Madison, WI

Hey all,
It's been a while, but it's been a crazy past week or two. Let me explain. There's not gonna be any deep spiritual revealings in this post, but it is exciting to see how God is working lately and what he's kinda putting in place for me as I begin a new adventure in Wisconsin.

First, I had the privilege of having an amazing last weekend in Michigan. After my last day of work at Sun Chemical (Where they bought me lunch on the last day, that was sweet), I headed down to Detroit for my first (and probably only) Tigers game of the year. Jocelyn's dad had tickets for clients that weren't being used, so we had the opportunity to use those. I met up with Jocelyn in Howell and then we drove on over to Detroit. For a record, there is tons of construction around Detroit, and that makes for an entertaining ride when you aren't even that familiar with Detroit to begin with. We had seats right behind 1st base about 14 rows up. We could not have asked for better seats, except that there was this tall guy who sat in front of us so I couldn't see first base without moving my head and Jocelyn couldn't see home plate without ducking around the guy. But it was a great 7-1 win. Then on Saturday, I drove on over to Grand Rapids and got to hang out with a bunch of the guys and Candell and Melissa. We got to chill at Dan's cottage, and see a Whitecaps game at night. Finally, on Sunday, I got to be in a suite at a Whitecaps game for Dan's dad's Fathers day gift. We won in the 13th inning on a Kody Kaiser game winning single. Overall, what an amazing weekend.

After the great weekend, I got ready for the move to Madison. Monday was dedicated strictly to packing, which took forever. Then, Tuesday morning around 4am, we left for Madison. We had my car and my dads truck. My mom and sister came along to help move because my dad couldn't make it. It's the busy time of the year and my uncle can't do farmwork for 6-10 weeks probably because of health problems with his leg. We got to Madison and signed a lease with an apartment I found on Craigslist.

After two days of moving stuff in, shopping for furniture, and getting stuff settled, the apartment is finally looking set to go. I have a 2nd floor sweet loft apartment, so we had to carry everything a long ways to get it into the apartment. This was an adventure with me, mom, and Stephanie, but I give them credit for their willingness to help. We looked everywhere for furniture and eventually found some good stuff at Sam's Club, and we had to haul that to my apartment. It didn't fit into the back of the truck well, that's for sure. For the mattress, we had to lift it and tie it to the top of the truck to make it work. We were dead and tired, but I must say that we did a great job.

The apartment is sweet. You walk in and its the dining room area with a table/chairs/etc. You look to your left and theres a kitchen with a breakfast bar (with 3 stools). Then straight ahead, you have my living room with a couch and a couple chairs and the tv with the normal living room feel. Straight behind the living room is a porch which is neat to be able to relax outside if you get sick of being inside. Then you go around and theres stairs to go up where the bedroom and bathroom is. The bathroom is right when you get to the top, and if you go to the right you will find my bedroom. Its weird cause my bedroom isn't really a room, it's just the top of the balcony. It really gives a neat feel. It's hard to explain it all in words, but hopefully I can post pictures later.

It's a really nice area and I'm 1-2 miles from everything. I'm really enjoying it so far. If you could pray for me to continue to feel comfortable, for work starting up on Monday, and for me to make friends and find a good church, that would be great!