Jet Lag

I am so excited to have Spencer back from Asia! He arrived safely last Wednesday about 10:45pm Tx time...it was so hard waiting all day for his flight to arrive! But for the past week or so we have been working through jet lag and getting back into a regular schedule and rhythm of life! The first few nights Spencer would be wide awake at 2 or 3am and want dinner! Then the next few nights we tried staying up really late so maybe he would sleep longer...well that took a toll on both of us the next day and we were both exhausted! Slowly but surely we are somewhat back to a normal sleeping schedule! Needless to say he had a great time overseas and made some great contacts and got to hangout with some amazing students and got to share Christ with them several times throughout the week! Spencer says the city is much like New York and a very big international place where they love talking to Americans! I am excited about getting the opportunity to go with him and a few other students in March!


While he was gone Spencer gave me a journal that had an 8 day scavenger hunt...one for each day that he was away! Each day he gave me a hint about a gift that was either coming or that he had hidden in the house for me to find! Some of the gifts were flowers, a coffee mug, starbucks gift cards, and a gift card for a pedicure! He really did a great job and put a lot of thought into it! I definitely bragged to all of the students about how great he is! Also I got to catch up with some of my friends and hang out with some of the college girls during the week as well...they were great company!! (Thanks Heather, Kathy, Katelyn, Logan, Kristen and Shana!)


This Monday, Sept 29th I will be starting my new job at Seminary! I will be working as the Admin. Assistant to the Ref. Director M-F from 7:30-4:30. I am a little nervous about my new routine, but it will allow me to see Spencer more during the day since he will be up there studying much of the time! So be praying for that adjustment, which I'm sure will be just fine.

Finally, we are looking forward to the upcoming weeks because Spencer will soon be ordained: October 12th!! Our families are both going to be there, so we are definitely excited about spending time with them!

God has also been showing us and giving us amazing friends over the past few months that really have been such a great encouragement to us and to the college ministry! This was such an answered prayer!! Thanks Heather and Wesley!

Reading this past week I have made this my prayer for Spencer, our college students and family:

"And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ." -Phil 1:9-10

Fall is upon us!

The cool mornings have been so great lately...Fall is here! This means new students and new freshmen to minister to! The past 2 weeks have been extremely busy at the Plumlee house...getting ready for 2 church fairs, planning a leadership retreat, meeting new students, planning a small group kick-off, job interview for me, Spencer preaching and getting ready for Spencer's trip overseas!

The church fairs were amazing..but very hot because of the weather! We handed out about 200 free t-shirts with our ministry logo on them...and we had a huge stack of student info cards to do follow-up! During our freshman Sunday we had about 50 new freshman!






Our leadership retreat with our student small group leaders was so great! We got away to a ranch in Weatherford to hangout and talk about the semester!


The recent small group kick-off was a time for our leaders to get to know the other guys and girls in their group! It was a time of team-building games, free food, prizes and hanging out! Again, note the fun pictures!




Today was a day that I have been in denial of for the past 2 months! Spencer and I left our house this morning at 3:30am in order for him to be on time for his international flight at 5:45am! The morning was filled with coffee and last minute packing. While I was taking him there, he gave me a journal filled with an 8 day scavenger hunt! I am only allowed to read one per day...how fun!! Isn't he great! For him, I made him 8 cards with the country's flag that he is going to with a verse and a note from me on each one! This was definitely harder than I thought...I keep telling myself he is just at the store or at work...hahaha...but I know great things are going to happen over there! But I have plenty of sweet friends that are keeping me busy! I can't wait to go in March! Here are some of the pictures from this morning!

On a personal note...I got a new job!! Its a full time position at Southwestern Seminary... only 3 minutes from home! I will be the Admin Asst. to the Reference Director! I start Monday Sept. 29th! Spencer and I have been praying for something closer to home and closer to where he is...also I will be getting a bonus that will go toward his tuition every sememster!

One last thing...my brother Steve is now engaged to a great godly girl named Julie! Date: Dec. 6, 2008!

This has been our life for the past few weeks....it should slow down soon! But we are looking forward to the holidays where we can spend time with family and relax!