Friday, March 21, 2008

Island Resisdents at Last

Today marked a couple of "Firsts" for Oak Harbor UPC and for us. Today was my first day on my new job with Boeing...I went to orientation in Seattle all day today and will be reporting to the Everett Facility on Monday. I am really thankful for this job because it gives us the mechanism whereby we can support the church while we are getting things established. I only wish that it was not going to require the hour and a half commute each way to do it. I don't like leaving the island for anything, I want to be here! We are trusting God that I will eventually land a job at NASWI (Naval Air Station Whidbey Island). They are bringing in a new squadron of aircraft this summer and I am hoping to land a job at the air base then. Angie will continue to work her current job at Camp Murray (WA State National Guard Base located near Tacoma). She is applying for positions up this way as often as she can and we both expect her to land a job soon. She hopes that the timing will be such that it will allow her to be in Highlands TX for the birth of our 3rd grandbaby (Kane Lee Elder) who is due in the next few weeks.

Today was also the day that we became official Island Residents. After work today, I drove up to Oak Harbor and checked into the Navy Lodge...this will be our home until our new RV Trailer arrives from Indiana where it was built by Hy-Line.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

By the Sea Side

This day goes down on the Calendar! Today marks the first "gathering" of the Oak Harbor United Pentecostal Church. Angie and I with Brother Timothy Davenport, our Founding Member, gathered at Deception Pass State Park today. We marked the occasion with prayer for Whidbey Island and for the work that we have put our hands to do. We spoke words of dedication and determination and then ... did what any good Islander would do after service ... we went to Starbucks!