The biggest news lately is we have decided to switch churches. We have been attending a very large church that we found right away when we moved out here. Dwayne and I both got started in serving ministries right away and tried to get to know people. They offered several classes that I wanted to take but we never could seem to afford the class, books, and babysitting all at the same time so those have had to wait. I feel like many of them are overpriced anyway. The cost to attend the couples retreat this year was going to be $1200! for 3 days. I know we live in an upper income area of town but that is still just a bit ridiculous in my opinion. I was feeling a bit lonely and missing my family and just still don't feel like I was making any connections at the church. After talking to Dwayne, we decided to visit the local Assembly of God church in town. It is much much smaller. Only a couple hundred people rather than a couple thousand like we had been attending. We were greeted warmly and found out that Dwayne has a couple of coworkers who attend it as well. The pastor greeted us by name the second time we attended and has known us since. We have had some great conversations with him already and he has made us feel very welcome. Sam and Evie had already made a friend and we visited their house for a playdate. His mother has invited us over for Thanksgiving with them since they don't have family in town either. I'm pretty excited because we seem to be making those connections that I in particular need.
The other most exciting thing recently was the injury of one our gerbils. The kids were near the cage looking and giggling at the antics of the gerbils when all of a sudden Sam comes up to me, holding a gerbil tail in his hand telling me Evie did it. I immediately burst into tears shocking both the kids. Of course, I'm the one who would probably cry over a beetle if I had decided to make it a pet. Evie knew she had done wrong. She kind of avoided me and sat on the couch apologizing over and over again. I know she didn't do it with malicious intent. It was an accident and after my performance and telling her of the seriousness of what she had done, I don't think she will do it again. I immediately started calling around for a vet, but no one was seeing exotic pets or was open. The emergency clinic finally said they would see the gerbil but there was a $79 emergency fee not counting any treatment that might be necessary. After calming down a bit and realizing that I was causing quite a fuss over a $5 animal and a rodent no less we decided to wait overnight and contact our regular vet in the morning. By morning, she seemed to have taken care of the injury herself and I wondered again at the amazing work God had done in creating creatures who could take care of themselves for the most part. Over the next few days, I have just kept an eye on her in case of infection but otherwise she seems fine. Maybe I should reconsider naming her Stumpy. LOL
Not much else has been happening lately. We are trying to gear up for the holidays and figure out how we are going to do Christmas as finances are really tight. I made a major mistake this past summer in regards to some income that I thought was coming in and now are paying the price for that. But its all good. We still have a roof over our head, food in our bellies, and despite the economy, Dwayne still has a stable job. Unfortunately, that does mean we won't be able to make it back to Oregon for Christmas or my cousin's wedding. But know that our thoughts and prayers are with you all and we hope your holidays are wonderful even if we aren't there. LOL....Just kidding. If I don't write again before then, Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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