Mmmmmmmm!!!!!

I fried fish tonight for supper, and it was yummy. :o)

My boys inhaled their supper; I bet it's easily been a year since I've fried anything because it's so fattening. I usually bake meat or use the crock pot.

I've decided to volunteer at church for the rest of the summer, partly out of the goodness of my heart...mostly because God told me to. I didn't want to be there that much because someone (NOT the pastor) gets on my last nerve. 99% of the people on this planet can interrupt me while I'm working without unnerving me in the least, but this particular individual just grates my nerves and makes me want to scream.

Can I use the word "dork" and still be relatively holy? Pro'ly not, huh? But this man is so rude and ignorant, although I believe he does have a decent heart (just poor home training). Today he asked me, "So, how are you doin' today, Michelle?" When I replied, "good," he said, "What good are you?"

What the heck?!?!?!?! I had a million comebacks, but all I said was, "Excuse me?" and then refused to laugh at his "joke."

Yep, he's a dork.

Now God wants me to volunteer several hours in the same building with him every week for the rest of my vacation?

Ick.

Today was my first day, and it was mostly productive. (Alas, he DID interrupt me several times, but I didn't beat him down. But I wanted to. Does that count?)

There is a positive side to this: My lesson plans for the first ten weeks of school are done. Yay for me!

Since I'll mostly be answering the phones and doing whatever Pastor asks me to do, I'll have plenty of time to work ahead on my lesson plans. My goal for the next week is to finish my lesson plans for the entire year. In August, I'll be able to update my website to include lesson plans so that kids who are sick or going on vacation can access them from home. Since I'm working so far ahead, I can even make some study guides.

Thanks, Lord, for letting me get so far ahead on my work for the fall! I really want to be productive this year, even if I get busy with part-time jobs. Pastor has been encouraging me lately to include you in every decision I make, so I'm asking that you give me clear guidance on what I'm supposed to do, spiritually and financially. And please help me raise me boys with discipline and love.

God, I don't want to clobber anybody, so I'm asking that you help me to be kind and friendly, even to the guy I mentioned earlier. But is it selfish to ask you to keep him away from me? Please give him a better work ethic. He's getting paid, so I am pleading with you to please make him stay out of the office and get busy doing what he's supposed to do. If not, then I pray that you make me shut up when I want to go off on him.

Lord, I pray for my church, each family represented, the finances, and the Bible studies that are currently meeting. I pray for an amazing outpouring of your Spirit Sunday, and I also pray that you will let Pastor have an enjoyable, memorable time with his family as they visit him from Illinois. Thanks for letting them get here safely, and please protect them when they leave next week. In Jesus' name, amen.