...unless you suffer from OCD. Let me tell you, I've had some pretty strange tendencies in my life. For example...when I was younger, I used to color coordinate all my clothes in my closet, and within each color group, I would sort each item from lightest shade to darkest shade. Whoa! Pretty psycho, huh?
Over the past few years, I've noticed some similar tendencies surfacing in my children. A couple of days ago, we were finishing up breakfast, and Alyx was putting the cereal boxes back in the pantry. She was standing at the pantry door for a pretty long time, and I asked her what she was doing. She informed me that she was alphabetizing the cereal and oatmeal boxes (we like cereal and oatmeal, so there's about 10-15 boxes up there right now.) Wow! Okay, so it's not a completely horrible thing that she wants to be "organized," but when I went to get my cereal box down this morning, it wasn't in it's "usual place." That's when their OCD is a problem...when it interferes with mine! =)
Some changes can be good, though. When you are seeking the Lord and His will for your life, change can be absolutely exciting! Within the last year, Jason has been experiencing a lot of stress at work. Because he is such a dedicated, loyal person, he did not want to just "jump ship" without being led by God to do so. (We've made that mistake in the past, and it is not a "good time" being out of God's will.)
For the last 3 years, David Spence (a friend of ours from church, for those of you who don't know) has been "wooing" Jason to come work for him at Sears. The idea of working for someone who is a faithful Christian and of getting a pay raise was initially appealing, but those were not necessarily concrete evidences that he should change jobs. We began earnestly praying about it several months ago when there was a lot of negative talk about Jason's future with Danielle Fence. We saw God open so many doors, work out so many details and basically hit us over the head with a bat to show us that this is the right thing to do. Before we made the decision, I teased Jason that maybe we should lay some fleece out on the front lawn. =) That wasn't necessary, though. God made it perfectly clear to us that this is His will.
So, as of May 12, Jason will be employed with Sears. He will be working outside sales, dealing with residential customers (which he loves!). We don't have all the details yet, but as far as we know, he will be dealing with kitchen upgrades (cabinets, counters, appliances..etc.). We would appreciate your prayers as he makes this transition. It's always hard starting over as "low man on the totem pole," but I know he'll be great! He has such a hard-working, competitive spirit, and he's already determined to out-sell the top-selling salesman (a feat he quickly accomplished while at Danielle Fence).
Speaking of his competitive spirit, check this out! We I love to play Scrabble...he obliges me. We have been playing it a lot over the last few months, and he has greatly improved! If you look at the top of the board (bottom of the picture), you'll see his excellent-scoring word, "frowning." He used all 7 of his tiles which earns 50 points on top of the regular scoring, so he scored like 70 or 80 points! Bravo, honey!
In honor of his recent job change, I thought I would share some photos of Jason is his various work uniforms. Unfortunately, I don't have any of him in his McDonald's or Taco Bell uniforms. ;) Here's a picture of Jason in his Crystal Springs shirt. He's holding Sydney.
Here he is when he was the Dread Pirate Roberts with a few of his best buccaneers and marooners. =)
Here's a couple of pictures of his first work truck with Danielle Fence. He's had several, but this one was cool with Bugs Bunny on the hood.
Here he is working on his "homework."
Note the laptop computer. That along with the company vehicle obviously will have to be returned. Please pray for us as we will be shopping for a work vehicle for him. That has been another huge answer to prayer. He got a phone call today from our credit union, and they informed him that he's been approved for a certain amount (more than enough), and the APR is so low it's almost unheard of! God is good!
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