So, here I am again, and as you have come to expect it has been some time since I have posted, so here goes.

Part One - New Job
I have been at the Catfish farm for the last six months making little to nothing in the way of wages. This job was straight time, no overtime, no holiday pay, no night differential, and a very meger wage to boot. So over the last six months I have not been able to pay my bills regularly or on time. I have been play the bill juggle game and it gets really old really fast. Now, back in December, on the behest of a friend of mine I decided to apply to a really great company that I didn't really think that I could get onboard with. God takes this as an opportunity to teach me all about patients. So I play phone tag with this company for a good 2 months as well as attending several interviews with several of their department heads. Well December came and went, January and February followed right behind.
My Landlord at this point is starting to wonder if I was ever going to pay her again. The water and electric company were picking a day to just turn me off at thier leisure, and of course my car was going to fall apart at the same time. Everyone I knew was telling me to just move on to another company and to start more interviews. God, had other plans for me. He let me flounder and sweat it out for a little longer, but in every prayer I had the feeling to just hold out and to wait. Then, POOF, there came a call late one night from the head of the HR department of this company saying that they needed an immediate filling for a couple of possistions in the company. I was called in for yet another interview. I went to the interview and was told the same old thing, "We will be in touch Mr. Leighan, thank you for coming in." A few days later they called and asked if I could start the next day. OF COURSE I SAID YES!!!
That was last Monday, I have spent the entire week in training, one whole week of nothing but safety and security. Tomorrow I will have my first official day at my Job site. I will be working in the Materials Department for the warehouse at the PCS Phosphate Mine in Aurora, NC. I cannot begin to tell you all how excited I am about this. This is a subsidiary of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS). The pay is outstanding and the benifits are unbeatable. This is the chance of a lifetime for me and I intend to take full advantage of it. I have no idea what to expect when I get there tomorrow but I will be ready for anything. Thank you God for the opportunity that you have placed before me.

Part Two - God the universe and everything
Just a little praise out of the way first. Thanks God for all the many blessings that you have rained on me over the last few months, may they continue to flow to all that need you love in their lives. A few short months ago I had to take a really hard look at my life and do it with open eyes and a fresh perspective. Thankfully I was able to do just that. I came to a point in my life needing something that was not there anymore. That was God. As a younger man I was truly on fire for God and for my spiritual journey. I had gone many years running from what I knew to be true in my heart and soul. I had turned down some very dark roads and was not comming back. The best thing about God, is that he will let you fall and stumble as much as you need to to come to the truth of things.
After being down here in NC for almost 5 years I started going back to church. At first I was going to the old standby churchs, the ones that I thought that I knew. One's like I went to when I was a younger man, the ones that I was raised going to. None of them seemed to feel right. None of them had was I was searching for. I felt like an outsider everytime I walked in the door. Then I went to a place called Old Ford Church of Christ. From the moment that I walked in I could feel God's arms around me. I could feel the love of the place and the love of teh people that were inside. I immediately knew that God was calling me back home to his embrace. I didn't say as much when I first attended. I wanted to be sure of what I was sensing. I wanted a little more confirmation from the man upstairs. It was not long in coming.
Every week that passed by I felt more and more at home and at ease with the congregation as well as the leadership of the church. They welcomed me warmly and accepted me in as one of the family. Let me tell you something, after being in the state for almost 5 years, I have never felt home, or family, or belonging, or needed. All of those feelings were satisfied at Old Ford. God led me there and planted my soul there. I have found a use for some of my skills there as well. Every Sunday and Wensday I run the sound board for the contemporary service (They have two services) at church. I have also joined an ensamble of singers with the Preacher Eddie as lead. I am also concidering starting up a singles group at the church. We could use something fun to do outside of the world that doesn't envolve drugs and drinking. Been there done that, had enough. There is some interest but I am not sure yet how much interest is sincere.