Dr. So-in-So, I'd be working for the DOE.

So for at least a second time I have been approached by the principle of one of the schools I teach in about getting my NYS teachers license. While the committee is still out on this one, Wallace and I met yesterday to discuss the plant and I talked with him about my schedule concerns for next year.

Long story short Tammy and I have been looking at what to do for my income and time. Right now the possibility stands that I could work for the DOE teaching martial arts for Heart of a Champion still but st paid by DOE instead of the school which makes things easier and more complicated.

My evening classes may have to be stopped though due to a separation of us from MBC and timing. As we continue to move out of the location no new possibilities are open right now for teaching in. And we've looked at a bigger apartment and teaching out of home but it doesn't look like a very viable option for a number of reasons. So now all this is in the air and I hate it bc I like resolution and to be planning.

Tammys getting ready to test for her CEN (certified emergency nurse) and is planning to start school working toward her masters this summer while I'm busy with TNL. She has to get a chemistry class out of the way. If I end up going for my certification that means I'll have to go backto school as well since all teachers have to have masters here. Unfortunately it won't he a masters in religious studies like I would prefer to get. But life goes on.

So I'm leaving shortly to go teach this morning and will hopefully be talking with the principle more about this idea today. We'll keep you posted.

Peace.

PS. We officially stuck it to the Man by canceling our cable. It's fantastic. I resommend you all do the same and get a Mac and put a free program called Boxee on it and watch your tv that way. Cable is so archaic. Untill they make a la carte cable subscriptions, the end is coming for Time Warner and others. Hahahahhah!

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It's another morning

Sooo...I was supposed to go train this morning but when I woke up and was doing my morning deal my rosacea starting itching like a baby with chicken pox in a swap full of Mosquitos. I didn't like it and I knew if I trained it would only aggregate it. But at least I got up so I sat down in the big green chair that Tammy swears I jeep trying to get rid of (but I don't mother and please no apologies for the genetic gift of rosacea. It's not going to kill me so it'll only make me a stronger person) and did some studying.

I'm going through Tim Keller's and Redeemer's church planting manual. Currently I'm looking at the biblical foundation for church planting and fashion of a new church. He had a great three points on basic necessities for a plant. 1) know the Gospel -thoroughly - communicate not a click to liscence and not a click to law. 2) know the culture - adapt not too much or too little. 3) love your city.

Keller spends some good time going through Acts 2:40-47 and looking at the foundation and structure of the early church. This was a really good section that I really enjoyed.
Walter and I are conferencing tonight to get our working mission statement or essay on the church format so we can present it to MBC's elder board and our advisory board for them to look over and sign off on.

Until next time.
Jonathan



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Planning session

So Walter and I met today concerning the church plant. We are putting together a 3 month plan of action that will take us into The Next Level. We are meeting again tomorrow morning and looking to outside guidence and counsel concerning the plant. Be praying for us as we look to establish a leadership group here and look for a few people to be a unbiased counsel for us.

It's strange to think that sometiing we've talked and wanted for so long is suddenly happening. But looking over the past year I can see so much coinciding to make this happen.


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Unexpected announcement.

So the interim pastor of MBC called a meeting of all the men of the church and sent a personal invite to Walter and I to come. Both of our families haven't been attending MBC for a while now as we've been attending Redeemer Pres. While we and Walter have been in dialogue about a church plant since before we moved here. And over the past year it has been becoming more of a "sooner than later" discussion.

All of that being said, we have been asked by the interim pastor to plant a church out of MBC. And he unexpectedly announced it today to the church that they've asked us to do that. While Walter and I have yet to meet with him and discuss details, and this has been a desire of ours for a while, I guess this means we are planting a church. Oh boy.

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Jeffery RIP

He was the best ferret ever. But cancer got the better of him today. I'll miss your kisses buddy.













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Days like this.

It's at moments like this, when I look up to find I'm on the wrong train, fighting off a bad case of bronchitis, and just hospitalized one of our ferrets, that I wonder. Why did I get up this morningagain?


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New Year...

So vacations over. Today my first day back to the grind. I was really hoping that I would have been able to start training again last week and then teaching this week, but alas the places I train at were closed just like my own studio. So i get the entire package today.

The holidays were good. It was super nice to spend time with my bride and to hang so much with friends. And sleep...man did I sleep.

Two observations: 1) somebody on the train with me smells like one of the guys I train with regularly. He always wears cologne on the mornings. Probably the only good smelling person there. 2) why do tv shows have to be so addictive? Tammy, Eric, Noemi, and I started watching Heros on Netflix. God bless Netflix. I really love technology.


Okay and another observation. This ones free, it's difficult sometimes to type efficiently on the train. So forgive my typos.

Well, it 9:49 in the morning and I'm headed uptown for training session número 2. Two and a half more hours of toochie beatings. Then I teach a class at 3:15, private lesson at 6, class at 6:30, and private lesson at 7:15. Man I love Mondays.

Reply to this post with your Monday schedule so I'll have something to read too.




Peace in the Middle East,
Monday Man.

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