Nicole Plays Piano, Dad Eats a Guitar

Nicole had a piano recital today and played two songs, "Ode to Joy," and "How Great Thou Art."  According to her impartial parents, she was FANTASTIC and Mom and Dad were so very proud.  The video above is of the second song.  The recital concluded her year of piano lessons.  She's anxious to begin a new year in August.

In other news, we enjoyed celebrating Mitch's birthday in early April.  Patty and Doug, two of our church friends, came over and brought a beautifully decorated (and delicious!) birthday cake Patty made.  It was nearly too cool to eat!

We're still awaiting news from one of the two school systems in our area as to whether Jane will have a teaching job in the fall.  We know God's will is perfect so it will be exciting to learn what that will is.  In the meantime, patience is something God is teaching us.

We've just experienced our first "World's Biggest Fish Fry," an annual event that draws thousands to our area the last week of April.  Schools in our area were closed on "Fish Fry Friday" and we enjoyed a parade that morning.  On Saturday afternoon we got to spend a lot of money (!) at the carnival.  Let me emphasize "a lot!"  We chose not to eat the all-you-can-eat catfish dinner for $12 a piece.  Instead we pigged out on ribbon fries and chicken on a stick from one of the carnival vendors.  We're not sure if we really saved any money with that choice!  LOL!  We ate a chef's salad at home for dinner that evening to ease our guilt from lunch.

The weather is heating up again.  We had a bit of a cold snap with temps below normal earlier this month.  But we're back to scorching.  It has been in the upper 80s the past two days.  Just in time for our Vacation Bible School in a couple of weeks.  One of the reasons we're having a Spring VBS is to help offset the cooling costs of a summer VBS.  Not sure if the weather will cooperate with our plans this Spring!

Pastor Dad and Jake enjoy a day of rest on Sunday afternoon!

Thanks for your continued prayers for us and for the ministry here.    

What is the Fiscus Family up to????

Okay, it's the same old song. . . It's been forever since we've posted. I know. But we have good excuses:

10. We forgot the password to our blog. (Not really, but it sounds good.)

9. Blogging is a thing of the past. (This is becoming very true.)

8. Blogging is for nerds (which kinda relates to number 9).

7. We don't have time to turn around. (Heard that one before?)

6. We're watching too much television instead of taking time to post.

5. We just don't care whether people know about our life. (Not true either.)

4. We're too lazy to type.

3. We're not creative enough to think of something new to post.

2. We forgot we even have a blog.

And the number 1 excuse for why we haven't posted in a while is. . .

We're boring. There's really no news to report.

Seriously, we do have a little news to report. Jane has had two teaching interviews with area schools. One with the county school system (where she is currently teaching) and one with the city school system (the same system for which she taught in the fall). Both systems plan to make hiring decisions in the weeks ahead about known teaching vacancies for the 2012-2013 school year. Both systems also anticipate other teaching vacancies to come open as the summer progresses. We are praying for God's will to be done and are anxious to see what His will includes.

Mitch is recovery from upper spinal surgery very well. There still is numbness and swelling in the left hand and we'd ask that you pray for this, particularly. Otherwise, the doctor says his recovery is as expected. We give God the glory for His goodness in this and are thankful Mitch has seen tremendous relief from the pain he experienced for so long.

Nicole and Jane are on Spring Break this week. For Nicole this means more time to game (XBox, Playstation, Wii). She's also looking forward to a free skate night this week at our local skating rink to benefit the crisis pregnancy center in our area.

For Jane Spring Break means completing a list of projects she's been waiting to do if given the time (paint the master bathroom, paint the shed, spring clean, etc.). One of the big projects this week is to learn this year's VBS songs and movements. She'll be doing music during VBS along with a couple of others from church. Lately she's been thinking a lot about how much work this must have involved for her buddy Nikki in Nevada who has done this for so many years. Our VBS is early this year--May 7-11. We'll let you know how a spring VBS works after we do it. There are some real advantages (or so we've been told) and we'll soon see if we agree.

Jane's parents came for a visit last weekend. They're on the road again so it'll be awhile until they come around again.

We're looking forward to Mitch's birthday on April 7 and our first Easter with our new church family.

That's about it. I guess we had more news to post than we thought. Don't hold your breath, but maybe we'll post again soon as the school districts make hiring decisions--as the Lord wills.

Love you all! Thanks for your prayers for us and for the ministry here.