I know you haven’t even heard “crickets” from me in the past couple years. I even recently let my subscription go from my other blog that I didn’t ever write much in. This last year in particular I’ve been quiet on the technology side of life. Here’s a little of where we are now.
When Angie and I stepped away from working with AIM we moved back north to upper Michigan for a season of rest. We needed it more than we had realized. The pace of life changed very suddenly. Then winter hit…I think in more ways than one.
We moved into a cute 3 bedroom house after a summer living with friends. This house has been such a blessing! It also is a stark difference than living with teams of 6-22 overseas or living with at least 5 girls at a time in Georgia. We’ve missed a lot of you who are reading this. Space is such an American concept and such a double-edged blessing/cavern.
I started working a job where I was on midnight shift with very little to do. It’s hard on the body and mind to be up all night…especially with little to do. Some days it was awesome to be able to think, read, listen for hours on end without any interruption. I couldn’t remember the last time I had hours alone to myself…years ago!! Some days this space was haunting with boredom and sapping of all motivation. I quite literally felt as though I was able to give about 5% of my capacity to the company I am working for. (I just moved to day shift and am hopeful I can increase that percentage!!)
Angie started watching a little girl who is a year old on top of raising our 2 year old Kohen. This was particularly rough on her while her hormones were/are trying to find their normal balances post birth/winter. It didn’t really help that I had to sleep through much of the afternoon as she tried to keep two little ones fairly quiet downstairs. I’d wake up and spend a couple hours with K. Brave and Ang as they were tired out before putting them to bed and heading back into work to sit.
Now to be clear, I am thankful for a job and a house where we can rest but REST is not a given even with less responsibilities. Angie and I have been learning how to fight for rest and to make it a more permanent and refreshing part of our life and family. You can pray we continue getting better at it 🙂
I’m not entirely sure I’m going to keep blogging often. I also don’t know where I will. In the meantime, I started using twitter (@BenjaminVeale) if you care to follow some of the thoughts I’ve got. Regardless, I think it’s getting closer for me to start using my voice again. I also think we are getting closer to another major change. I’m not quite sure if it’s job, location, baby, house or all of the above but I’d appreciate prayer for clarity if He has a preference in any of those and trust/patience in the areas it’s not time to know yet.
I love ya all. I’m really grateful for the years of investment you’ve had in me. Thank you.
b
