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Who I amReside in St. Louis Missouri currently, Lived in California & Colorado.Husband.Father.Pastor.Football Enthusiast.Teacher.Learner.Dreamer.Reader.Friend. [thoughts & comments blogged here are my reflections living life trusting Jesus as God]

Monday, May 19, 2008

Something to think about

I normally don't like blogs that use themselves as advertising, but i got this email and was very inspired to post it.

Read an excerpt than check out the link

"I'm emailing to ask a favor.  I know you probably get tons of emails from people looking for help, but I'm hoping this one might stand out.  My wife and I are expecting our first child, Noah Whitney, sometime this month.  Which is so awesome, and so exciting, but with a small catch.  My wife, Crystal, currently works retail, and is just below "full-time", which means no paid maternity leave.  (And you know as well as I do, that there's not big money in ministry to pick up the slack if she takes an extended length of time off.)  Crystal really wants to be able to spend the summer at home with Noah (she'll start teaching elementary music in the Fall), but we just can't afford to do that. So we feel lead to..."

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