The PA Experience

Things I am Still Getting Adjusted To:
1. Ducks will jump out in front of your car will all of their baby ducks.
2. No one knows how to merge onto a highway without making a complete stop.
3. Target is not right around the corner.
4. Churches are not like Harvest. :(
5. Everyone my age seems to be married and has kids.
6. Things are not as I thought they would be
7. Every exit looks like the last exit so I have to pay attention

I will start out that I am glad that I moved to PA. I like my job even though it kicks my butt everyday. But things are not as I thought they would be. Still trying to figure out where God is directing me in all this. I am still looking for a place to live. I have seen a few people about being their roommates. I did find some people I really liked in a nice townhouse. They are not Christians and a couple living together. I know that does not sound ideal but would be a good situation. Not what I thought would be my first choice. I am also still looking for a church. So far churches seem to be seeker friendly churches or very traditional churches. I have visited 2 churches so far and neither one felt like a place I could call home. I had hoped to be apart of the Harvest church plant in West Philly but it is over an hour away. So it is not looking like something I could be heavily apart of. I am hoping to be involved somehow but until I know where I am living and such, I will not know my exact level of involvement. I really don't have any friends yet. I had a friend that lives in the area but that looks like it will not work out after all. So I have no one my age to hang out with. I just hang out with the family I am currently living with. They have 4 kids under the age of 8. It is a very interesting house. Their youngest is so super cute that I never am bothered by hanging out with him. For those who don't know, I am not a kid person but this little guy has won my heart. So far the only thing that is the way I thought it would be is my job. It is crazy and so much to learn but will be great once I really get a handle on things. I work with some fun people. Job stuff is going pretty good.
After reading that, please do not think I am sad or depressed in any way. Things are tough and I knew that coming in. They have just been tougher than I thought. At the same time, God is showing me that He has a plan for all this. It was not what I thought it was but there is a plan in motion. I am trying to keep pressing on and see what tomorrow brings!
Things to pray for:
1. Living in a house with 4 kids means it gets hard for me to have time to myself to get into the Word. Pray that I will find a way to fit something in everyday. I can feel how much I am needing words of encouragement from God.
2. Since moving, I feel so disorganized to the point that I am so unfocused for prayer. Prayer was what kept me strong while I waited for a job. But now seems to not be a strong part in my life. I can feel how much I need it but still do not fit it in. I know it is laziness and discouragement that keeps me from spending quality time with my Father.
3. Finding a church is hard. I really don't want to just settle for a church but I also don't want to be so picky that I am never happy with a church. Finding a church that I love and find friends that will encourage and help me to keep going.
4. Recently I have been discouraged about being single. A good chunk of that is not having any single friends my age in PA. Please pray that I will meet an amazing Christian man or at least some single Christian friends.
5. I would really like to get in shape. A few obstacles right now are not cooking for myself, only have super hilly roads around me, and having no way to get in some strength training. Pray that things start to come into place and I figure out how to make working out apart of my daily routine again!

Thanks for reading this and praying for me! I miss you all and hope that you will all come visit me once I have a place to live!