Wombish???

In our hunt for a good church here in our area, we are running across all different kinds of churches. Our first sunday was spent at a church we like to call "Depression Baptist." It was so discouraging that is made you want to run out of the place. They were facing many difficulties there with money and the pastor got up and talked about it for quite a while. Anyway... for our evening service we went to another churdch that was much better and was more like a church we might go to.
This past sunday we decided to go to a church that we had heard so much about from friends. It was one of those types of churches that you see on tv with their rock band and people waving their hands in the air. Well, Tom and I had never gone to anything like that before agreed that it would be quite an experience for us. I couldn't understand how so many people at one time in their building. Well, it was eye opening to say the least. Every part of the service was so shallow. The music was so repetitive and we wondered how many verses they wou ld sing to this song we'd never heard of. We got to the message and learned about how we could be "wombish." Yes, that's right...he said, "wombish." You may ask yourself what on earth does that mean? And i would ask the same question along with you. I guess it meant something about providing a safe and secure environment for others. (???) Not quite sure what the point of the message really was, but I sure do remember this word. We walked out of there shaking our heads and wondering how people could be so blind. But they just want their ears to be tickled wit the message they want to hear.
So, the search continues.... So far we've found one church we could go to. And that church looks more andmore like the one we might go to. Continue to pray with us that the Lord would make it clear where we should join in membership.

Missing Friends....

Well, I finally got a chance to sit down in the midst of unpacking and actually write a blog. We are adjusting to our new surroundings quite quickly. It's a beautiful area and we are definitely going to enjoy living here. But I do have to say that we miss all of our friends from church. The picture to the side is of our friends the swanks. They have been such great friends and we are going to miss not having them close by.
Our place is SLOWLY getting unpacked. We did have the priveledge of having Tom's parents and my mom here to help us unpack. That certainly helped speed up the unpacking progress.
School is already getting underway for Tom. Wednesday night was an orientation class for school, and Thursday was another orientation metting that lasted most of the day. We're excited that we are finally here at school and a little apprehensive at the same time. Continue to keep us in your prayers as we look for a new church here in the area. Check back often to our blog as we post all the new changes in our lives.

Unpacking....

Well....we made it here to our new home. We are living among the boxes in our house trying to find things that we know are in the boxes, but just can't find the RIGHT box. You know how that goes. So, we'll try to write more later to let you know how things are going. It may end up being pretty long in between our updates b/c as poor graduate students we are internet challenged. Thanks to all who are praying for us during this time of transition.