Another........

I know....I know but as I get questions I figure that maybe someone else has the same one so I will inform the masses on here. :-)

A couple of things that are on my list of things to do. Find an apartment, another job and create a support team.

I am currently still living with the McKee family and am very grateful that they are putting up with me for this long. I met Kristen at the women's retreat when I came up last and her and I just clicked. We kept in touch after I left and she graciously opened up her home to me. I did not imagine that I would be without my own place for this long. I have been living on 2 weeks worth of clothes for the past month and a half! But that's ok because I have a place to stay. The most challenging thing about getting a place is showing proof of income. Something about people wanting rent.......

On the job front. I mentioned that I am working on Mondays for a small business. I love this! I enjoy helping out a small business because this means that Mark can spend more time with his family because what I get done for him is less he has to worry about. Now Mark has mentioned doing this for other service type business so it's just a matter of finding out how this would work. With Mark and his wife being part of the church family it makes it easy to go to their house and work in the office. I don't know what this type of work would look like for other people. Just one thing I need to figure out. Another possibility that I am mulling over is a mommy's day out kind of thing. A lot of the mom's here are stay at home moms and hardly ever get away from the kids. Something as simple as a trip to Target can be a headache after awhile. So I have thought of providing child care for moms that want to take a couple of hours to go shopping, get their hair done or go sit somewhere and read a book! Whatever! I am just working on what this looks like.

On the support team. Without knowing who is committed to help in my support, I am unable to guarantee how much income I would be getting to validate an apartment application. I know I have a few folks back home that are signed up to help but I need a few more. I can't tell you how awesome it is to have the time to meet up with some ladies for coffee or just hang at their house with them. More than anything I want to open up my home to them. They can come by for lunch or coffee (we do that a lot here) or they could come drop their kids off while they run to buy themselves a pair of shoes!! God has put it on my heart to open up my home to our community and I want this more than anything.

On a more personal note: There are quite a few folks in our community that are allergic to cats. Some of the kids even. Currently my cats are staying with a foster family. I have been so grateful to them for it. Nova had an allergic reaction to some flea bites so I took her to the vet as soon as I saw what was happening to her. It was an awful thing to see her like this. She was acting fine but had a bare spot on her back where a rash had developed. This hurt. I felt bad because if I had a place to live then she might not have had to gone through this. Now Tiny has worms because of the fleas. This has nothing to do with the family that they are with just so we are clear. They have a cat that goes inside and out. My cats were always just inside cats and I never had to treat them with a preventative. So after constant thoughts of finding new homes for them I have come to the conclusion that I should. It also helps in finding an apartment as well because a lot of them in a decent price range don't allow pets.

For those of you who know me......you know I love my cats! And it brings me to tears now just thinking about this but I want what's best for them in this situation as well. Without knowing what my job situation is looking like and it looking like what it is now, who knows how long it will be before I get my own place. And when I finally get my place and I start to feel lonely......I know who to turn to.......but this still hurts.

Take care! Love~~