Quigley and Co.

It's been a while since we've given you an update on life in the lone star state. Life has been keeping us busy with the mundane and extraordinary all alike.

Oh the mundane side of things (which really isn't that mundane) we pretty much just do work and school. Working nights has been a big shift for me, but I'm liking it way more than I ever thought I would. I work at a truly amazing place and have so many opportunities to impact so many lives each day. It is something I honestly didn't expect. I love going to work each night! Kyle is busy with school and working hard on writing grants and coming up with research topics. The Lord has blessed him with this quirky group of guys that are all in a pretty similar boat as us and we all get together often and all get along really well. It's great to see small changes starting to happen in that group (because there is a lot of changes that could be made!) But, we love them and look forward to building relationships with them. We've also been blessed by our small group and it is often the highlight of our week. They have taken us under their wing and made us feel like family. That helps our mundane to not feel so, well, mundane. 

The one "mundane" area where we are still trying to figure out or place is where we live. We don't live in the best neighborhood and most of the people are pretty rough. We have never been the minority before and it is really stretching. There are times where we don't feel safe and like we should just get out, but we know this is where God has us. We know we have a purpose and we will be protected fulfilling that purpose, but that is tough to keep in mind sometimes. Then the Lord does something awesome and totally reminds us why we are here. Like last week we got a call from our apartment manager. We have invited him to church a few times, but  et4he has declined...until this week. He called and asked us what service we were going to because he went the week before and wants to go back. It was awesome.

I love when the Lord just rocks your face off and does something totally amazing. Our car broke down on Saturday and we were stranded 30 minutes from our house. No big deal though we got a tow to a friend's mechanic and he fixed it that night for hardly anything and we were still able to go out after that. It was truly amazing. I feel like time and again the Lord is revealing His faithfulness and each time it just blows me away even more, amazing!

We are still having fun exploring all that DFW has to offer and look forward to sharing it with Kyle's parents this weekend. It's going to be great to see someone familiar. Believe it or not, we both were talking about how we kind of in a weird way miss parts or Nebraska. Don't get us wrong though, we still think Texas is just a better version of Nebraska.

Can't wait to keep you updated with all the surprises to come from life in Texas!