answered prayer

we had quite the weekend! on saturday morning, we got up early and went to the church for a work day. we cleared a path through the woods and really enjoyed spending time with some of the church members. we're getting more and more plugged in each week, and we are loving christ community church! waturday night, we drove to st. augustine for the mississippi state university send-off party with the northeast florida alumni chapter. it was only a two hour drive east. dr. jimmy abraham was the featured guest that night, and although we didn't send off any incoming freshmen, there were a couple current students there. visiting with fellow bulldogs was so much fun! stacey got recruited to plan a tailgate for the msu vs university of florida football game this fall in gainesville. stacey may also get involved with some recruiting for msu in the near future- what fun to tap into that roadrunner nature! we took a late night stroll around historical st. augustine since we were in the area. it was raining, so we didn't stay long.

sunday morning after church, we went to lunch with our pastor and his family. we so enjoyed getting to know them and spending time with them. rob, the pastor, is an msu grad and was also a roadrunner! his wife went to the “school up north,” but she is still wonderful nonetheless. people remember us and speak to us after the service, and every week we feel so welcomed by the church family! sunday night we had a significant others orientation for the medical school. we met some great couples, and we are going to a farmer's market with a couple from georgia tech this wednesday. it will be nice for stacey to have some friends when zach is busy studying.

the wonderful weekend was topped off with even more wonderful news monday morning! stacey got a job offer from mactec, an engineering consulting firm, and she will start an energy auditing position on august 20! what an answered prayer! she is said to leave the wonderful women she works with at the doctor's office but is excited to start a career in her field of engineering. one of the women stacey worked with, margie, had a contact through her church at mactec, and opened the door for stacey with this company. three godly women at the doctor's office then lifted up stacey and this job prospect up in prayer, and 3 weeks later there was a job offer! we prayed again this morning thanking God for providing and for being so faithful.

the lord is just blowing us away with new friends, a church family and now a job for stacey! praise be to God!