My sweet husband took me on a romantic weekend out of Waco so I haven’t had a chance to properly blog about this current milestone. Yes it has been a year, and for all the difficult things we have encountered up to this anniversary, our marriage has been the best part! We have learned so many things about each other and ourselves through being married- each day discovering how to truly love. I am faithfully convinced that as a couple, we serve the Lord and others better together than we would by ourselves, and I think that is what has made this complicated year so endurable and even enjoyable.
A few of these obstacles would include:
me needing a job last summer- I am now almost finished with the alternative teaching certification program and already re-signed my contract with Waco ISD for next year,
combined with many prayers about finances- many times the exact amount we have been short has showed up in the form of a gift from a family member or friend; isn't that amazing that they "just knew"? The Lord has yet to provide too little,
our first home- quaint, cute, and bug/rodent infested- We didn’t even have to break the lease! Just when we decided we couldn’t take it anymore, we received a phone call from the “new owner” which meant our old lease was void if we wanted to move. We now have a larger, much more energy efficient, study-for-Ryan, fabulous back yard and spacious-kitchen home,
this semester- We thought we were busy in college and we were dead wrong. However, again- the Lord has yet to provide too little- energy that is. This semester, Ryan has taken 12 hours of grad school at Truett, worked at least 3 nights a week at Ninfa’s, and preached every Sunday at Adamsville Presbyterian Church- the sweetest congregation this side of the Mississippi. I have been teaching/surviving my first year, and taking night classes every Monday and Wednesday plus every other Saturday to complete my certification.
Going into this semester was quite overwhelming for both of us, but looking back we survived one week at a time and even still went on dates. Shawn Shannon often quotes the Lord’s promise to the tribe of Asher- “As is your day, so shall your strength be.”
Going into this semester was quite overwhelming for both of us, but looking back we survived one week at a time and even still went on dates. Shawn Shannon often quotes the Lord’s promise to the tribe of Asher- “As is your day, so shall your strength be.”
These are just a few to list, but after all this… we both recognize how our love has grown, our dreams have merged, and our hope for the future has become much more pinpointed.
Our most immediate hope for the future will be arriving on or around November 14, 2009 and we will find out next month the gender of this tiny hope! Becoming parents is such an exciting and terrifying thought that we wouldn’t for a second hand off this opportunity to trade for anything. We know that we will learn so much more about ourselves and each other through this next life step, but we are not afraid. I am blessed to have such a wonderful, hard-working, sensitive to my needs, serving husband who so obviously loves people and shares his passion with me in this adventure that has become our life. Yes it has been a year already, a wonderful first year.
Here are a few pictures from that day that we so anxiously awaited “I do”.
