Life Update

So our plans for this summer have changed, only in that we are staying right where we are. We had applied for a summer internship in Florida at a calvary. It was a crazy long shot and there were a few doors that needed to be opened for us to be able to move out there for the summer. We we received and email letting us know the church could not support us and two other interns at this time, but we were encouraged to apply at another time. So it wasn't in His plan and we're staying here.
I think the hardest part about applying for different things like this is the waiting to know one way or another. I mean sure you would love for the answer to be yes, but because we know God is good either response will work out. But the waiting leaves you in a limbo where you feel like you can't make decisions. You feel like you just stepped off a roller coaster and have yet to regain balance and all you can think about is the uncertainty.
It's important in these times to cast out fear with perfect love because fear involves torment. we have been saved from this back and forth agony of our hearts. Every time we go through a moment like this it is getting to be like second nature to fall at the feet of the Lord and know He will provide if it is prudent. So we aren't going to be leaving this area as far as we know now, but the lesson is still just as valuable as a summer away.

So on the job front both of us having a job has made life more interesting and is sharpening our time management skills all the more. Having my beautiful bike, Sally, has made it easier for us to both be able to get to work with out crazy long walks or waiting for the other person to get off.
This summer I am switching to Special Ops which sounds way cooler than it is :) I will start work at 5am and work generally until 1:30ish it will be nice to have a more consistent schedule and getting up that early is only a matter of getting used to it.
Aaron is hoping to cross train more in the store so he can get more hours and maybe even move out of the food section all together.

Other than that we are still baby free {yes!}, almost at our one year anniversary {woo hoo!!}, and excited to see what this summer's ministry will look like at Morningstar.

I love you guys and miss you dearly hopefully with this schedule change we will be able to see you guys more often.
-Donna Brr

Sunday's Coming

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Candles Huuh What Are They Good For.....

I think some of our best talks happen when we are waiting to fall asleep, or just after we wake up and we are just laying around in bed. They often are silly and include some of our classic made up songs having to do with nothing in particular.
This morning I was telling Aaron how I was considering buying some candles that are on sale at Target

A: "I think candles are a waste of money."
D: "Why?"
A: "They are pointless. We have lamps already"
D: "People don't just buy them for light..."
A: " Candles are only good for two things: giving light so you can write the Declaration of Independence and sitting on top of a birthday cake. The declaration has already been written and it's not my birthday."

I went on to explain that I buy them for their good smell, but he wasn't having it :D

Should have stayed home and flown a kite

I just got home from work.

I rode my bike.

There are currently, and were at the time, winds up to 25 mph.

I rode headlong into the wind nearly the whole way home.

I am very tired.

quick thoughts before work

I love to sit with the windows and the front door open wide so I can let in as much of what is going on out there. Be it sun shine, brisk chilly wind, or the many sounds of apartment life. I swear I don't do it to be the old lady who stares out her window to know everybody's business. Although I find it interesting that for some reason when I walk by an open window I look through it. And I'm not the only one, because everyone who walks by mine takes a peek in too. But because it's only for a quick second and it's usually so bright outside they don't see me. It's a brief moment that I'm sure they would be very uncomfortable knowing I can see them but they didn't see me.

topic change

I watched this documentary about Christianity and the rift in america between what the gospel teaches, and what is actually being portrayed through Christianity as a whole in america. It was made by a Christian and I found it to be very interesting.
The main point the narrator was making was that the love that we are commanded to show to people is not what we are actually giving to them. He brought up some valid points, and it has really gotten me thinking about the way I have attempted to show love to people.
In fact I have been receiving this message and others from the same vein from several places, and I have been sorting my thoughts and actions out based upon various sermons I have heard recently. As always I am learning more about the way God has called me to love people. The older I get the more I can look back and see if I loved the right way, or if I leaned too far one way or the other. Too far towards being wishy washy in love with out truth thus letting things go unsaid, and being to far towards the other extreme of being harsh and cutting with criticism and not allowing love to soften the blow.

Thank you God for never ceasing to work on and mold my heart. I want to know how to love like you do and I want to show people who you really are and what you can do with a broken and humbled people. Father I pray that I will continue to seek first your ways and follow your commandments in order to put aside my ways and my fleshly desires. Thank you for loving me as I am and "knowing that I am better than this".
Amen

A wonderful day with my folks

today was an exciting and fun day!

mom and dad came up for breakfast and we of course went to our favorite place here, Norms. you can pretty much get what ever you want there and they have no time limitations on when you can order food. For instance I got steak and shrimp while mom and dad got normal breakfast foods :)

It was delish.













Then we went to Lush!!!! It was mom's first time there so I informed the lady of mom's newbie status and she gave mom a hand message /treatment while she showed her some of the products. It was really fun  being there for mom's first time and getting to show her all the cool and creative products they have there. The sales lady was wonderful! We are all best friends now since we chatted about Lush loyalty, traveling to the UK, and singing that song that goes " When I'm a walking I strut my stuff...."

all in all greatness



then we came home and Picked up Aaron so we could go to Walmart to get MY NEW BIKE!!!
I can not express just how excited I am knowing I don't have to walk to work any more!!
it still needs the front and back fenders, but all i have to do is call some ppl and they will send them ASAP for free!
It's pink which is not a usual color choice for me, but i adore it none the less. It reminds me of the pink dress of moms that I wear for special occasions. I got a helmet, light, and lock for it so both I and the bike will be super safe.

Time for a PSA moment: Why is it that when we grow up we suddenly don't need helmets any more? Protect your head folks! Wear the brain bucket! I will be one of those losers out there riding my bike with my helmet and I encourage you to do the same (end PSA)

So without further adu here is Sally, my awesome pink bike (and some pictures of us putting the finishing touches on it):

updation

ok I hear you guys, you're tired of seeing the picture of the chair up every time you look at my blog, so I guess I better update finally!

Sometimes I forget that my last name is Glaize and I look for my time card in the B section. Monday it took me almost 2 minutes to realize that I was in the wrong part of alphabet town. I wonder how long it takes for you to make the switch. Is it ever something that you are into whole heartedly, or do you relapse often? Also, last little tidbit on this topic, my children will need to learn how to spell my former last name for all the paper work they have to fill out for the rest of their lives! Too bad it wasn't something shorter it would have been a lot easier for them.
So that's the end of that though, and this post :)