Some news

Today was a FULL day. Brendan was offered a job he is pretty excited about, he'll be working as director of a local group home for adults with disabilities. (Shepherd's Villa) He was made aware of the job during our first days here in Hepburn, and met with one of the board members last week, then with the entire board last night. This is such amazing evidence of God's faithfulness and care; we both feel really blessed.
We came to this town with an idea in our heads of how it would be, and a plan for what we envisioned ... slowly, we are realizing that while planning and vision are necessary, God is really the One who looks after things .. prov 16:9 I think ?? We both really thought school was the plan for Brendan, but this job opportunity was too good to pass up, it was covered with good Fingerprints!
We also had a BBQ fundraiser we went to for the College's third year missions trip to India. Work was fast paced and sort of overwhelming today, too. Owen has had a bit of a hiccup on the relational front - he's trying out his "I'm an inner city gangster kid" persona. You can imagine how that went over with his buddies who have for the most part grown up in rural Saskatchewan. Makes one's head spin ... so we have a lot on the go!
We love keeping in touch this way, we love the comments and emails we get from friends who are making our blog part of their Internet spots to check regularly. Right now, we're in the early days of making friends and developing relationships with others, but the people who we feel safe with, those who know who we really are, (and love us anyway) -- they're far away .. when they take steps to stay close, we are blessed.