Starting A New Journey In An Old Location

I haven't blogged since I returned from China with my daughter in 2007. My life has been a whirlwind adventure since that time. As I previously alluded to, I have a beautiful daughter from China, and let me say that I am loving being a father, Zoe has been a blessing and a joy in my life. People always say that she is so lucky to have been adopted. The truth is, I have been so lucky to have gotten her, I can't imagine my life without her. I have also changed jobs. I am now employed by the state of Kentucky, I am the Region 8 librarian/consultant for the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. That means I attend board meetings and advise libraries in 15 counties in eastern Kentucky on policy,procedure and all other manner of library business . It is a good job, I enjoy what I do and I like the people I work with.  Finally, we have moved. We are buying an new house. It is the house that my wife grew up in, and it has been a challenge. The house has required a lot of work and isn't finished yet, I hope to finish it soon. working on the house has been both rewarding and frustrating,. Seeing what I have accomplished has given me confidence in my ability to to do what ever I set my mind upon. It has been frustrating because it is a slow process doing construction work and learning as you go. God has been good to me

I hope to continue to use my blog as a kind of journal that allows me to put my thoughts down in one place. A place that I can reflect these thoughts and a place I can share a little bit about me with others.

Zoe

Ok, so I know that you can find all of the information about Zoe on her blog:

http://www.zoemeigampp1.blogspot.com/

I just wanted to post her picture here on my blog.

I hate carrying a wallet. For the last seven years I have carried a front pocket wallet, but there are no places for pictures. Today I started carrying a traditional wallet again, just so I could carry her picture.

Enjoy the picture and visit Zoe's blog.

Tim

Happy to be Back...

I know I haven't blogged in forever, I seemed to have lost my desire to share. Over the summer I went through one of the greatest trials in my life. I experience a very sad time in my life and found that the only thing I could do is pray, and ask others to pray, and turn to the words of God for help. I struggled and hurt inside and continued to seek God. I always tried to do what was right, and when I had reached the place that God needed my to be, he lifted me up. Things are so much better now than they were before my trial and I can only bless God for this, he is the one who made it all happen. The really sad thing about breaking through my trial is that, as I find myself further and further away from the trial, I seem to forget how much God did for me. I now long for the closeness to God that I felt through the struggles and desire the closeness that we had without the pain.

The one great help through all of my troubles was and still is Christian Music, groups like Third Day, Reliant K, and Audio Adrenalin and artists like Toby Mac, and Natalie Grant seem to speak directly to me, helping to lift me out of my funk.

"and you said I know that this will hurt, but if I don't break your heart, then things will just get worse, If the burden seems too much to bear, Remember, the end will justify the pain it took to get us there."

Reliant K

Tim

(Eugene Proctor)