Just wanted to let everyone know that we think we have found a church. The funny thing is, it is the first church the Jameson's were members of when they moved to North Carolina. Green Street Baptist. We had visited several times before, but had only been to Sunday School. We went to Sunday School and Worship Service today at Green Street. They have a fairly new minister and we got to hear him preach today. He is AMAZING. I have never felt so spiritually fed in a church. The sermon was on using the Bible as law and showing reverence, considering it the authority, and applying the Word to daily life. Funny how God works. These have been things that Benji and I have really been talking about lately. Really applying the Word to our lives.
Sunday School was surprising as well. We really enjoy the teacher, and today he was talking about bringing friends to the Lord. Will we be prepared with what to say and do when we are asked about our faith? We have several couple friends that we are very close with that really do not "do" church. They will say that they believe in God, but that is as far as it goes, words only. Benji and I prayed fervently last night for our friends, and then walked in to Sunday School and were asked immediately if we had friends or family members that we wanted to reach. We were able to share about our friends. It was really an fantastic feeling. We know He knows all, but to know with that kind of immediateness that God heard our prayer was pretty awesome. I have always wanted to hear His voice, His actual voice and know with out a doubt that it was the Lord telling me to do something or answering my questions. Today we found out what that was like. God heard our prayer last night and gave us some answers today. Amazing.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Monday, October 1, 2007
Blessed
God is so good. Benji and I are both feeling a little better this week. Benji has taken some steps to solve the issue he has been dealing with. Please keep him in your prayers.
I am feeling a bit of God given relief. I am not feeling the peace that I need to feel to stay in my current position, but I feel that God has given me the bit of peace that I need until something else comes my way. He is so good.
Benji and I have done a lot of praying. We both feel that the Lord has put these road blocks inb our way to detour us back to him. We have never stopped believing, but I think we had started taking a lot for granted. These last couple of weeks have brought Benji and I closer and have brought us both closer to God. He is funny. The way He works is mysterious and amazing.
One of my devotions this week talked about parents and their children. Children ask and ask and ask, and the parents give. When the children are not thankful, or do not return the parents love, does the parent not tire of giving? This was compared to God, and the asking we constantly do. God give me this and please God give me that. If we do not return the love and have a relationship with Him, does he not tire of giving us what we pray for? This really hit home for me, and I shared my devotion with Benji. We have become very convicted, and I am feeling that I need to be doing something more as a servant for God. Please pray about this for me.
The Lord is so good, and we have seen that over and over. We feel so blessed. Thank you for being the family and friends that you are.
I am feeling a bit of God given relief. I am not feeling the peace that I need to feel to stay in my current position, but I feel that God has given me the bit of peace that I need until something else comes my way. He is so good.
Benji and I have done a lot of praying. We both feel that the Lord has put these road blocks inb our way to detour us back to him. We have never stopped believing, but I think we had started taking a lot for granted. These last couple of weeks have brought Benji and I closer and have brought us both closer to God. He is funny. The way He works is mysterious and amazing.
One of my devotions this week talked about parents and their children. Children ask and ask and ask, and the parents give. When the children are not thankful, or do not return the parents love, does the parent not tire of giving? This was compared to God, and the asking we constantly do. God give me this and please God give me that. If we do not return the love and have a relationship with Him, does he not tire of giving us what we pray for? This really hit home for me, and I shared my devotion with Benji. We have become very convicted, and I am feeling that I need to be doing something more as a servant for God. Please pray about this for me.
The Lord is so good, and we have seen that over and over. We feel so blessed. Thank you for being the family and friends that you are.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
H - E - double Hockeysticks week
So this has been the week from you know where...
Erin has discovered that her principal is suffering from Jekyll and Hyde syndrome. Erin had a meeting with her principal earlier in week that turned in to a war zone. Please keep the principal from Silver Valley Elementary in your prayers. She is not a very nice person, and has completely alienated Erin as well as some of the other teachers in the school. It is to the point that Erin has considered leaving the school and taking the consequences that come with it. We feel that the Lord has put Erin in this school for a reason. She is desperately in love with her students and does not want to leave them in the middle of the year. These kids live in almost complete poverty with extremely varied family situations. Erin may the the one stable attribute in their lives. She also feels that her emotional health may be at serious risk in this school due to the outrageousness of the principal. Keep Erin in your prayers as well as the school itself. They have a new assistant principal starting Monday, and this could be a very good thing. Pray for her students and for the other teachers.
Benji is dealing with some work related issues, and needs prayers as well. He is struggling with some things that have happened in the past week, and needs prayers that he will find peace. Please remember him as well.
We love you all and are so thankful that we have a strong christain family and friend circle.
Erin has discovered that her principal is suffering from Jekyll and Hyde syndrome. Erin had a meeting with her principal earlier in week that turned in to a war zone. Please keep the principal from Silver Valley Elementary in your prayers. She is not a very nice person, and has completely alienated Erin as well as some of the other teachers in the school. It is to the point that Erin has considered leaving the school and taking the consequences that come with it. We feel that the Lord has put Erin in this school for a reason. She is desperately in love with her students and does not want to leave them in the middle of the year. These kids live in almost complete poverty with extremely varied family situations. Erin may the the one stable attribute in their lives. She also feels that her emotional health may be at serious risk in this school due to the outrageousness of the principal. Keep Erin in your prayers as well as the school itself. They have a new assistant principal starting Monday, and this could be a very good thing. Pray for her students and for the other teachers.
Benji is dealing with some work related issues, and needs prayers as well. He is struggling with some things that have happened in the past week, and needs prayers that he will find peace. Please remember him as well.
We love you all and are so thankful that we have a strong christain family and friend circle.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Motherhood as a Career
I am starting to feel like people should start asking me "what do you want to be when you grow up?" I am struggling with my career choice and could use prayers. I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. Do I want to grow up? What career is going to fit me like a glove. What job is going to be something that I look forward to going to every day? I tell Benji often how jealous I am of his love for his job. He does not want to do anything else. The Fire Department is an extension of his home, a second family. I think that I want this in a job, but then I think...I don't want a job. I want to be a mother and a housewife. I want to join the PTA and teach Sunday school. I want to volunteer to coach my kids' softball teams. Is this not the most fulfilling job there is? Why is motherhood not "good enough"? I feel like it is not good enough for our secular world, I feel like it is not good enough in my community, I newly feel like it is not the ok thing in my family. My mother was just that...a mother. I would trade it for nothing. Looking back and knowing my mother was there if I was sick at school, was there to be the chauffeur to sports events, was there when I wanted to curl up on the couch with my head in her lap; these things are priceless. Why do women think that they have to work? Why are we not willing to give up the more material things in order to be there for our children? Are our children not worth it? Yes, I know that I am not a mother yet, but I am already feeling the pressure to be a working mother. Is it for anyone to decide but me and my husband?
My job is not what I had expected. I am not sure why this is. I student taught for 2 years in the roughest area I think possible. It should be a piece of cake now right? Wrong. I don't like it. I don't like the liberalism, I don't like the teachers and how they wait until 2:30 when the students have gone home to start bashing them individually. I hole up in my room, so as to not be a part of this. I hate the "You can't reach'em all" attitude, or the "Just let that one go, he'll never get it" that I hear every day. I hate being indoors all day. I miss adults. I want to be closer to home. I want to be a mother.
My job is not what I had expected. I am not sure why this is. I student taught for 2 years in the roughest area I think possible. It should be a piece of cake now right? Wrong. I don't like it. I don't like the liberalism, I don't like the teachers and how they wait until 2:30 when the students have gone home to start bashing them individually. I hole up in my room, so as to not be a part of this. I hate the "You can't reach'em all" attitude, or the "Just let that one go, he'll never get it" that I hear every day. I hate being indoors all day. I miss adults. I want to be closer to home. I want to be a mother.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Family
So, we just arrived home from Charlotte where we spent a WONDERFUL time with cousin Lana. Benji has resorted to renaming her "Tiny Tot" and thinks that is just so cute. We had a very nice lunch and were able to catch up with each others lives and all of the events that have occured.
We discussed how nice it would be to have a FAMILY REUNION...not so subtle hint hint. Debra, I hear that you are really pushing for one next summer, I would be thrilled to help plan that. Let me know.
The catching up really sated my need for family. It took us back. Lana and I talked about old times and new, and it was really funny to discuss each of our funny dorky parents. We love you all.
In case anyone was wondering, Lana sure can dance... :-) She showed us her dance that she used for one of her call backs. She danced to "Foot Loose" and told us that she was not a dancer. I beg to disagree. I thought she rocked it. She performed the dance for us and the rest of Tryon street in Charlotte. I was amazed at her confidence. Keep us in your prayers, and all family and friends as well. We love you!
We discussed how nice it would be to have a FAMILY REUNION...not so subtle hint hint. Debra, I hear that you are really pushing for one next summer, I would be thrilled to help plan that. Let me know.
The catching up really sated my need for family. It took us back. Lana and I talked about old times and new, and it was really funny to discuss each of our funny dorky parents. We love you all.
In case anyone was wondering, Lana sure can dance... :-) She showed us her dance that she used for one of her call backs. She danced to "Foot Loose" and told us that she was not a dancer. I beg to disagree. I thought she rocked it. She performed the dance for us and the rest of Tryon street in Charlotte. I was amazed at her confidence. Keep us in your prayers, and all family and friends as well. We love you!
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Family
Tomorrow, we are driving to Charlotte to spend the day. We are going to meet up with some girls that Erin went to school with that are now teaching in Charlotte. Then we will wait for Lana to call, and we are going to try and get together with her. Lana will be in Charlotte for auditions, "Cattle calls" I think she calls them. We are so excited to get to see some family. We did this last year and were able to grab a late dinner with Lana and a friend of hers, and we had a blast. We so rarely get to see extended family, and this will be great. Most people from this area really don't understand what a big deal this is. Mom, I know that you experienced this. Family, here, lives about twenty minutes away in all directions. Sundays consist of lunch at Grandma and Grandpa's, and people are amazed when I tell them it has been YEARS since I have seen mine. Sometimes I wish that we lived closer to family, but at the same time, I think that it means so much more when we do see each other. Family seems to be taken for granted around here because everyone is so close in distance.
It is hard. Nathan is in PA. I have a nephew I have not met, and he is four months old. Austin is is SC, though he does make regular trips here, and Mom and Dad are an hour and a half away. I always thought I would be the one to move away. It just seemed normal. That is what all of my family did, so why wouldn't I go somewhere else? Nope, here I am. North Carolina is beautiful. I love this state. I just wish that travel was not so expensive or family lived closer.
Alissa is in Chapel Hill now. She is about an hour away, but with her crazy schedule, and ours, we still have not had a chance to just get together. Mom and Dad always invite her to our family stuff, and that is great. It is amazing to actually have an extended family member in the same state.
If you have family down the road, treasure it.
It is hard. Nathan is in PA. I have a nephew I have not met, and he is four months old. Austin is is SC, though he does make regular trips here, and Mom and Dad are an hour and a half away. I always thought I would be the one to move away. It just seemed normal. That is what all of my family did, so why wouldn't I go somewhere else? Nope, here I am. North Carolina is beautiful. I love this state. I just wish that travel was not so expensive or family lived closer.
Alissa is in Chapel Hill now. She is about an hour away, but with her crazy schedule, and ours, we still have not had a chance to just get together. Mom and Dad always invite her to our family stuff, and that is great. It is amazing to actually have an extended family member in the same state.
If you have family down the road, treasure it.
Careers
Our lives have been extremely hectic over the past several years. Erin has been in school and Benji is into his fourth year as a firefighter for the High Point Fire Department. He loves his job and is very good at it. He is at a very busy station, and loves it.
Benji also owns a lawn care business and has recently hooked up with a good friend of his to go into business together. They now own B&R Services and the outlook is good. They will do landscaping, stump grinding, and some mowing. They have already had many calls, and we just might make our millions off the lawn care :-)...that is if we could get some rain.
Erin has finally finished school (with honors), and is going into her third week as a fourth grade teacher at Silver Valley Elementary in Lexington NC. She loves teaching but questions a lot of the issues that arise in the education field. It tends to be very liberal and it is tough to mesh beliefs with your career. Don't know if she'll make it the thirty years to retirement. There is always her dream of flipping houses :-)
Life is good. We are already amazed at what a difference two incomes is making in our household. God is good, and we have been extremely blessed.
Benji also owns a lawn care business and has recently hooked up with a good friend of his to go into business together. They now own B&R Services and the outlook is good. They will do landscaping, stump grinding, and some mowing. They have already had many calls, and we just might make our millions off the lawn care :-)...that is if we could get some rain.
Erin has finally finished school (with honors), and is going into her third week as a fourth grade teacher at Silver Valley Elementary in Lexington NC. She loves teaching but questions a lot of the issues that arise in the education field. It tends to be very liberal and it is tough to mesh beliefs with your career. Don't know if she'll make it the thirty years to retirement. There is always her dream of flipping houses :-)
Life is good. We are already amazed at what a difference two incomes is making in our household. God is good, and we have been extremely blessed.
Trying it Out
Hello Everyone!! We are new to this whole blog thing, but interested in trying it. With family and friends all over the country (and outside the country :-) we thought it might be a good way to keep everyone updated. We have a few family members that are avid bloggers and always enjoy catching up through their blogs, so here it is for the Frank's. We hope you enjoy it.
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