ordination schmordination

Most of you know that Jeff is working on Ordination in the Reformed Church. Tuesday he was officially accepted under care, Yay! The process will take about a year from now to complete. He has to take classes, do a CPE (clinical pastoral education where you work at a hospital for six weeks doing the stuff no one wants to do like pray with dying people and their families), write a 50 page paper on what he believes and so on. Actually this moving forward is kind of encouraging, we've been waiting around so long and now we're finally getting somewhere. Jeff has a part time job as a one to one aid with a ninth grader that has learning disabilities and he may be starting at starbucks soon. My mom had breast cancer (HAD being the operative word) which has now been removed. It is fall, my favorite season (Bounty of the Harvest anyone?) and I look forward to what our lives will bring. About four days ago this post would have been totally depressing and discouraged but now things are looking better, thanks God. Anyway, the awesome part about all this is that Jeff will probably need to take classes at Western for the month of june and so we will be in Holland!!! Anyone know of a house on Lake Michigan that needs sitting? This photo was taken in Vermont, we went for the weekend with Jeff's family. Sounds so high class doesn't it?