I have been thinking about a nice long, eloquent post about how things are going for us. It's not going to happen right now though, so here are some rapid fire updates for y'all.
-The new house is great. The location is fantastic for us, the house is clean & well cared for, lots of space for the family. Never had we had a home that felt so "right" for us.
-No job yet. I have applied at some places, have not heard back yet. I think that I am going to take this week to look at "day" jobs, and if nothing pans out, I will hit up some restaurants next week as the fall back. Would prefer a job that allowed me evenings, and more importantly weekends off. If only...
-BC licensing is still in progress. I managed to flub up one of my practical exam calls, and because of this, I will have to redo this exam. Hoping for a quick turnaround from the EMA licensing peeps, looks like a possible July date for this exam. Until I pass that exam though, no Alberta license.
-Epinepherine Versus Salbutamol. A super fun essay I get to write, resulting from the licensing exam. Not because I did anything wrong, just because I am sure the examiner wanted me to write an essay.
-"Canada's sunniest city" so I'm told. I am still waiting to see it, it's been cloudy and rainy pretty much every day this past week.
That's it for now. Feel free to comment if you have any questions...
Monday, May 30, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
study break
I am finally taking a moment to update my blog with the happenings of the last couple weeks. It has been hectic, especially the last week or two, and although I am on the computer alot it has been mostly for studying.
We managed to get our stuff all packed up and ready for the move on April 30. We spent a good part of the two weeks leading up to that day disassembling furniture, packing less-used items, and arranging things in the house for an easy load in to the truck early Saturday morning. This caused a lot of stress for certain people in our house, namely everyone. It was chaotic for a couple weeks, and tension mounted.
Saturday came, and we picked up the truck with little fanfare. Our friend Gord offered to drive the behemouth truck for us, all the way to Medicine Hat and back! It was such a blessing to have him drive the truck out, since a fully loaded 5 ton truck is a bit more than I was comfortable with.
We drove to Golden, BC, and stayed overnight. After a quick rest, and a morning meltdown from a short but opinionated girl, we managed on to the city of Medicine Hat. By the time we passed through Calgary, we were all quite excited to see, in person, the house we were moving in to. See, we hadn't actually seen it before committing to renting it. We saw some pics of it, the property manager sent us some lovely photos to look at, but we hadn't seen it in person.
We made it to the Hat, and were well pleased with the location, size and condition of the house. It seems to be a great fit for our family.
I say "seems" to be, because early Monday morning I had to return to Surrey, with aforementioned truck, and I haven't been there to find out first hand.
I am back in Surrey now, a week later, studying like crazy and awaiting my licensing exam. It takes place next Friday, and by the grace of God I will pass, get my BC paramedic license, and return to Medicine Hat to be with my wife & kids.
From there, I will need to quickly find a job to pay the bills until I can register with the Alberta College of Paramedics, and get hired on as an EMT there. I know, it seems like a weird process to get a BC license and then move, but this is the way God has it planned for us.
As I am getting the pieces in place to work as an EMT, we will be involved in helping start up the Grasslands Church, in the Hat. No, I won't be a pastor, just one of the families involved in starting up this much needed church in a city of dying churches.
Until then, it's one more week of studying, working, and maybe a quick men's retreat with the Cedar Grove church to refresh my soul before continuing on with this epic journey our family is now taking part in.
We managed to get our stuff all packed up and ready for the move on April 30. We spent a good part of the two weeks leading up to that day disassembling furniture, packing less-used items, and arranging things in the house for an easy load in to the truck early Saturday morning. This caused a lot of stress for certain people in our house, namely everyone. It was chaotic for a couple weeks, and tension mounted.
Saturday came, and we picked up the truck with little fanfare. Our friend Gord offered to drive the behemouth truck for us, all the way to Medicine Hat and back! It was such a blessing to have him drive the truck out, since a fully loaded 5 ton truck is a bit more than I was comfortable with.
We drove to Golden, BC, and stayed overnight. After a quick rest, and a morning meltdown from a short but opinionated girl, we managed on to the city of Medicine Hat. By the time we passed through Calgary, we were all quite excited to see, in person, the house we were moving in to. See, we hadn't actually seen it before committing to renting it. We saw some pics of it, the property manager sent us some lovely photos to look at, but we hadn't seen it in person.
We made it to the Hat, and were well pleased with the location, size and condition of the house. It seems to be a great fit for our family.
I say "seems" to be, because early Monday morning I had to return to Surrey, with aforementioned truck, and I haven't been there to find out first hand.
I am back in Surrey now, a week later, studying like crazy and awaiting my licensing exam. It takes place next Friday, and by the grace of God I will pass, get my BC paramedic license, and return to Medicine Hat to be with my wife & kids.
From there, I will need to quickly find a job to pay the bills until I can register with the Alberta College of Paramedics, and get hired on as an EMT there. I know, it seems like a weird process to get a BC license and then move, but this is the way God has it planned for us.
As I am getting the pieces in place to work as an EMT, we will be involved in helping start up the Grasslands Church, in the Hat. No, I won't be a pastor, just one of the families involved in starting up this much needed church in a city of dying churches.
Until then, it's one more week of studying, working, and maybe a quick men's retreat with the Cedar Grove church to refresh my soul before continuing on with this epic journey our family is now taking part in.
Monday, April 25, 2011
"ska-doosh" is the new phrase for everything around our house. Playmobil and Lego games all involve this fantastic new word. We saw Kung-Fu Panda when it first came out, but it didn't catch on then. This past week or two we have had it out from the library, and have seen it a couple times. Since then, we have had this new verb to describe many different actions. Such a good movie...
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Good Bye March
It is the end of March today, and I feel like March tried to beat us. It brought excitement, sure, moving to Medicine Hat to be "missionaries" and plant a church is pretty awesome.
But with it also came some distractions and false hope. We spent a good amount of March trying to secure the ability to purchase a house instead of renting one once we got to the Hat. Because of this process, we had to let some time go by while everything was sorted out. Turns out that without a job there, lenders don't really want to give me a bunch of money to buy a house. Weird huh?
Once we realized that we needed to shift from property buying to property renting, we had just a few days left to find something. It's a pretty good thing that my wife had be planning a contingency, and researched some options for us ahead of time. That being said, we have had just a couple days to communicate back and forth and secure a place 1250kms away. Today we will give the final go ahead on a unit that should suit our needs for the next year or two.
I am looking forward to April, and I have a feeling that it will be good to us. April will afford us many opportunities to share time with family and friends before we leave. Sure school the kids' school work may not like April, since we will probably do a good bit of ignoring it, but there will be plenty of time for heads down school work once we get settled in our new home. Until then, we will be taking advantage of every opportunity to spend time with the people that we love, and even some people that we like.
Now, to spend a good portion of what little March we have left trying to figure out my job situation. Stay here and send the kids ahead while working and waiting for my licensing exam in May...go, get a job, and come back mid-May for my licensing exam...help move the family there, then come back right away to work and get ready for the exam...
Tick-Tock...
But with it also came some distractions and false hope. We spent a good amount of March trying to secure the ability to purchase a house instead of renting one once we got to the Hat. Because of this process, we had to let some time go by while everything was sorted out. Turns out that without a job there, lenders don't really want to give me a bunch of money to buy a house. Weird huh?
Once we realized that we needed to shift from property buying to property renting, we had just a few days left to find something. It's a pretty good thing that my wife had be planning a contingency, and researched some options for us ahead of time. That being said, we have had just a couple days to communicate back and forth and secure a place 1250kms away. Today we will give the final go ahead on a unit that should suit our needs for the next year or two.
I am looking forward to April, and I have a feeling that it will be good to us. April will afford us many opportunities to share time with family and friends before we leave. Sure school the kids' school work may not like April, since we will probably do a good bit of ignoring it, but there will be plenty of time for heads down school work once we get settled in our new home. Until then, we will be taking advantage of every opportunity to spend time with the people that we love, and even some people that we like.
Now, to spend a good portion of what little March we have left trying to figure out my job situation. Stay here and send the kids ahead while working and waiting for my licensing exam in May...go, get a job, and come back mid-May for my licensing exam...help move the family there, then come back right away to work and get ready for the exam...
Tick-Tock...
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