May 2010 Flood

In the first 3 days of May we have made history! We have had more rain in these 3 days than the entire month combined. The Bible tells of a time when God destroyed the earth by water and after this past weekend I am thankful I wasn't apart of the first flood. On Saturday parts of middle TN had over 13 inches and it kept raining on Sunday. Our home and neighborhood are fine. There are families north of us that have lost everything. The dams on Cumberland River had to be opened today to relieve some of the strain and water levels are expected to rise another 6 feet in the surrounding areas. Please keep the area in your thoughts and prayers. Only one water treatment plant is running in Nashville is short and ground water is contaminated with sewage. This past weekend's weather reminds me of a powerful and might God we serve! I don't have pictures because we choose to stay at home to be safe and stay out of rescue workers ways.

Job Updates!

Haven't posted anything in awhile, so I thought I would give a job update for both Ben and I. As many of you know I worked for Fort Dodge Animal Health for over five years. This past October they were purchased by Pfizer. Many of the products I represented were sold to another company as required by the Federal Trade Commission. I had the opportunity to leave the company and receive a severance and choose to take this time to exit. I stayed at home and cleaned and reorganized everything. In January I received a phone call from a regional manager with Intervet Schering Plough about the possibility of working as a contract product launch specialist for 3-6 months. Ben and I thought this would provided a good opportunity so on February 1 I started work. I just finish month 3 and it appears I will have 2-3 more months of work.

Ben worked for 2 years for TN Livestock Network which is a non-profit cattle marketing group. In February he turned in his two week notice and on March 1 he started working for the Beef Connection of TN. Check out their website at www.thebeefconnection.com. This job is providing and challenge which Ben loves.

Ultimately we want to be in the middle of God's plan and be living His will in our lives. We have started actively looking for a farm to purchase. We both realize this could take some time so we remind each other to be patient and wait for the right one. We plan to stay in the middle TN area and are looking in Coffee, Warren, White and Cannon counties.

We hope the spring weather has brought as much beauty in your lives as it has ours. As I write this I am listening to a power thunder storm only wishing I was sitting under a tin roof!