Adventure Day: Friday, January 9thDustin has been off all week as we were expecting to be visiting with Integris Bass Hospital in Enid that never really fell through. We met with Stan, the recruiter for Integris Rural Hospitals, in November and told him that we would be planning on visiting during this week, but had yet to recieve any further contact from him. Thus...we had been patiently waiting on what the Lord might have in store for this week that Dustin was off instead. One big thing was Carson and Andrew's Cousin Peyton was born on Thursday---the boys love thier new cousin! (pics on blog below) On Tuesday Dustin recieved an interesting email from a physician recruiter telling him of an opportunity that was 40 minutes from Tulsa, 30 minutes from Stillwater and 60 minutes from OKC...the name of the town was not mentioned. We thought it might be Cushing. The recruiter responded to Dustin's reply email the next day and informed us that the town that he was recruiting for was actually Drumright, which is 7 miles east of Cushing. He was so prompt and talked to the CEO in Drumright that next day hoping to maybe set it up for us to visit with him later that week. After talking to the CEO the recruiter found out that the CEO had laringitis and probobly wouldn't be able to meet with us.
In late July I worked a Children's Conference at First Baptist Moore and met a young lady and her husband, Angela & Dustin Hobson. It has been so very interesting to see how God has so intricatley crossed our paths and networked us together. I spent two 8 hour days with them and was so blessed by thier new friendship. I found out that they were also from Tulsa, in fact they were trying to persuade me to come to First Baptist Jenks (which of course we had visited quite a bit) and that she was actually a former teacher from the school that Carson would be attending in August....I pumped her with so many questions! She was such a blessing and another confirmation from the Lord that we were doing what He had planned for Carson in regards to attending public schools. It was a super neat weekend....before the weekend I wondered many times "Lord, why am I doing this show?" It was not a highly profitable show but His plan was for sure for me to meet this couple and connect with these precious brother and sister in Christ. Angela works for a company now called "Simply Fun"--they have the most wonderful games for families. Anyways....so life continued...I called her in August to tell her that God has blessed us with a wonderful Christian teacher that went to our very own church that we just didn't know since we teach in the youth and are with them so much. She was super excited and said that I had called at just the right moment because she was contemplating something that was weighing so heavy on her heart. She went on to explain that they loved Tulsa and thier church family but she felt like the Lord was leading them to move to Cushing....she had quite a bit of family there and it was such a wonderful town. So I began to pray for them and thier family and what the Lord might have in store for them in the coming months. She asked specifically that I would pray for her husband to get a job close to Cushing if it was God's will for them to move. In October I talked to her and she was living with her Grandfather and her son was going to Cushing schools while her Dustin was still looking for a job. Thier house had been sold on contingency and they were waiting on that to close.....this is the last I talked to her until this past week. I was so excited thinking Angela and Dustin are there how fun would that be to live in Cushing....so I called her on Wednesday and she laughed and told me that God had indeed provided a new job for Dustin but it was only 3 mi from thier home in Tulsa and they had decided not to finish with the contigency sale of thier home and over Christmas she had moved back home.....WOW! So they have been going through so much the past six months....she just laughed and laughed when I told her saying "Well maybe it was you after all that was moving to Cushing, not us..He!" (Sorry this is a really long story)....so here we are this week on vacation and we had nothing planned for Friday so we decided to have an adventure day....We drove from Tulsa to Drumright to look around and then on to Cushing. To make it fun and exciting for the boys we had a list of things that we were looking for: a plane, a tractor, a choo choo, games, and a motorcycle. They did a great job looking for these items! Drumright has a really cute and quaint downtown, main street area, but as we drove off the main street you could tell that it was a poor community. Thier were many government subsidized areas of homes and apartments. It has a nice little 15 bed hopital that is fairly new. The town itself has only about 3000 people. We then drove on into Cushing which is about 5 minutes away. Cushing is a larger town on about 9,000 people. It is such a cute town! They have many stores: Super Wal-Mart, Atwoods, Pizza Hut, Mazzios, Braums, Sonic, Subway to name a few. We drove by the school and were excited to see that they are the Cushing Tigers and thier colors are orange and black. :) As we were driving around the hospital (the hospital was really nice- three stories and newly renovated it looked like) I decided to call and talk to my friend Angela and see where we should go visit while we were there. She answered and told us that we needed to go to the library and pick up a map. She told me that her uncle owned the Baker's Pharmacy that we had passed by the hospital and insited that we go by and say Hi to him...in fact she was calling him as soon as we got off the phone to tell him we would be stopping by...no pressure :) The library was a blast...the boys got to read books, play puzzles and building blocks. We got our map and were then off the the pharmacy. All I can say is this new little friend of mine was such a blessing to our family by calling her uncle. We arrived at the Pharmacy and the boys were immeadiately greeted with a warm smile and a bucket of candy to choose from. Doug Baker, Angela's uncle, was there and was so very friendly and wonderfully informative. He made a call a few moments after we arrived and told Dustin to walk accross the street and talk with one of his friends, Dr. Grellner, while he entertained the boys and I for a few moments. We found out that 2 docs from Cushing had just left and that they were actually looking for 4 family practice doctors to fill spots--this is very interesting because the Physician Practice Opportunities handbook that we recieved in October stated that they were not looking for family practice at this time. Dustin had a wonderful visit with the doctor--what an opportunity! We left the Pharmacy that afternoon feeling so blessed that God would connect us with Angela Hobson who would connect us with Doug Baker who would then connect us with Dr. Grellner...truly what an awesome God we serve that he cares about the little details of our lives and so perfectly sets up such divine appoinments for us! We look forward to see what God has in store for us. We continued on towards Perkins, OK which is only 15 miles up the road. Dustin and I spent a little bit of time here when we lived out off of Mehan Rd in the country in Stillwater. Alot has changed in six years...they now have a Piggly Wiggly...kind of funny. We continued into Stillwater (it is only 25 minutes from Cushing...huge plus) and played at the park for a good hour....it was 71 degrees! What a beautiful day for an adventure! The boys also enjoyed watching the skateboarding at the skate park. We visited For Pete's Sake and Chris' while in Stillwater and the boys picked our thier prize there....a Pistol Pete tooth brush! Hooray. Carson was so dissapointed that no game was being played...football...basketball...no games scheduled that night. So we headed back to Perkins and ate at El Mexicano, a mexican restraunt that we ate at quite frequently while living in Stillwater. After dinner we headed back through Cushing and Drumright to go home wondering "Lord, what do you have in store?" We were both filled with so much excitement knowing that His plans for our lives are so much greater than we can even imagine! The boys were sad that the adventure day was over but they had so much fun!! This morning Dustin checked his email and funny enough got an email from the recruiter at Bass Integris in Enid saying he heard that we were coming to Enid soon and would like to set up a time to meet with us---strange, huh, Dustin's vacation is over and we have waited since November to have this set up for this past week and not a word from them until today.....things that make you go hmmm....trusting in Him today and wondering what He has in store.....
In late July I worked a Children's Conference at First Baptist Moore and met a young lady and her husband, Angela & Dustin Hobson. It has been so very interesting to see how God has so intricatley crossed our paths and networked us together. I spent two 8 hour days with them and was so blessed by thier new friendship. I found out that they were also from Tulsa, in fact they were trying to persuade me to come to First Baptist Jenks (which of course we had visited quite a bit) and that she was actually a former teacher from the school that Carson would be attending in August....I pumped her with so many questions! She was such a blessing and another confirmation from the Lord that we were doing what He had planned for Carson in regards to attending public schools. It was a super neat weekend....before the weekend I wondered many times "Lord, why am I doing this show?" It was not a highly profitable show but His plan was for sure for me to meet this couple and connect with these precious brother and sister in Christ. Angela works for a company now called "Simply Fun"--they have the most wonderful games for families. Anyways....so life continued...I called her in August to tell her that God has blessed us with a wonderful Christian teacher that went to our very own church that we just didn't know since we teach in the youth and are with them so much. She was super excited and said that I had called at just the right moment because she was contemplating something that was weighing so heavy on her heart. She went on to explain that they loved Tulsa and thier church family but she felt like the Lord was leading them to move to Cushing....she had quite a bit of family there and it was such a wonderful town. So I began to pray for them and thier family and what the Lord might have in store for them in the coming months. She asked specifically that I would pray for her husband to get a job close to Cushing if it was God's will for them to move. In October I talked to her and she was living with her Grandfather and her son was going to Cushing schools while her Dustin was still looking for a job. Thier house had been sold on contingency and they were waiting on that to close.....this is the last I talked to her until this past week. I was so excited thinking Angela and Dustin are there how fun would that be to live in Cushing....so I called her on Wednesday and she laughed and told me that God had indeed provided a new job for Dustin but it was only 3 mi from thier home in Tulsa and they had decided not to finish with the contigency sale of thier home and over Christmas she had moved back home.....WOW! So they have been going through so much the past six months....she just laughed and laughed when I told her saying "Well maybe it was you after all that was moving to Cushing, not us..He!" (Sorry this is a really long story)....so here we are this week on vacation and we had nothing planned for Friday so we decided to have an adventure day....We drove from Tulsa to Drumright to look around and then on to Cushing. To make it fun and exciting for the boys we had a list of things that we were looking for: a plane, a tractor, a choo choo, games, and a motorcycle. They did a great job looking for these items! Drumright has a really cute and quaint downtown, main street area, but as we drove off the main street you could tell that it was a poor community. Thier were many government subsidized areas of homes and apartments. It has a nice little 15 bed hopital that is fairly new. The town itself has only about 3000 people. We then drove on into Cushing which is about 5 minutes away. Cushing is a larger town on about 9,000 people. It is such a cute town! They have many stores: Super Wal-Mart, Atwoods, Pizza Hut, Mazzios, Braums, Sonic, Subway to name a few. We drove by the school and were excited to see that they are the Cushing Tigers and thier colors are orange and black. :) As we were driving around the hospital (the hospital was really nice- three stories and newly renovated it looked like) I decided to call and talk to my friend Angela and see where we should go visit while we were there. She answered and told us that we needed to go to the library and pick up a map. She told me that her uncle owned the Baker's Pharmacy that we had passed by the hospital and insited that we go by and say Hi to him...in fact she was calling him as soon as we got off the phone to tell him we would be stopping by...no pressure :) The library was a blast...the boys got to read books, play puzzles and building blocks. We got our map and were then off the the pharmacy. All I can say is this new little friend of mine was such a blessing to our family by calling her uncle. We arrived at the Pharmacy and the boys were immeadiately greeted with a warm smile and a bucket of candy to choose from. Doug Baker, Angela's uncle, was there and was so very friendly and wonderfully informative. He made a call a few moments after we arrived and told Dustin to walk accross the street and talk with one of his friends, Dr. Grellner, while he entertained the boys and I for a few moments. We found out that 2 docs from Cushing had just left and that they were actually looking for 4 family practice doctors to fill spots--this is very interesting because the Physician Practice Opportunities handbook that we recieved in October stated that they were not looking for family practice at this time. Dustin had a wonderful visit with the doctor--what an opportunity! We left the Pharmacy that afternoon feeling so blessed that God would connect us with Angela Hobson who would connect us with Doug Baker who would then connect us with Dr. Grellner...truly what an awesome God we serve that he cares about the little details of our lives and so perfectly sets up such divine appoinments for us! We look forward to see what God has in store for us. We continued on towards Perkins, OK which is only 15 miles up the road. Dustin and I spent a little bit of time here when we lived out off of Mehan Rd in the country in Stillwater. Alot has changed in six years...they now have a Piggly Wiggly...kind of funny. We continued into Stillwater (it is only 25 minutes from Cushing...huge plus) and played at the park for a good hour....it was 71 degrees! What a beautiful day for an adventure! The boys also enjoyed watching the skateboarding at the skate park. We visited For Pete's Sake and Chris' while in Stillwater and the boys picked our thier prize there....a Pistol Pete tooth brush! Hooray. Carson was so dissapointed that no game was being played...football...basketball...no games scheduled that night. So we headed back to Perkins and ate at El Mexicano, a mexican restraunt that we ate at quite frequently while living in Stillwater. After dinner we headed back through Cushing and Drumright to go home wondering "Lord, what do you have in store?" We were both filled with so much excitement knowing that His plans for our lives are so much greater than we can even imagine! The boys were sad that the adventure day was over but they had so much fun!! This morning Dustin checked his email and funny enough got an email from the recruiter at Bass Integris in Enid saying he heard that we were coming to Enid soon and would like to set up a time to meet with us---strange, huh, Dustin's vacation is over and we have waited since November to have this set up for this past week and not a word from them until today.....things that make you go hmmm....trusting in Him today and wondering what He has in store.....
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