tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463260505881326744.post482962455213547233..comments2023-04-02T04:53:43.911-05:00Comments on From 2000 miles away: The mighty church dilemmaKellsotrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656853262760921818noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463260505881326744.post-15801407710288910682009-04-02T23:45:00.000-05:002009-04-02T23:45:00.000-05:00Hi Kelly! It's your cuz from Kansas! We moved here...Hi Kelly! It's your cuz from Kansas! We moved here about eleven years ago. It has taken us awhile to get plugged into a church and to find a group of friends. My best advice is to get invovled. That is the fastest way to get connected and make your own roots! It is very hard at first but will pay off in the end.tonya_germanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058139669195527931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463260505881326744.post-73378758012914667052009-02-16T17:15:00.000-06:002009-02-16T17:15:00.000-06:00I love ALL of you!I love ALL of you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14301171575565487461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463260505881326744.post-35512133182732059562009-02-14T23:08:00.000-06:002009-02-14T23:08:00.000-06:00you're pretty much just whining. People are work a...you're pretty much just whining. People are work and you are lazy. Get over it. <BR/>I love you.<BR/>-RRachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02996315329175253184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463260505881326744.post-35319843710019571852009-02-13T15:33:00.000-06:002009-02-13T15:33:00.000-06:00I can identify with your post completely! I want M...I can identify with your post completely! I want Mike and I to get plugged into a church where we can meet new people. <BR/> For me, once I became a mom finding friends became harder and harder. I have 2 really great friends that I love but slowly they are moving on to other places in life. Daria, moved to Tennessee and Stacy is in Austin. By the way; how Stacy and I click is beyond me she is 24 and kid-less! But we do! She now wants to move out of state next year and here I am left in Temple with no friends. Mike on the other hand just goes out to the golf course and finds new friends all the time. I question why is it so hard for women to find friends? I have several people here at work that I could be friends with but I, like you, just don't find them interesting past a working relationship. <BR/>I know that I am just your cousin, I don't wear birkenstocks, and I may not be all that interesting to you but you know you can always hang out with us.Williams Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16596286897667938983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463260505881326744.post-39734387224880150332009-02-11T08:52:00.000-06:002009-02-11T08:52:00.000-06:00Maybe they need cool people like you to introduce ...Maybe they need cool people like you to introduce them to birkenstocks. <BR/><BR/>:-) It's tough - no doubt - Matt and I have the same conundrum here in dallas (fun that my man's name is MATT also! :-) and we're learning to just trust God to give us the fellowship we need. Darn it! I was going to try and refrain from advice giving. but I failed :(sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03482157839120261493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463260505881326744.post-59673961150968270762009-02-04T10:54:00.000-06:002009-02-04T10:54:00.000-06:00I felt like I was going back in time about 20 year...I felt like I was going back in time about 20 years when I read your note. That is exactly what happened to me when we moved to Houston. I decided that it was too hard to leave my friends in Austin and so I wasn't going to make any friends. That way it wouldn't hurt! I lived liked that for several years and was soooo lonely. Then it hit me...I needed friends that were close (in proximity) to me. So a search began just like yours! Keith had to MAKE me go to a small group at church. I left the first one saying..."I don't have ANYTHING in common with ANY of these people (especially the wives) and I'm not going back! Somehow I must have decided go back (maybe I was in the "I must follow the submissive wife rule" mode! To make a long story short...I STILL have contact with those friends from small group. The Lord bonded us through our kids at first, but even though some have moved to other states, I still keep up. One of them is Jenny Flannery! God is faithful...don't write any one off. Follow the Lord's prompting and listen to Matt! You may never find any friendship as deep as you have with Kim and Rachel, but it will be what you need and what you can give (with children in your life). You are in another phase....but it is a great phase. Embrace and enjoy it!<BR/>Love you so much...wish you were HERE!J Conebyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10323793247358902079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463260505881326744.post-81003984384590220382009-02-02T15:32:00.000-06:002009-02-02T15:32:00.000-06:00Listen to your mother and BFF. I know just how yo...Listen to your mother and BFF. <BR/><BR/>I know just how you feel. We had the *perfect* community of believers back in Wheaton. Actually, I thought of you, Kim and Rachel often as I knew you'd love the place... Anglican, full of the Spirit, organic, artistic, focused on what's important - Jesus, loving our neighbor, loving the broken, etc, etc, etc... <BR/><BR/>anyway, we left and moved and have been 'church shopping' since. It STINKS. Seriously. I never knew I had so many hang-ups about what I thought church should be like. What people in church should be like. Ugh. I'm getting a better look at myself and how much I judge others. They just aren't like me... or Wheaton... or LU... or anything I'm used to. <BR/><BR/>So I hear you, totally. But you, my friend, are a jewel and it is a CRIME that you're hiding in your home and not letting anyone get to know you. So put yourself out there and blow 'em away. <BR/><BR/>Just remind me to follow my own advice in a few months... 'kay?Mrs. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01097236308385006715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463260505881326744.post-49858220234280762322009-02-02T09:02:00.000-06:002009-02-02T09:02:00.000-06:00Just a thought...God is the only reason I can thin...Just a thought...God is the only reason I can think of that the 3 of us became best friends. We came from different backgrounds, had different interests, looked different, wanted different things out of life...and somehow we ended up with a bond that has remained despite time and distance. If you could see me today I don't know that you'd automatically think I'm someone you'd want to be friends with...and you'd be wrong! :) Try not to judge the other couples so quickly. Maybe you're right about them and maybe you aren't. Oh geez...I sound like a mom now too.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01042730042587206785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463260505881326744.post-3151442007819452262009-02-02T08:47:00.000-06:002009-02-02T08:47:00.000-06:00pretend you are a teenager and your mom is telling...pretend you are a teenager and your mom is telling you to pick up the phone and call someone. You might end up with friends like Holly and Amber. That would be a blessing. If you continue to work at it, although time probably will not permit it, you might end up with friends like Rachel and Kim. Either way you are not alone/friendless in a place that the Lord has choosen for you and Matt to be. In whatever/where ever (Temple, TX) situation I have learned to be content. So there are your actions. STRIVE to be content. REACH OUT to others and be blessed. Do I sound like soneone's mom? I love the post and the pics. ThanksSherry Caffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00687857554342454107noreply@blogger.com