Life in Louisville

(Matt Studying his Greek)

As you can see from this picture we're  settled enough in to Kentucky for Matt to begin studying for his fall classes.  I am actually pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to settle in so far.  Now it's time to look for jobs.  I have been looking for teaching positions, and applying to many of the Christian and private schools in Louisville.  People tell me that it is still a little bit early to be hearing back from any of these schools about their open positions, but I just keep applying in the meantime.  Matt had his interview with UPS and that went well, now they told him that he has to wait at least a month before they tell him yes or no.  This will definitely be a lesson in patience for him.  This morning (6/26) Matt went for another interview at a family owned Christian bakery.  This job looks pretty promising and the owner said that he would call Matt back by this Friday to let him know about the position.  It's funny as I'm writing this, Matt just got a phone call from a perspective employer.  I believe that it is Chick-fil-a that is calling him.  Sounds like they just gave him an interview for tomorrow morning.  Praise the Lord!!

Well, besides job hunting, we have also been church hunting.  This is quite a difficult task because there is so many Southern Baptist Churchs in Louisville.  (This is a good problem though.)  We visited a new church this Sunday called 9th and O Baptist Church.  We went to their morning service at 10:30 and really enjoyed the worship service and the preaching.  I really liked the worship service because they used a lot of hymns (I love hymns).  We met a few people there and decided that we would go back to their Sunday night service at 6:30.  Right now they are going through all of the Old Testament Sunday School stories that you learn when your young on Sunday night.  I really enjoyed the series and the pastor.  After the service we talked with a couple that is at Southern Seminary right not getting their PHd.  We talked to them for about a half an hour.  They were so nice, and invited us to their Sunday School Class, (Actually they are not called Sunday School classes any more in the Southern Baptist Churches they are called Bible Fellowship Groups or BFGs).  Right now the church is going to be starting on a new 3-year long series for their BFGs called the Gospel Project.  They will be starting this in August and it sounds like they will be really good lessons.  Matt and I decided to commit to this church for a month and then decide if this is the church where God would have us serve Him while we are here in Louisville.  It is a little closer than the church we attended last week, about 18 minutes from our home.  Praise God for Him showing us this church fellowship.  

We also added a kitchen table to our home this last week.  I have been serving dinner on this really small rolling hospital bed table that we brought with us, and I was ready for a regular kitchen table.  We purchased one from on overstock warehouse in Louisville, for a good price.  It is a counter height table with four stool chairs.  I really like it, and I love being able to serve Matt dinner on it now.  

The weather here has been amazing.  Matt and I are a little confused about the temperature though.  The signs say that it is 95 degrees during the day, but it doesn't at all feel like 95 degrees, it actually feels cool to us.  We can't figure out why this is.  Another thing that is interesting is that it stays light here until around  9:30 at night.  So, it's kind of hard to tell what time it is at night for us.  I do enjoy the extra daylight though, it's nice.  One thing that I have really enjoyed seeing while we have been here in Louisville is the fireflies.  The first night we were here, I looked out at the lawn and wondered to myself "why has the campus put little sparkling lights all over their lawn?  It's pretty but that probably costs them a lot of money."  I showed Matt the lights, and he said, those are bugs!  Immediately we went out to look at them.  They are amazing, and the most beautiful sight to see.  I love watching the fireflies light up the lawns on campus each night.  I need to learn more about these curious little bugs to see what makes them glow.  God truly has blessed us with an amazing place to live and we are really enjoying it here.  

I just wanted to take a moment to brag about Matt here for a moment.  I have been really looking forward to seeing the new Disney movie Brave, and last Friday, Matt arranged a whole date day which included going to see Brave.  First we went down Bardstown Road and went to a little coffee shop called Quills Coffee.  There coffee is absolutely amazing, and I loved their decor of owls.  Sorry Starbucks, but your carmel frap. doesn't even compare to Quill's.  After sitting at the window counter drinking our coffee and people watching we went to see Brave.  I really enjoyed the movie, but what I enjoyed most was just spending some relaxing time with my husband.  After the movie, Matt took me to a local restaurant called Lynn's Paradise Cafe.  This was quite an interesting experience as we walked into the brightly decorated dining room.  Matt decided to order a local favorite called Hot Browns.  What a strange dish this was as you can tell by the look on Matt's face in this picture.  

Well, Hot Browns is a piece of white bread, with sliced turkey on top of it smothered, (actually smothered is an understatement) in a white cheese sauce topped with crispy bacon.  I was actually quite surprised that Matt ordered it being that he is not a supper big cheese fan.  He didn't like it at all, he might still be having nightmares about this dish.  Oh well, it was fun trying a local food.  Maybe we'll learn to like it, but I doubt it.  I had an amazing date day with the world's best husband.  I praise the Lord that he gave Matt to me as my husband, I had to wait a long time, but he is more than worth the wait.