late night scheduling...
Last night Angela and sat down to discuss the future of the Bruce family. Or at least that’s what the discussion turned into.
We’re still living forever away from North Central and trying to figure out what that all means, and scheduling time to just sit and talk is becoming more difficult. So we finally sat down last night after church (mind you, it was about 10pm by the time we got home and put Kyra to bed) to talk about our schedules and the future. Of course, being the dork I am, I had to get my PalmPilot in order to discuss anything having to do with a schedule! Angela has jumped off the dork-patrol ship and no longer uses her PalmPilot, instead she has stepped back in time with a small paper scheduler (don’t think I didn’t try to keep her on the light side of the Force! :-) Anyway, we’re trying to figure out which of us (if either) is going to go to Honduras this summer. We both want to go, but feel it best to not have both of us in a 3rd world country, away from our daughter at the same time. I thought this would be a good time for her to go, since I always get to do the good stuff, and it would be much easier while we only have 1 child…which then, of course, brought up the “when are we going to have another child” discussion. Now those who know me know I love kids, always have. But we didn’t really “plan” Kyra, if you know what I mean. Actually, I was pretty concerned when we found out we were pregnant. “I’m not ready, I don’t have our finances in order, I can’t change a diaper, I won’t get to have sex anymore, I won’t get to sleep anymore, I won’t be able to fly off to Hawaii on a moments notice for a romantic weekend just the two of us…” You get the idea. Basically all my thoughts started with “I”. Not that I was completely selfish mind you. I was genuinely concerned about some very real issues; but ultimately, He had a plan, and I had to jump onboard…the boat was gonna move forward even if it had to drag me as the anchor! Needless to say, I adore being a dad. Kyra turned out to be one of the greatest blessings in my life and has already taught me so much in such a short time. But back to the topic at hand…
ANOTHER KID! I was just getting used to this one. So we talked for awhile…unfortunately if we’re gonna have a baby anytime soon, Honduras would interfere with that. So where did we end up? I’m still not sure. We both talked openly about our feelings, but didn’t come to any conclusions. So we decided to go to other easier scheduling tasks…vacations. Here’s my goal for a vacation: The 3 G’s…Golf, Good food, time with my Girls. So Angela gets to research someplace we can go on a shoe-string budget. Feel free to comment with any ideas. (or if you happen to own an empty condo in Tahiti…oh yeah, you have to have a jet to get us there too :-)
On a different note… (yes that's the best segue way I could come up with :-) LOL
I’m putting together our worship gatherings this week focusing on Dreams. Since it’s Martin Luther King Jr’s B-Day Monday, I thought it timely to discuss our dreams for life and God’s dreams for us. One of the points we’ll share is that God places experiences, thoughts and dreams in our life to stretch and grow us. Mike, David and I are taking turns sharing different aspects of dreams, as well as hearing from some NC members as they share realized dreams, but I plan to end with the following prayer from the book “Designing Worship” by Kim Miller:
We have a dream…
To be a faith community that fully demonstrates the call of Jesus
Where people of all ages, gender, culture,
All backgrounds and economic status are welcomed;
Where God’s love breaks down the wall of racial barriers,
Personal preferences and preconceived notions about others.
Where we lay down our pride and prejudice,
Our fear of difference and our burden of sin,
And where we fully demonstrate the
Unnatural, unconditional, and undeniable love of God.
Together we say, “Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
This is our dream, Amen.
That’s quite a lofty prayer, but wouldn’t it be awesome if came true!?! It will one day. Praise God!
We’re still living forever away from North Central and trying to figure out what that all means, and scheduling time to just sit and talk is becoming more difficult. So we finally sat down last night after church (mind you, it was about 10pm by the time we got home and put Kyra to bed) to talk about our schedules and the future. Of course, being the dork I am, I had to get my PalmPilot in order to discuss anything having to do with a schedule! Angela has jumped off the dork-patrol ship and no longer uses her PalmPilot, instead she has stepped back in time with a small paper scheduler (don’t think I didn’t try to keep her on the light side of the Force! :-) Anyway, we’re trying to figure out which of us (if either) is going to go to Honduras this summer. We both want to go, but feel it best to not have both of us in a 3rd world country, away from our daughter at the same time. I thought this would be a good time for her to go, since I always get to do the good stuff, and it would be much easier while we only have 1 child…which then, of course, brought up the “when are we going to have another child” discussion. Now those who know me know I love kids, always have. But we didn’t really “plan” Kyra, if you know what I mean. Actually, I was pretty concerned when we found out we were pregnant. “I’m not ready, I don’t have our finances in order, I can’t change a diaper, I won’t get to have sex anymore, I won’t get to sleep anymore, I won’t be able to fly off to Hawaii on a moments notice for a romantic weekend just the two of us…” You get the idea. Basically all my thoughts started with “I”. Not that I was completely selfish mind you. I was genuinely concerned about some very real issues; but ultimately, He had a plan, and I had to jump onboard…the boat was gonna move forward even if it had to drag me as the anchor! Needless to say, I adore being a dad. Kyra turned out to be one of the greatest blessings in my life and has already taught me so much in such a short time. But back to the topic at hand…
ANOTHER KID! I was just getting used to this one. So we talked for awhile…unfortunately if we’re gonna have a baby anytime soon, Honduras would interfere with that. So where did we end up? I’m still not sure. We both talked openly about our feelings, but didn’t come to any conclusions. So we decided to go to other easier scheduling tasks…vacations. Here’s my goal for a vacation: The 3 G’s…Golf, Good food, time with my Girls. So Angela gets to research someplace we can go on a shoe-string budget. Feel free to comment with any ideas. (or if you happen to own an empty condo in Tahiti…oh yeah, you have to have a jet to get us there too :-)
On a different note… (yes that's the best segue way I could come up with :-) LOL
I’m putting together our worship gatherings this week focusing on Dreams. Since it’s Martin Luther King Jr’s B-Day Monday, I thought it timely to discuss our dreams for life and God’s dreams for us. One of the points we’ll share is that God places experiences, thoughts and dreams in our life to stretch and grow us. Mike, David and I are taking turns sharing different aspects of dreams, as well as hearing from some NC members as they share realized dreams, but I plan to end with the following prayer from the book “Designing Worship” by Kim Miller:
We have a dream…
To be a faith community that fully demonstrates the call of Jesus
Where people of all ages, gender, culture,
All backgrounds and economic status are welcomed;
Where God’s love breaks down the wall of racial barriers,
Personal preferences and preconceived notions about others.
Where we lay down our pride and prejudice,
Our fear of difference and our burden of sin,
And where we fully demonstrate the
Unnatural, unconditional, and undeniable love of God.
Together we say, “Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
This is our dream, Amen.
That’s quite a lofty prayer, but wouldn’t it be awesome if came true!?! It will one day. Praise God!
posted by Steven J Bruce @ 5:40 PM
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