Adoption

Why is it taking so long!!!! Nicole and I want this baby so badly! We passed the adoption proceedings, but we were delayed with the repairs. Then we had to get special help from the hood council to pass the new adoption proceedings and the agency promised to bring our baby the next simday, well it passed and no baby!

Why is it the one thing we want the most seems impossible to get? Maybe I am to learn patience from this ordeal. I need to work on my sermon for simWednesday...patience is a viture...patience.

Back

We just completed our first simday back on the rotation, things are different to say the least. I stayed at home all day, since I do not have a job as of yet. Tatiana has promised a job for me at her new resturaunt, but I must wait until every family has finished thier rotation. The day was ok, it rained, we fished in the morning and planted tomatoes. Then for two hours I opened the church office to sell candles while Lyndon fished some more and greeted the residents. A few expressed interest in attending service this simWednesday. I hope a fair number of residents come since the church needs a office for Lyndon to do counseling with the residents. An *unnamed* resident stopped by for advice and help and poor Lyndon had to talk with her in the rain under the willow tree. That night we ate fresh fish and talked about the new little one coming the next simday. Even though we had passed the adoption process before, our current savings were a cause for concern for the agency. We had to get the hood council president to call the agency and assure them that we would have enough simoleans to care for a child before they would confirm that they would have our child over soon, well the next simday. All we can afford is a crib at the moment, but soon...

Pastoral Notes: Construction Starts

Spring is here and construction on the rebuilding process is underway. It is fascinating to watch something come out of the ground from nothing. Perhaps I will have my first sermon about that amazing phenomenon.

I am nervous about taking my post as the new pastor. Nicole and I have been given a modest bonus as an incentive, besides we are able to live in the house-rent free, as well as recieve a modest weekly salary. Not much, about $500 a simweek which equates to about $70 a day. Nicole wants to get a job at the new resturaunt, Tati's. That should bring in some additional money, not much more, but a little bit more. We're also going to plant a small garden and fish in the local ponds for extra income/food.

The most exciting news is the addition to the Humphrey family and which will keep me rather busy when not drafting sermons, preaching or tending our garden. We're going to adopt a child. Hopefully this will be the first of three, but we shall see. It was a disappointment that we could not bear children, but at least now we will give a needy child a home. I am anxious to see the little one.