Ducks V Beavers

It’s October in the USA and that means football has well and truly started. Now I know this will be hard to believe especially since the Weagles beat Sydney and I am sure Perth has gone mad, but the Yanks have one on us when it comes to being football supporters. Now I’m not talking pro-football. I’m talking college and high school football. To give you some idea, when was the last time you heard 96FM stop its music broadcast because Gosnells Senior High was playing Rockingham and that surely takes priority? Well driving home on Friday, Roseburg were playing someone and I lost the classic 80’s rock hour (I know, the shame) to little Billy scoring a touchdown. And the college scene is worse. If you live in Oregon, the question asked to determine your social station isn’t “are you a Republican or Democrat?” Nor is it, “north of the river or south of the river?” It’s “Duck or Beaver?” Now I have to be a Beaver even though the Ducks colors are the mighty green and gold. Why? Because Linnet went to OSU and therefore we are Beavers football tribe (ops I mean fans). However Eugene is closer to us than Corvallis and that means most people are Oregon University types and that makes them Ducks. On Friday morning as I slipped into my shared cubical I was greeted to the strains of the Ducks “club song.” It is truly amazing to see middle age men go back to their college years and start acting like frat boys at a homecoming rally. The scary thing is that I now have joined in. “Benny” the beaver is now sitting in pride of place on my desk. I get the urge to put on orange and black war paint. My ball markers have dam-building rodents on them. Ah, such is life.
Speaking of life, I suspect some of you would like an update since it has been a month (sorry). We now have our furniture and have officially settled in. Linnet is just starting to look in earnest for a job and it looks like we have found a church. Autumn has made itself known and the days have started shrinking. The forecasters seem to think we are at the end of the dry and the rains should start soon. I’m still getting use to living in a place that you have to take elevation into account (we’re at 495 feet, but if you go for a drive inland a bit, it jumps up and that causes snow). Some of you have asked how the plans for the new shop are coming along as well. In short they are not. The move highlighted some things and our vision for a new Revelations doesn’t seem to fit with our current position. We still have a passion for Christian education through a shop, but as with the first one we have a vision that requires a set of prerequisites to be filled before we jump in. We want the timing to be right before we go. We are still praying for those to be met but in the meantime I’m starting to get itchy for something to do and I’m sure we will be involved in some type of ministry soon. For those who don’t know, I’m a firm believer that if you have a vision and God says no or wait, then the next question should be, “Ok Lord, what then would you have me do?” On another note, Linnet went up and helped her dad with his hazelnut harvest. I’ve learnt from Gordon that my wife can sure drive a mean tractor.
Well, that’s it for today. I am looking for suggestions on anything that you would like to hear about. So if there is any topic tell me. Speaking of topics I have finally written a new spiel and it is a two part blurb. Part one is below.