The Busyness of Life

Holy Geez! The last few months have been insane around here! So much has happened since our last post...we apologize for the delay. Anyway, the baseball season was busier than expected and took up most of our time in the spring. When the season ended we had to make a decision about what to do next year. We felt that the Lord did not want us to stay in Richmond but weren't sure where we would end up. Joe withdrew his application for the head baseball position at Earlham College where he had been the interim for this year. Lindsay sent in her letter of resignation to Richmond Community Schools. We continued to pray that the Lord would lead and make it clear to us where He wanted us to be. Well, He has certainly done that and so much more! On Friday, June 6th we will be driving a large U-Haul truck and all of our things, with the help of Lindsay's parents, down to Marshall, Texas. We will start work at East Texas Baptist University the following week. Joe will be a Resident Director for two freshmen dorms and the Dean of Students i.e "The Disciplinarian". He is also planning on helping out with the baseball team as he has time. Lindsay will be the Director of Student Activities planning things like freshmen orientation, family weekend, and the Fall formal. We are amazed at how God provided for us in an amazing way! We look forward to being in Texas, closer to Joe's friends and family and finding out what kind of life God has for us there. We are sad to leave Richmond where we met, fell in love, and got married. We are also sad to leave Lindsay's parents and brother (we already miss her other brother and sister-in-law who will now be WAY too far away in the U.P.) but plan to travel back as frequently as possible.
Joe is currently in Belgrade, Serbia doing some work with a baseball ministry. He has been gone for almost 2 weeks already and it has not been very fun for either him or Lindsay. We have discovered more than ever that we are not meant to be apart like this. We are looking forward to Monday when we can talk again and Tuesday when we are finally reunited! With Joe being overseas, Lindsay finishing the never-ending school year, and packing up all of our things, it has been a little stressful back here at home. Joe packed up most of the house before he left which has helped to alleviate some stress. Lindsay will finish up the year with a teacher work day, aka cleaning out her classroom and saying goodbye to teaching, on Monday. Joe returns on Tuesday. We will finish packing up loose things on Wednesday, pack the truck on Thursday, and drive to the Lone Star State on Friday. Yikes! Reality hasn't really hit yet and probably won't until Joe comes home. Anyway, we apologize for the lack of communication lately...we hope you understand. We love you all and will try to keep in better touch to keep you updated on all that is to come. By the way, it has been too long since we've had a vacation....we are trying to decide where to go in July. We'll let you know....you know we can't stay put for too long ;)