Christmas Break

Christmas with the Coblentz family.

Hello, we took a little break and I'm not sure why after the holidays. But we are hoping to keep things updated once again. So anyways things have been going well after the break. Right now we have some big assignments that we are working on. One of them includes an in depth commentary on a passage of scripture. That has been really fun to dive into, it is a tedious job but I have been really enjoying it. I'm doing my research on the life of Peter and a passage in his second epistle. I'll let Janelle give you her details, that is so she then has reasons to post as well. Another study that we started just before going on Christmas break was a book study in our church on Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs. We have both really enjoyed this class. Its been funny how as we sit in the class and they are explaining how different men and women react to things Janelle and I snicker because something of the likeness has usually just happened to us. This has happened several times. I'll share some with you. Now granted these things are general for men and women so I am not saying all men act this one way or all women act this one way. But how Emerson describes it is men give and receive infomation through a blue tube while women give and recieve information through a pink tube. When one is speaking in pink you can't hear it in blue and correctly assess the problem. As men we need to understand how when women speak to us using the pink tube to interpret what they say through a pink receiver. Most men are problem solvers women normally aren't, so Janelle came to me with a situation and I thought to myself well this one's easy to solve so I began to give her a solution. Well if you haven't learned yet guys, women are pretty smart and usually when they bring up a problem they have an idea how to fix it but they simply want someone to sympathize with them. So anyways, I began to share what I thought was a pretty good solution to the problem Janelle had brought up and after a little while of listening to me ramble she said, I just need you to listen to me. Oh ok, well I can do that then, and so I listened and gave her a hug and things ended up going well. Well you know it takes a while for guys to learn things sometimes and so another situation came up that Janelle was sharing to me. Forgetting what I had learned in the first situation and not using my pink receiver I immediately went right back to what I know how to do, solve problems. Guys big mistake but if you do this here is what you can say. A little into my rambling I understood what I was doing again and immediately began to proceed with these words "You know darling, I really understand how you must feel. It will all be ok! Followed by a big hug. So it has become an ongoing joke if I find myself interpreting the situation wrong to resort back to this familiar line. I'm not an expert by any means but just having fun learning and thought I'd share it with you all.