Heart Broken
I don't think it is good for me to spend so much time looking at the pictures and news reports regarding the New Orleans disaster. New Orleans is a very special place to me and Paula. Firstly, it is where Paula and I spent our honeymoon. Secondly, it is where we spent our first appointment as Salvation Army officers.
We pastored people there. We shed tears for those people many times. We went with them to the altar and allowed them to shed tears in our arms as representatives of Christ. The kids, which mostly came from the 9th Ward, called Paula and me "Momma" and "Daddy." If you have been keeping up with the news, you are hearing a lot about the 9th Ward. It is flooded probably worse than most other areas of the city.
I say on a news report tonight video of people stuck in the Center Of Hope in New Orleans. Our corps building was just two doors down from that. It is flooded. I think about the office we shared that was way too small for even just one person. I remember the piano that I played the chorus "Make Me A Servant," which was the the theme chorus we played for our first quarter in New Orleans. I ponder the condition of the altar rails where we knelt with our people and they with us.
New Orleans has got to be my favorite city. We had started planning loosely with some friends to take a trip to New Orleans in the spring to enjoy the sights and sounds of that one of a kind place. I doubt I will ever be able to experience them again.
I will look for photos from New Orleans when we were there to show you what it was like. That is all we have now to hold on to.
Wayne
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10:15 PM
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New Beginnings
Well this is the last time you will see this:
I started today with SOI. I was a long and somewhat boring day due to being all orientation information. Once I am able to get to work processing payrolls, things will liven up.
I will talk some more tomorrow night about hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans. Paula and I served there as officers and many of our people live in the neighborhood hit the hardest. Our hearts are heavy... please pray for them.
Wayne
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11:47 PM
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What if...
Someone sent this to Paula in an email. I thought others might get a kick out of it.
What if...
...Louis Armstrong was White
...Will Smith was Asian
...Ashanti was Hispanic
...Eminem was Black
...Beyonce was Irish
...Patrick Stewart was Indian
...Tom Selleck was Black
...Lil Kim was White
...Tina Turner was White
Wayne
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7:10 AM
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A Nice Thought
Just wanted to share this. Tonight we had a corps council meeting and Stephanie said something that made a lot of sense. She was talking about the Boys & Girls Club changing their hours due to the average age of the kids. She said something to the effect that because the kids have changed, they need to change.
Apply that to us as the church. The times have brought change to people. Therefore, we must change our methods.
Wayne
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11:02 PM
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Announcing Nephew #6
Some of our best friends, Glenn & Jennifer Queener have just adopted a new baby boy! His name is Brandon. Glenn & Jenn have been down a long bumpy road over the past few years tying to become parents. God has blessed their patience and trust in him and provided a beautiful baby boy. Glenn has pictures of Brandon on his blog. Please check out Brandon and give the Queeners your enouragement.
Wayne
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11:08 PM
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The Sun is a peakin'!
YEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHH! I finally got a new job. I am so excited. I have taken a position with Strategic Outsourcing, Inc. as a Payroll Specialist. I start on August 29th. Continue to pray for Paula. We need to get her a new job. Will talk more very soon. If you would like to read up on Strategic Outsourcing, Inc., go for it
Wayne
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9:35 PM
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Phileo Sleepin' in Daddy's Spot
Wayne
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4:44 PM
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Ce Moi
Well yet again I have fallen down on blogging. I don't know why. It is very liberating and refreshing. Anyway... I had two job interviews last week. Both interviews went very well. Both said they would call me by the end of the week or the first part of next week.
Well now it is the end of that "next week" and I have yet to get a call. When you look for a job as long as I have and find no success, you start to question you self-worth. ALLTEL makes me feel like crap already. I promised myself when Paula and I left officership that I would not allow anyone to make me feel like crap. But I am between a rock and a hard place.
Someone once told me that people can only have power over you as long as they have something they can take from you. I can't just quit. There is no way financially Paula and I would survive. I have to find something before I quit.
God know what I can handle and what I can't... I feel like I am ready to break. Something new has to come soon.
Wayne
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4:31 PM
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