Another Week

(Michele and Nate on the ferry to Bremerton)

I’m sitting in Bremerton WA (A suburb of Seattle) at 5:15 AM. We came for Memorial Day weekend to see our good friends Jason and Jo. We left the dogs out in the living room with their dog Chief, but they just sat at our bedroom door whining and scratching at the door, so I finally got up. Now, the dogs are all asleep on the couch, but I’m wide awake.

Anyway, it’s been an interesting week. I started and finished a job this week. I took the road work job and started on Monday. I worked 10 hours on Monday and 13 on Tuesday. I spent about 9 hours blowing dirt out of cracks in the road. Suffice it to say (Did I use that phrase right?), this job wasn’t for me. I let them know on Thursday that it would be my last day. They were very gracious and said they understood. It was a hard call for me because I’m of the persuasion that any job is better than no job and I’m definitely not above any type of work. I just knew there was no way I’d make a career out of this and with the hours I’d never have time to look for another job, so that was that.

So, Yesterday (Friday), we drove out to Seattle. This is a beautiful drive from our house. You go from the dry high desert through the lush Cascade Mountains with its snow-capped peaks and then into the city. It’s good to be in a big city, I’ve felt like where we’re at is kind of small, but being here has made me appreciate it (By the way, it rains a lot here). Anyway, while we were waiting for the ferry to cross over to Bremerton I called a company that I’d applied with a few days before. They said I was hired and to come in on Tuesday to fill out paperwork. Isn’t God amazing? This is a job with a construction company doing welding and fabrication work. I don’t know the terms of the job yet, but at this point I don’t really care, it’s a job doing something I like!

As far as Michele goes, I’ve tried to get her to write, but she’s a little shy (I’m still working on it). Besides that she’s doing well, a little sick this week. Nate’s doing good also; he got four new molars all at once so he’s been a little bit cranky. Oh, we went to church last week at Calvary. It’s a pretty big church compared to what we’re used to, but the pastor is a phenomenal Bible teacher. It was really cool because one of the key chapters that led us to move here was Genesis 12, he picked up in Genesis 13, and so it felt like the next chapter in our lives. That’s it for now. Sorry these have been so long, I want to write shorter more often, but our internet still isn’t hooked up so I’m still “borrowing” a signal.

Peace,

Harold