Greetings one and all... well on a whole, things are still functioning quite will in the Argent household. sleep is slowly becoming a more regular occurance. lillian is doing quite well and is becoming cuter and cuter everyday. she seems to be a very happy and content little girl as she smiles a lot and is verging on giving us a laugh. lillian is growing and is alreay beginning to out-grow her birth clothes.
sarah and i are starting to get back some of our social life also. this has taken a lot of re-working with the addition of baby lillian but so far, so good. i for one have been very excited to start to slip back into church commitments and social things as i have really missed interacting and hanging out with my friends.
i am really enjoying the opportunities that are being presented to me at Marion church. i did the message last Sunday night. it was my first time speaking a message at Marion and i really enjoyed it. it felt really good and i beleive that God was working through my words. i have had many comments since that people were touched and had an encounter with God on Sunday night. it is such a privelge to be apart of God's work and to know that he has used me to touch someone's life is such a cool feeling. it causes me to take such a reality check everytime it happens. it forces me to realise that without God, i really am nothing. it is His blessign in my life, His influence and guidance in my life and the giftings that He has given me that allow me to do everything that i do. and then He decides to use ME to touch the life of someone else... pretty cool when you think about it!
...it's all food for thought...
That's all from me for today...
Stay tuned... More to come...
Jeffros
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Monday, March 06, 2006
ThE dAy ThE mOuLd WaS sHaTtErEd
For nearly 9 Months we had been waiting for the day... the day when our already chaotic lives would be thrown into utter turmoil and confusion... what day am I talking about you ask? I am talking about the Day the Mould Was Shattered!!! Also Known As The Day My Daughter Was Born :) yes, it is official!!! Lillian Rain Argent was born at 3:27am on Wednesday the 22nd of February 2006. She was and still is a small bundle of joy weighing in at only 6 pound 8 ounces (about 2.96kg) at birth.
Lillian is the most amazing and beautiful creation I have ever seen!! I know every father says it, but I am the only one who is right!!! :) This is the reason for the title of this entry... Because at 3:27am on Wednesday the 22nd of February 2006, God's mould was shattered by the arrival of the most beautiful child. Of course I am not biased ;-)
Lillian and Sarah have come home now and we begin the task of attempting to settle into a routine (and sleeping whenever possible, hee hee). After a few complications at birth like Sarah developing Preeclampsia and Help Syndrome and needing to have an Emergency C-Section, Lillian having low core body temperature and dangerously low blood glucose levels... The staff at Flinders Medical Centre were fantastic in looking after my 2 angels and a little over a week after Lillian was born, they were both able to come home. Big thank you's to all the gang up at FMC.
ok, must go now... Got work to do. I fear that i will be in trouble tomorrow as a big event I am responsible for has just finished and it didnt' go so well... I will find out tomorrow...
Stay Tuned... More To Come... I hope...
Lillian is the most amazing and beautiful creation I have ever seen!! I know every father says it, but I am the only one who is right!!! :) This is the reason for the title of this entry... Because at 3:27am on Wednesday the 22nd of February 2006, God's mould was shattered by the arrival of the most beautiful child. Of course I am not biased ;-)
Lillian and Sarah have come home now and we begin the task of attempting to settle into a routine (and sleeping whenever possible, hee hee). After a few complications at birth like Sarah developing Preeclampsia and Help Syndrome and needing to have an Emergency C-Section, Lillian having low core body temperature and dangerously low blood glucose levels... The staff at Flinders Medical Centre were fantastic in looking after my 2 angels and a little over a week after Lillian was born, they were both able to come home. Big thank you's to all the gang up at FMC.
ok, must go now... Got work to do. I fear that i will be in trouble tomorrow as a big event I am responsible for has just finished and it didnt' go so well... I will find out tomorrow...
Stay Tuned... More To Come... I hope...
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Travel Guru At Your Service
Hi all,
It has been a very long time since I last gaev you an update - 3rd of January i believe. So we are well and truly due for a new post. Here goes...
I have started my new job now at Austraining International. I have taken over from Sarah in the same position as she had. My official title is Project Coordinator - Events Management. It sounds really important and I even get my own business cards so I must be important :) The job is great. I am really enjoying being at work again and this is a challenging job that changes nearly everyday. And just a side note... if you ever need travle booked, you can come to me because in the last 2 weeks I have become the master at booking travel and accommodation!!! But the job is good.
Ok, Church. Church is also going really well. I am getting quite heavily involved in various ministries at Marion. I am now officially a youth leader at NRG XS (junior youth) and we have kicked off the year now and having a good time. I have also branched out in my worship team service by joining the tech team to do sound at night services. Carl has also created a position for me in the worship oversight team that puts me in charge of quality control, recruiting and training of the sound team. It is going to be really great to have the chance to work with the sound guys in the church and work on thier skill levels and do some workshops with them where we get a really good sound tech to coem in and do some stuff with our guys (yes Dave, I am thinking about you). So overall, church is going quite well... Oh yeah! I almost forgot, I am preaching now too :) My first message is on the 26th of march in the night service. It's so exciting to be speaking again. I am really looking forward to it.
As for life... it's getting close to the time for champane and cigars (metaphorically speaking of course) for the birth of our new... child. Things seem to be gong well so far. Sarah is getting a lot more tired now and she is having a few more pains. Personally i think it is gettign close. I hope she doesn't the final 3 weeks she has to go becasue if she does then it will be a very incomfortable 3 weeks for her. But she is still looking as beautiful as ever :)
Ok, i have to cut this one short cause I am at work and I just got a heap of emails that i need to reply to. Will talk again soon I promise...
Stay Tuned... More to Come...
Jeffros
It has been a very long time since I last gaev you an update - 3rd of January i believe. So we are well and truly due for a new post. Here goes...
I have started my new job now at Austraining International. I have taken over from Sarah in the same position as she had. My official title is Project Coordinator - Events Management. It sounds really important and I even get my own business cards so I must be important :) The job is great. I am really enjoying being at work again and this is a challenging job that changes nearly everyday. And just a side note... if you ever need travle booked, you can come to me because in the last 2 weeks I have become the master at booking travel and accommodation!!! But the job is good.
Ok, Church. Church is also going really well. I am getting quite heavily involved in various ministries at Marion. I am now officially a youth leader at NRG XS (junior youth) and we have kicked off the year now and having a good time. I have also branched out in my worship team service by joining the tech team to do sound at night services. Carl has also created a position for me in the worship oversight team that puts me in charge of quality control, recruiting and training of the sound team. It is going to be really great to have the chance to work with the sound guys in the church and work on thier skill levels and do some workshops with them where we get a really good sound tech to coem in and do some stuff with our guys (yes Dave, I am thinking about you). So overall, church is going quite well... Oh yeah! I almost forgot, I am preaching now too :) My first message is on the 26th of march in the night service. It's so exciting to be speaking again. I am really looking forward to it.
As for life... it's getting close to the time for champane and cigars (metaphorically speaking of course) for the birth of our new... child. Things seem to be gong well so far. Sarah is getting a lot more tired now and she is having a few more pains. Personally i think it is gettign close. I hope she doesn't the final 3 weeks she has to go becasue if she does then it will be a very incomfortable 3 weeks for her. But she is still looking as beautiful as ever :)
Ok, i have to cut this one short cause I am at work and I just got a heap of emails that i need to reply to. Will talk again soon I promise...
Stay Tuned... More to Come...
Jeffros
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
8 weeks Until Fatherhood...
Hi all out there in CyberLand,
Well as the title suggests there is only 8 weeks to go until Sarah and my life gets thrown into utter turmoil as the most wonderful gift form God will enter our lives... A child. Of course the baby could be early or late so 8 weeks is really only a guide. But Very exciting, and even a little bit scary times are drawing nigh.
Sarah finishes work at the end of this month. I am still looking for work, but at the moment, there is nothing jumpign up and saying pick me, pick me!!! So I am basicalyl applying for anythign and everything at this point. The scary part for me is that if I dont' have work by the time Sarah finishes, we are in real trouble. I would appreciate your prayers for us in this matter if it's not too much trouble :)
Deep down inside I know that I have faith that God will provide for us. He always has in the past and I find it hard to belive that he would stop now with a baby on the way. It's just that God always leaves it to the last minute! Well he does for me anyway, maybe it's all a way of strengthening my faith? But I tell you, it doesn't do any good for the stress levels! :) In a way I kind of feel bad for doubting God in any way. He has been soo amazing to Sarah and me on many occasions. You'd think after all of the stuff He has done for us that I would have no troubles in just lettign Him do His thing. But sometimes I still have doubt in my heart. I know that's wrong, but I guess I am just human and it's natural??? I don't know...
Ok, that's all for now. Just a quick update on my twisted mind, hee hee.
Love you all,
Stay Tuned
Jeffros
Well as the title suggests there is only 8 weeks to go until Sarah and my life gets thrown into utter turmoil as the most wonderful gift form God will enter our lives... A child. Of course the baby could be early or late so 8 weeks is really only a guide. But Very exciting, and even a little bit scary times are drawing nigh.
Sarah finishes work at the end of this month. I am still looking for work, but at the moment, there is nothing jumpign up and saying pick me, pick me!!! So I am basicalyl applying for anythign and everything at this point. The scary part for me is that if I dont' have work by the time Sarah finishes, we are in real trouble. I would appreciate your prayers for us in this matter if it's not too much trouble :)
Deep down inside I know that I have faith that God will provide for us. He always has in the past and I find it hard to belive that he would stop now with a baby on the way. It's just that God always leaves it to the last minute! Well he does for me anyway, maybe it's all a way of strengthening my faith? But I tell you, it doesn't do any good for the stress levels! :) In a way I kind of feel bad for doubting God in any way. He has been soo amazing to Sarah and me on many occasions. You'd think after all of the stuff He has done for us that I would have no troubles in just lettign Him do His thing. But sometimes I still have doubt in my heart. I know that's wrong, but I guess I am just human and it's natural??? I don't know...
Ok, that's all for now. Just a quick update on my twisted mind, hee hee.
Love you all,
Stay Tuned
Jeffros
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