Mar. 7, 2007 - support groups

  Wednesdays after mopping, I usually have a few minutes to sit down and go through email and maybe blog or look at other blogs.  I can't say I am as gung-ho about it as I used to be.  Now it is when I get the time, which is seldom.
  I have been going through some thoughts about support and circles of friends.  My husband and I have been looking for a community group (that's what our church calls it anyway).  We've not been in one in three years and I've wondered why I've lost so many connections at our church.  Recently we've visited one, but it was huge.  We were invited to another and every time they met seemed hard for us to work out in our schedules.  Other groups have been reluctant to invite us--not because they don't like us, but because their group is established and people feel they can be vulnerable in that group and another couple might throw that off.  Trying to find a group that we not only can fit it with, but works with our schedule is very hard. 
  I thought for awhile that I just wasn't liked or people that used to be my friends have purposely separated themselves from us b/c of our decision to homeschool.  Now I don't think this to be the case.  It seems more likely that I didn't know what my friends were going through and I don't know how to pray for them, and they don't know what I've been struggling with or how to pray for me.  It was the prayer time with friends that tugged at me the most when I visited that group that was so big.
  So church life is very different in supportive ways than say our homeschool group.
  The nominations for our county's support group are due Saturday, and I can't get a solid answer from anyone that they are interested in serving in some way.  I only get "let me think about it".  I really want to nominate someone.  Let's work the details out later.  See, before you can nominate someone, they have to agree to be nominated.  I wish it weren't so--just pick some people and vote.  Oh well, I'm sure God has a greater plan that I can't see right now and it will all work  out later.  It's just the whole "March 10th deadline" that I can't seem to get past.
  I think a good leadership team is needed to help our support group get going stronger.  I need support with homeschooling.  It is very important to me.  I know many people who have been pioneers in the homeschooling "movement."  They seemed to go at it alone, but they also set up some important systems along their way, such as getting support groups started and the whys and what fors.  I'm very appreciative of them.  I don't think I have that pioneering spirit though.  "God will never leave me or forsake me" I may think, but it sure is nice to talk to others about their journey along the way. 
  Anyway, these are the thoughts that have been going on in my head lately.  I could journal or I could blog.  Tonight, I've chosen "the blog."