Well, men, another update.  The big news is now not that big as because 
of issues beyond both theirs and my control, they had to delay 
everything until May or later.  So, I cannot make an announcement until 
such time.

Pray, Saturday I was contacted by one church and someone was sent by 
another to talk to me about Pastoring.  I am not sending out resumes and 
refuse to do so because of the change of some of my convictions 
concerning this issue.  Yet, if they come calling I will talk to them 
and give them a resume after they approach me.  The first church I laid 
down the law on how I do interviews and candidate.  Essentially, I will 
not go into a church with only one or two interviews but there must be 
an extended time to get to know one another and to test whether I am 
qualified to Pastor the church and I test to see if I am ready for this 
church.  Of course, I am a Calvinist but considering one of the members 
is a Seminary Professor who is also a Calvinist, this probably is not a 
big deal for them.  Yet, the ball is in their court and if they are 
interested in talking to me more, I will be willing to talk.  Otherwise, 
this may be a closed door.

Secondly, there is another church who just asked their Pastor to resign 
for what I heard was immoral issues.  I was approached about possibly 
being an interim Pastor.  The church is totally opposite of what I would 
take as a Pastor in many ways but if I am not interested in anything 
more than trying to get them to heal, this may be best for the church 
though it would add stress to my life.  That is okay, I have not had 
stress since December and have actually become so well rested, my wife 
wonders if I will ever get back to my old stressed out self that she 
knew all of 2006... While I hope not, I do miss having to deal with 
major problems and helping people work through them.

Finally, Lacie and I have prayed about beginning a ministry for 2 1/2 
years now.  I still have a burden to begin the ministry along with a 
church plant.  This weekend I did much praying over the issue and 
crunched the numbers on what I would need to kick it off.  I do not know 
if it will ever happen, but it may one day.  The amount of money is 
quite a bit for me, but very small for God and truly it is a small 
amount to start a ministry with.  I figure the ministry will not be self 
sustaining for at least 2-4 years if we begin this ministry.

So, keep us in prayer.  There are many things on our plate right and 
while I want to plant a church, we cannot ignore possible opportunities 
that God brings our way. 

Derick