Dear Nebraska Family Times readers, sponsors and
advertisers:
The last few months have been full of changes for me! In
August I began a full-time nursing job, for Angels Care Home Health company in
Columbus. I love my job! It’s different every single day and has taught me to
be flexible—many days my carefully planned schedule to see my patients changes…by
the time I see my first patient!
Over Thanksgiving weekend I moved to the house my
future-husband and I were buying…on December 5th we got married and
I became stepmom to Danielle and Ryan and Cassy (Danielle, 27, lives in Omaha…Ryan
is 12 and Cassy is 16 and they live with us full-time)…and on December 7th
Sam, Cassy and Ryan moved into our home too! On January 4th we
signed a big pile of papers and became homeowners!
During these last few months I’ve sometimes felt overwhelmed
with my new responsibilities as an employee, then wife and stepmom and
homeowner. I’d been considering the option of selling the “Nebraska Family Times”
for several months, and one afternoon I got a strong urge to e-mail Becky
Uehling. Becky had written for the NFT, has a background in journalism and had
expressed an interested over the years in taking over the “Nebraska Family Times”
or becoming a co-owner, and in considering all of my options I decided to see
if she was still interested. She replied almost immediately! I could almost
feel her excitement through the computer—my message had arrived on the very day
that changes in her life made it the perfect time to take over the NFT!
Things have moved very quickly since then, and Becky is now
working on the February issue of the NFT. I’m in the process of getting her all
of the lists I’ve made and kept over the years and sharing all of my hints for
publishing the NFT, and I’ll be answering her questions and helping her in
every way I can, for as long as she would like me to! Becky and I met several
weeks ago and I could immediately sense her passion for publishing a Christian
newspaper that will inspire Nebraska readers! I know she’s going to do a great
job as editor and publisher of the NFT, and she’ll have the time and expertise
to do many things I haven’t had the time to do, in spreading the paper
state-wide.
This is a bittersweet time for me; I published the NFT for a
little more than 8 years. Doing so was a mission from God and I grew stronger
in my faith through doing it, as well as meeting and working with many
wonderful people! I’m so thankful for everyone who has been a part of the paper.
In the past year I’ve been amazed many times at how, with
God’s hand, things have come together for us—from Sam and I meeting again and
building our relationship, to my getting my new job, to us getting approved for
a home loan and putting together a wedding in barely a month and the perfect
timing in my decision to sell the paper and Becky being ready to take over.
And we were reminded of His amazing timing once again this week, when Sam and I unexpectedly became foster parents to three siblings age 8, 10, and 12, whose parents cannot care for them at this time. I’m so thankful that the NFT will continue…and we can concentrate on our new mission, our growing family!
And we were reminded of His amazing timing once again this week, when Sam and I unexpectedly became foster parents to three siblings age 8, 10, and 12, whose parents cannot care for them at this time. I’m so thankful that the NFT will continue…and we can concentrate on our new mission, our growing family!
I pray that the NFT will continue to grow and be a blessing
to readers! Please welcome Becky as the new Editor and Publisher, and THANK YOU
all for being a part of the NFT. God’s blessings to you all!
Shelly
