A New Beginning

I have been gone a long time. Sure, there was a post 2023, but I really haven't been here since 2020 when I felt the call to become a pastor. When I was told no, despite them loving the blog I read to them, I couldn't hear the call any longer. It's amazing how in 2020, some old man who grew up without a computer, probably reading books by candlelight, can still look down on people who play video games to relax. It wasn't even the video games, it was the computer as a whole, he looked down on me because I use the computer to design 3d objects to be able to print and sell. But it is what it is, one cannot be everything to everyone. 

But it really has been a long time. A lot has happened. I moved what store I work at and was put on the manager track. Then I became a manager at my old store when my old boss left the company. I have been doing general manager things for a few months short of 2 years. It's been a wild ride. There is a lot that I wish I could change, a different path leading to a location much like the one I am at now. but I can't change that. 

Now the biggest and best change, I had been dating a woman for a year and a half and been engaged to her for a year. This past January we got married in Brazil and now we have a long process getting her visa to come live here permanently. It all made me scared, but I was looking forward to it, and now I love being married to her.

Recently when I was feeling a little down, probably from exhaustion. I began to think about where I am supposed to be in life. Did I miss God's call, or has it changed, and I am where he needs me to be? I don't know, but I do know I thought a lot about this blog and thought I should do this again, even if no one reads it. I know it will find the right person. 

I want to bring the blog back. Focus on writing more. Maybe more than just what the blog has been, adding more secular things. By that I mean things like my short stories or making new ones, maybe bring back Blog Adventures. You have to be around for a long time to know that one. I want to spend more time with God, more time focusing on his Word and become a better follower of Christ. Not just for myself, but for my wife, for our family and whatever the future may hold. 

I hope you will join me as we start this anew, build this up to be something. Thank you for reading. If you just found me, I hope you stick around. If you have been here for a while now, maybe even the beginning, I thank you for being here. I hope God will use me to be whatever he needs me to be.