Some big things starting to fall into place

Sorry for not posting of late. I arrived in Lincoln to find out that our office's videographer had given his notice. Needless to say, I had an obstacle to overcome right out of the gate.
Let me sum it up this way: We use an expensive, awesome piece of equipment called a Tricaster to conduct our webcasting. Usually, learning how to use it comes as part of a full semester class on TV production technology.
I got a six-day crash course.
I finally have my head around things, and I'm happy to say I was able to livestream my first broadcast this past Monday.
So far in my time in Lincoln, I've traveled to Wichita and Newton. Next week, I get to make a pitstop in Leavenworth and see some family members before heading to film a training session in Parsons.
Tonight, I'm writing you from enemy territory. I'm just a short distance from the K-State campus in Manhattan. I got a few odd looks when I filled up the Honda CRV I'm driving at the gas station. The huge Jayhawk on my jacket really grabbed their attention.
Anyway, I've had a lot of fun learning about my new responsibilities and am finally starting to get into a routine -- or at least what I think is the routine -- about this job as a communications director.
One quick highlight: I got to tell a story about New Church Lawrence, a somewhat unique church plant in Lawrence that combined a push toward students at KU with people in the community. The result so far is a congregation that has about 60 students and about 60 adults from the community. For those of you not familiar with church plants, that's a huge victory. And the people I talked with are genuinely pleased with what's going on with this church so far.
The story was picked up by the United Methodist News Service. I'm not sure why, but I took more pride in that than I did all the times I had a story picked up by AP or Gannett News Service.
The one downer is it's pretty lonely here by myself. The weekends are the worst. At least during the week I get to talk to other people during the day. On weekends, it's pretty much just me except for Sunday mornings at church. And then, I've been careful not to get too involved yet because wherever Amy ends up serving a church in the Lincoln area, that's where Josh and I will end up.
We got good news about that this week. I can't share details yet. Really, Amy should be the one to do that. But I'm excited for the opportunity she'll have to serve God in a new way.
I think Josh is going to be pleased by it, too. But that's all I can say for now.
I think that just about catches everyone up. I plan to spend some time in the next few weeks to explore Lincoln a little more than I have so far. And I start talking to high school counselors next week to figure out which high school we want to enroll Josh in next fall.
Big things!
I miss my friends and family back in St. George. I'm hoping to make it back there at some point in April for a few days, but we'll have to see what the work schedule looks like.
That's it for now!