Well Pleased.

I usually post about politics, but today that will not be so...

As some of you may know, the last couple of years has been tough on my family. I lost my job in AZ, moved back to Indiana, thanks to the kindness of Erica's Sister and Brother-in-law had a place to land. This was very tough for us. I am thankful that I was able to maintain employment throughout this, initially not immensely "gainful" but since I have obtained a solid position with a 90+ year old company. But that is not why I am writing this post...

I want to write about my wonderful children, they have taken this entire roller coaster ride in stride. They have adapted to sharing bedrooms with cousins, sharing beds when necessary, living by someone elses rules, even if they are confusing and new and sometimes hard to understand, They have been willing and joyful participants in sacrificing what has needed to be sacrificed and doing what needed to be done. For them I am well pleased, to God I am grateful.

A new chapter has begun in our lives, Erica and I closed on a home a few weeks ago. It's an old house in the country on 4 acres. We got it dirt cheap, with that it needs a ton of work, we should be able to handle about 90% of it ourselves, but we are talking in the tens of thousands of dollars range. The previous owner has not yet removed their "stuff" and we need to start the work to prepare the children's bedrooms. So yesterday Erica and I went to the house to move all of the remaining stuff downstairs and get the space ready for a complete demo and remodel. Once again, my kids were up to the task, Rose and Sarah took turns helping out upstairs and keeping the babies, everyone participated in moving stuff downstairs, sweeping, cleaning-up and doing what needed to be done. Not one complaint, in fact one of the kids, I believe it was Gabriel said that "It is great that we are all working on this together!" My children exemplify what I believe it is to be a Leschorn, we are a family that does not fear hard work and takes joy in the process of reaching for our goals, a family with the help of the Almighty can overcome huge obstacles and strenghten our bonds with our Maker and eachother in the process.

My quiver is indeed full and I am a blessed man. Praise to our God, our Heavenly Father. In Jesus' name, Amen.

The Good News...

Friends and Family,

So when I wrote that post a few days ago, I was exceptionally down. Frustrated and felt more or less useless.

I have great news that I am actually ready to share! I have accepted a new position with a company in Indianapolis that offers appropriate compensation for my skill and career level in addition to offering full medical benefits for my family.

I want to thank all of you for your prayers and publicly thank Heavenly Father for answering them. I am grateful for all that I have and excited at the fact that I am going to be able to take care of my family as I am commanded to. Now, the hard work of getting our lives in order can commence and I couldn't be more ready start it!

Look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

John

This is how I feel.

My last day at my current place of employment is July 31st. Although the situation is different, the feelings are the same...

Link: Crackdown leads to drop in illegal immigration

OK, all I have to say is yippee! They try to make things sound so terrible. But as I read the article I keep thinking, IT'S ABOUT TIME!

Now we have to adjust, this is the place we need to get our lazy teenagers off of the Nintendo Wii's and ipod's and get them out in the fields picking produce! School is out or just about out, lets show them what hard work is about. I spent my 2 and 1/2 years in food service, doing the dirty crummy low paid work! So can our kids!

That's my 2 cents....

-John

I love my job, former co-worker, not so much.

Yesterday was a normal day, got up at about 5:30am, took a shower, braved the westside traffic in Phoenix, AZ. I was running a bit late to our weekly engineering meeting, so I stressed about that, nevertheless I made it without any major problems.

We start the meeting and my boss, announces that one of my co-workers has left, no warning, no notice. We discussed the issue and he stated that he had been talking to this individual over the last few weeks and he continuously asked him what he could do to make sure he was happy at the company.

I've worked for alot of organizations, this is the first where the President of the company truly sees his employees as valuable resources and wants to make things work well for them.

We are a small team, a person leaving like this really hurts our day to day operations. I will say that I have lost all respect for this individual. What kills me even more is that he was a former Marine. This is not in character.