night LOL!
Impact is going strong. We continue to have at least 1 new person join as a member every week. January 11th is the anniversary of our very first church service a year ago. It’s hard to believe it has been that long. God has brought Impact such a long way since that time and it is exciting to see all the positive developments. We took a holiday break for the youth group and will be starting back up on Jan. 17th. We are praying that this group will grow and that committed youth leaders will be developed.
Jermale also goes back to Lamar tomorrow. He has fewer events planned for this semester, so things should be calmer.
The next few months will just be focused on church, work and baby. We are looking forward to all God has in store for us in 2010 and we will all of you a very blessed year!
Love,
~The Eddies
