Welcome Back Hazards!

    I just wanted to write and share with you a prayer request I have.  Friends of mine that are missionaries in Kenya are coming back to the states on furlough for a year!  I am so excited to be able to see them again and for them to meet Mallorie.  Last time there were here was four years ago. You can see their whole story on their blog.

 They are a family of five... Dad - Jeff, Mom - Joyellen,


Children - Megan, Lyndsey, and Ian!


I can not imagine moving a family half way around the world.  They are so amazing.  Please pray for safe travels!  It is going to be a long trip!  Pray for peace and comfort as the kids adjust to a new lifestyle here in the states, and also pray for funding for the family!
    Jeff was my Youth Leader when I was in High School.  When I think back that was a while ago but it seems like yesterday! I will not get into to many details but he helped me though a lot of harder times.  He is a joker and loves to have fun but also is easy to talk to when you have a problem.  He started at our church when I was in 8th grade and I remember a year later he told us he was going to get married.  That is when I met Joyellen!  She is the sweetest person I think I have ever met.  She would do anything for anyone! When I was in 11th grade Jeff told us that they were going to becoming missionaries in Kenya.  I was crushed (to say the least).  I know now that there were just following a calling but I did not see that then.  I remember our last mission trip to Toronto the summer before he left...I don't think I ever cried so much in my life knowing that this was the last one!  I did support them in their journey of mission and still do.  I remember mailing them anonymous letters with money in them and in the last letter I told them it was me.  I think that what they do is amazing and would love to visit them in Kenya someday but I am excited to see them soon here in the States.  Please take the time to check out their blog and say a prayer for them and their family as they adjust to a new lifestyle here.

Motivation

For some reason this week I have really been struggling with just my life in general.  For those of you that don't know.  I went to college and through a (TOUGH) Police Academy to become a Police Officer.  This is what I really want to do, but due to the economy here in Michigan the state is making cuts to every department including closing State Police post and having officers work from home.  This has made the job market close to impossible.  Any job that is available has hundreds of applicants, most of which have years of experience from other departments that have had to make cuts.  I have always thought I would just wait for the job market to turn around and get a job then. 

Since I have had Mallorie I see things differently.  I realized that coming home after work is more important.  I like to look at is as I traded one dream for another.  I traded a job in Police work to be a Mommy!  This week at work I have just hit burnout.  I just go in do my 8 hours and go home.  It just pays the bills and the third shift is dragging me down. 

I have always believed that everything happens for a reason.  I saw this first hand back in the Summer of 2008.  The State Police were holding an academy and I have made it through the intensive physical testing, pysch testing, and interview only to be told that they had good news and bad news.  The good news was that I had made it into the academy but at this point they were full.  If enough people drop out then I would be able to go to the academy.  Need less to say I did not go.  But in short, all of the students of the academy I should/could have been in received jobs where they were needed most (which meant we would have had to up and move and hubby would have had to quit his job), just to be laid off about 6 months later.  They are still fighting to keep their jobs.  I on the other hand I still have a very stable job.  I know that everything happens for a reason and that every point of my life is already planned out for me. 

I heard a song on the way to work to night that reminded me of that.  This is my new favorite song and is my motivation to get through this. 

I hope that this song helps you as much as it has helped me!