Developing Community in Temple

Drew and I seem to be settling into Temple life well. It has been 4 months since we moved. I have pictures of our move and our new apartment btw. So stay tuned. I would like to post a video tour of our new apartment again, but I am waiting until we have cleaned our bedroom. :) We seem to do really well at keeping the living, dining, and kitchen areas clean, but our bedroom is a bit of a disaster area. We spend so little time in there - we are either changing, folding laundry, sleeping, or well, you know, not sleeping...

Anyway, pictures and video tour to come soon.

Drew has been meeting up with a group of guys from his med school class on Sunday nights. They gather together to talk, eat dinner, laugh, share life, and pray for each other. I only say this is what they do because that is what Drew tells me they do. I dont really know.

Anyway, I have been looking for a group of women to hang out with here in town too. I told you about my friend Ashley who lives in Temple too, but apart from her I had not really connected with anyone. Thankfully, two of the guys in Drew's group are married and have lovely wives. We thought we would like to start getting together on Sundays too - its convenient because the guys are already meeting, so we are not spending more time away from our spouses. :) We just started meeting and I really enjoyed it. I had started praying regularly with the two women on my staff team in College Station, and I was so blessed by it. I felt like I really grew in my prayer life and I always walked away so rejuvenated. I am so happy to have another couple of women to pray with together.

I also love our apartment now - it finally feels like home. We both really enjoy having people over and it feels spacious enough that we can have more than 2 people visit. Unfortunately, we do still have second-hand smoke leaking through at various times, but the air purifier seems to take care of most of it. I also just bought some indoor plants ($1 each at HEB!) to hopefully help purify.

Thats the short update on us. I have loads more to share with you about what is going on in our lives, so keep coming back.