Whew.. I’ve been pretty busy but enjoying myself nonetheless.

I didnt want to come down here and totally stop going to church so I made up my mind that I will keep visiting churches until I find a place to join.

I called my friend Dianna who picked me up on Sunday morning- FIRST STOP- New Birth Missionary Baptist Church.

I wasn’t really expecting anything powerful because I knew that this church was huge but my girl said she loved the word and everytime my friend Mimi visited Miami she attended church there and was spiritually fed. The fact that it is only two blocks away from my house made it more appealing.

I looked around and smiled at all of the chocolate faces. Nice to see a room full of beautiful black people. The worship service began and the choir sang and the dancers danced and the announcers made announcements. I was looking at my watch thinking, “Dang, it’s taking a long time to get to the word.” I was hungry for it. I wanted a word from the Lord.

But oh was it worth the wait! When the man of God stepped onto that platform and began to speak I got shivers. God’s presence was very strong. My first day out and God blessed me with a might good word.

You know what else? My boys LOVE it here! They learned what the word cousin means and all day everyday they ask me to take them to see their cousins so they can play with them. We actually have family! This is something I’m not used to. Up in G-ville, it was just me and my boys everyday. What a blessing family is! This is unreal.

Last night I left and hung out with Anna until 12:30am. My mama watched the boys and was delighted to do it. DELIGHTED! I went out and hung out with my friend. Someone else watched my kids. It wasn’t an emergency either. It was for pleasure. That’s unbelievable.

Today I got blessed with new rims for my car and new tires all for $225 and I remember I’m flat broke! I know, I can’t believe it either. I keep thinking that something weird is going on here. I’m having a hard time accepting that God is blessing me so much. I didnt really do anything to deserve it.

The only thing left is to get a good job. And I’m not stressed about that at all. I know it’s coming. This lady at the Miami Times is taking her time bringing me on…I dont know why. I just have to chill and wait. I still have my column.

Actually my column is due tomorrow. I have a writing partner who writes his own column about a topic, then he sends it to me and I counter it. It’s like a debate; he presents one side, I present the other. When I spoke with him after our debut columns he said it was unanimous, everyone thought I “whooped his azz”. So he promised to bring his A-game next time. Child please, he ain’t ready!

This man just emailed me this week’s topic and I’m flabbergasted. Why did he write about why he prefers dating white women over black women? Man….I have to be eloquent without showing my ghetto side. I have to represent Christ and bring unity and not discord. But child please, this nicca CRAZY!

I’ll have to think hard about this one. It’ll come to me in the wee hours of the night. I’ll try to figure out a way to allow you all to be able to read both of our columns, either by me scanning them or whatever. I’ll see.

I’ll let you know how it goes.