Monthly Archives: June 2009

question…

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We’re just three weeks into it, and over the next few months, Drew and I are asking some very tough questions about our future.

We have a list, which includes a few head-hurters:

  • Where can our gifts be of most impact in the Kingdom of God?
  • What culture are we best suited to minister in?
  • Do we work as a team in ministry, or look for a position where we may not be joined in work?
  • What about our family & friends?
  • What is God saying to us?
  • What are we passionate about?

We hope that facing these questions will help us finalize what we plan to do when we get out of seminary. And these are some important, life-altering, vision-defining questions.

What’s the most important question you can ask yourself today?

The Neighbors Stole Our Internet

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I type this from a painfully slow computer at the library. I stopped by here on the way to the market to tell you something.

In the past 48 hours, all of our neighbors have moved out. If you follow me on twitter (@mandythompson) you’ll know that surrounding neighbors can slow the pace of my home-recording ventures. So, yay for no neighbors.

But in the process, they packed up their wireless modem and took it with them (oh the horrors at 7:23pm last night, as I watched the wi-fi signal go from full to empty. nothing. silence). We were sharing with them, well – they were sharing with us. Totally legit. We paid them. Blah blah. But now they’re gone.

[sigh]

And we probably won’t get internet in our apartment.

[insert much weeping and gnashing of teeth]

Why, you ask? First, because I’m not gonna beg for it. Second, because we don’t have it in our tiny little budget. In all honesty, the internet is my BIGGEST distraction from the writing process.

There.

I said it.

So, now I guess I’m going to set up a bracket on this here blog to take bets on how long I can last without internet at home…

My goal? Until the end of the year, when we move.

Yes. That’s 6 months.

How long do YOU think I will last?