Since I've last blogged...

We went to the U of L vs. Pittsburgh game :)




We are still visiting Clifton Baptist Church! :)





We've had a few nasty storms!


I got business cards for my job!!



I've tried some new recipes! MMM (Cheesy salsa mini meatloaves! A big hit, I might add)





And some old ones! :) (Chicken biscuit pie)




We got a new fish, his name is Sammy. (RIP Sky the fish, who's bowl was knocked over by our dog running into the lamp, causing lots of trauma to the fish, and a few days later, was at the bottom of the tank :( Poor guy)



We celebrated my birthday!!! I was reminded that even if we can't celebrate my special day with friends and family, we can still party hardy! :) He even took me to the cheesecake factory! What a great husband!!!! :-)



I hope you enjoyed those recent pictures! :) And next time I blog, I will be telling you (Lord willing) about my parents' visit!!! They are coming to extend my birthday out a little longer, and we are gonna party it up this weekend! I'm SO excited to see them!!!! And also, our 1 year anniversary trip isn't too far away, and hopefully we will be seeing Christopher's mom and dad!!!!! And all I have to say to my mother-in-law, is "you better not let the RAIN stop you!!!!!" :-) And then before you know it, Thanksgiving will be here!!! And even Christmas!!!! We are doin great over here in "Kentuckiana" and we know this is exactly where God wants us to be!!!! He is made it clearly evident, and has provided all of our needs!!!

Just a reminder, we are still so very grateful for those of you who lift us up in your prayers! And thanks to those who have sent cards recently, it helps when we get homesick, and reminds us that we haven't been forgotten about! :-D We love you all!!! Until next time

The proud wife of a seminarian!

Church, anniveraries, and football tickets!!!

Hello everyone!!!

Well, I'm sorry that I am just now updating this thing after a few weeks have already gone by!!! First of all, I want to thank all of you that have been faithfully lifting us up in your prayers!!! The first thing I want to tell you about, is a church that we LOVE: Clifton Baptist Church. Now, granted, we have only been there twice, but we absolutely love it!!! It's funny, because people kept saying that Clifton Baptist was just full of seminary students, and not much else, and honestly, one thing we were looking for is a church that has a variety of ages. It's great to have seminary students, but there is so much wisdom in older believers as well. Although, we had heard great things about Clifton. We decided to give it a try. And when we walked in, we saw a lot of seminary students, but we also saw quite a bit of variety as well!!! It wasn't exactly like other people were saying. I think that maybe with all the students around, they didn't get a good look beyond that. :-) We really appreciate this church. Pastor Tom Schreiner is wonderful! His preaching is incredible, and extremely biblical. Christopher and I just love the worship!!! It's humbling, and beautiful. And the people there are great! Very friendly!!! So all in all, I think we might have found a home away from home, here at Clifton Baptist. :-)

I thought you might enjoy some interesting things about Clifton:
(Taken from their website)
-"Clifton Baptist Church was organized in 1893, arising out of a local Christian mission. People gathered in several different locations in the Clifton area, including a Frankfort Avenue store front, under a tent and in nearby homes."

Here below, is a picture from their website, of the church.

Also from their website, they write:
"The church building was completed in 1937. Since our inception, we have been actively involved in the Clifton neighborhood, witnessing and ministering to local needs.
Today we rejoice in the vibrant ministry and witness that God has established in this church that once met under a tent on Frankfort Avenue!"

Cool, eh? It's so awesome that this all started under a tent!!! :-) Keep us in your prayers as we continue to visit this church, in hopes that we will soon become members.

In other news, check out what I won at work, in a drawing!!!
2 tickets to see U of L (University of Louisville) play against Pittsburgh! :-) We're not HUGE sports fans, but this will be a lot of fun! :-) Something to experience here in Louisville!!!

And last but not least, we are excited about our 1 year anniversary coming up in a little over a month! We will be having a weekend getaway to Pigeon Forge, TN. (Which is where we spent our honeymoon) This time we will be staying at a cabin. I'm pretty excited about it! It will have an indoor jacuzzi, and a hot tub outside :-) The good news is, that from where we are, Pigeon Forge is only about 4 hours away. So we are closer than we were in VA. :-) We are really looking forward to this little getaway, just to celebrate, and spend some quality time together, away from everything, and all the distractions. (aka, lots of school work! lol) Although, we are grateful that God has brought us here, and won't take it for granted, not even the school work. We are learning to be even more grateful for every little and big thing that God has provided to us. He has shown us in so many ways, just how faithful He is, even when we don't know how in the world things are supposed to work out. Shame on us for ever doubting that God could bring us here, and then provide a job for me! He is so faithful!!!

Well, now that I've probably bored you to death, I will end here. :-)
And again, please feel free to leave a comment. You don't have to sign up to leave them. Just do it anonymously. Although, you can mention your name, so that I know who you are! :-)

Until next time,

The wife of a seminarian :-)

Update

Hello family and friends,

I know it's been quite a while! Shame on me!

Things have been goin great around here! I do get a little homesick at times, but for the most part, we are doing great. God has truly blessed us tremendously and I just can't say that enough!

So it's been almost a month of working at Appriss, Inc., and it's an awesome company to work for!!! They truly treat their employees well!!! I'm getting the hang of everything now, and I just love it! Christopher is liking school. He is doing very well so far, not too stressed...yet! I'm excited for September to come and go! (No offense! LoL) But in October, I think my parents might come to visit, and if I'm correct, possibly Jennifer and Boyd! :-) And then of course in November, Lord willing, we will be traveling for Thanksgiving!

We are already trying to plan our 1 year anniversary trip! :-) I really want to go back to where we had our honeymoon! Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area! This time, it would be nice to stay in a cabin! We would just go for the weekend, and obviously we have a budget! Nothing too expensive! Sooo, if all goes well, and we save up, we will have a nice weekend getaway trip! :-) And it's only 4 hours away from here which is awesome! Not too long of a drive! I'm hoping everything works out so that we can go! :-)

We also have met another couple at the seminary, and actually went out to eat with them on Sunday, after lunch! They are really great! We hope to get to know them more! And actually Christopher has a class with him, and didn't realize it. (It's a big class!) The cool thing is, they lived in CA, and attended MacArthur's church, and if you know anything about MacArthur, then you know that it's pretty awesome! :-)

Well, that's all I can think of, I'm hoping to update this thing more often! I know a lot of time went by between this post and the last!

Please continue to keep us in your prayers, as we follow God's will. He is truly meeting our needs in a way that makes us awestruck! We are so very thankful for His providence! Also we are so very thankful for everyone that is keeping us in their prayers! You have no idea how much it means to us, to know that we have believers lifting us up in prayer! God is good, isn't He?!?! :)

God, and His faithfulness!

Hey out there, friends and family!

Hope everyone is doing well!

I know it's been a while, and I wanted to let you know that I still exist, and that this blog will continue to exist as well! :-)

The last time I wrote, was to let everyone know that I got the job!!! I have been here for a little over a week now, and I can already tell that this is an incredible company to work for! Everyone around here is SO friendly and welcoming, and I love that! It's an awesome atmosphere! Very laid back and just all around awesome! God has yet again, left me truly speechless!

Ya know, I look back at how we got here and really, it's by the miracle and the grace of God!!! Christopher and I had our share of confusion, discouragement, and let downs, but in the end, it all worked out for the glory of God! It's sad in a way, that looking back, we started to doubt. Maybe it wasn't intentional, but in our minds, we started to wonder how in the world this was going to work out. And literally at one point, we didn't think it would! We did the math, and it just didn't seem possible. And even in the times of doubt, God was and is still here...

This is an awesome testimony to God's faithfulness. Nothing is too big for God!!! Through this whole change, I have really learned to completely trust God, even if it doesn't make since, and even when I don't even think it's possible. It IS possible, because of my awesome God!!! It has always amazed me at how faithful God is to the unfaithful.

2 Timothy 2:13: if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny himself.

What an awesome reminder!!!

As much as I wil be blogging about what's going on in our life, I also want to be an encouragement to whoever might read this.

Only by the grace of GOD!!!!!

Hello everyone!!!

I am updating my blog to tell you that by the grace of God, I got the job!!!!!!!! I'm so VERY grateful to God for this opportunity!!!! I will actually be starting tomorrow (Tuesday)!!!! Which is the same day that Christopher starts his classes!!! God is good!!!! (Of course, He is good regardless of whether I have a job or not!!!) I will have benefits!!! Health, dental, vision, and life insurance!!!

Thanks to all those who have lifted us up in prayer!!! God has heard and answered!!!

That's pretty much the only exciting news I have for you at this point! But I wanted to let everyone know! :-)

Oh! Here's something interesting! My phone literally broke in half about a week ago, so my dad was going to send me a new one in the mail. Well, the other day, my brother-in-law Boyd called, and asked if I wanted to join their plan and get a free Blackberry Tour..and pay less monthly than I'm paying now!!! So I'm pretty excited, but I've never owned a blackberry. Everyone says it's great, but I'm sure it will take some getting used to, considering that I've always had a small phone. :) And the phone that my dad sent me will actually be used by Christopher. The battery on his old phone is about shot...it still works, but it keeps getting worse...so this is good...we both get new phones!!!

Well, I will update soon! This was just a quick blog for today! Busy getting prepared for tomorrow! :)

Until next time,

The very proud wife of a seminarian!

So much going on!!! :-)

Hello again!!!

It's been a few days since my last post, so let me update you on what's been going on!

Yesterday morning I had a face to face interview, with a company that I had previously had a phone interview with!!! It went very well...I think?!? :-) I met with the corporate controller (which was who I had the phone interview with, previously), then immediately after that, I met with a team, including the HR manager, and THEN, I met with a guy, who's a little bit higher up in the company. It was a very long interview to say the least!!! They said the next step in the process, if they chose to go on with it, I would meet the CEO of the company. Well, guess what?!?! They called me today and asked if I could meet with the CEO tomorrow! And of course I said YES!!! I really don't want to get my hopes up too much...but this really does sound promising!

PLEASE pray!!! I really want this job, and I am praying that this is the job God has for me!!! It would be a great company to work for!

Also, yesterday, Christopher and I went to the seminary to get my shield card, which is basically a card I will need whenever I want to use the facilities on the campus. I can go to the gym for free, and use the pool, etc. Pretty awesome!!! So last night, we took a tour of the facilities, and we have decided to go to the gym a few times a week! I'm excited about that!

Oh, and guess what?!?! Christopher is not the only one that will be taking classes at the seminary now! I signed up today for SWI! "Seminary Wives Institute." The seminary offers classes to wives of seminary students, which I think is pretty cool. Thursday nights I will be taking a "Discipleship skills" class. A 12 week course. Each semester I will be taking a Thursday night class..and I will actually get a certificate at the end of it all!!! And on the plus side, I'm hoping this will give me an oppurtunity to make friends. They will be in the same boat I am. (Husbands going to Seminary) I'm pretty excited about all of it! :-)

Well, I will keep you updated on this whole job thing!
Oh, and feel free to leave comments if you'd like! :-)
You actually don't need an account, you can just comment anonymously, of course you could tell me who you are so I know you're keeping up with this journal! :-)

Until next time,

The very proud wife of a seminarian!

Just another day in Kentuckiana

This is Flash's new favorite thing to do! :-) Now that we having a sliding glass door, he's always sticking his head through the blinds to see what's out there!

Well, we've officially been in our apartment for a week now. It's going well, except we still have boxes to unpack...and a million clothes for me to iron and hang up!

Christopher starts classes next Monday. But the good thing is that he has Mondays and Fridays off. But I'm nervous for him because he's going to try and take Greek & Hebrew at the same time...yikes...

I did not get the job at the law firm...but it's all good, because I can be sure that God is going to provide.

At some point, after our apartment is all in order, I will put some pictures up of how it looks now! :-)

Until next time,

The proud wife of a seminarian :)

Busy times!

Hello again, from Kentuckiana!

We finally have the internet...which didn't take as long as I thought!

Today has been a crazy day! We've had so much going on at the apartment! We got our kitchen counters taken care of. (The paint on the counter was coming off whenever we tried to wash them), our bathroom floor now has vinyl on it. And then of course the internet guy came! And here we are! There were 2 jobs so far that I've had interviews for, but I haven't heard anything back from either of them. It's really testing my patience! :-/ But oh well...

Yesterday evening, we went to a chinese buffet, and Christopher tried frog legs for the first time.


Yuck! He absolutely loved them...I on the other hand did not even want to try such a thing! :) Christopher asked me if I was going to die without having tried them, and I very confidently said YES! :-)


Here are some pictures that I took of the flooding in our back yard! Check it out!






Needless to say, it was crazy! We were really fortunate, by the grace of God, that the water didnt' go any further. If you look at the very last picture, that is looking out the back yard and to the right, of course by then, the water had gone down quite a bit.

Anyway, I'm gonna get off here now, and go fix dinner! :-)

Until next time,

The proud wife of a seminarian! :)

We made it!!!

Hello there, from "Kentuckiana." That's what they call it here...(southern indiana) since it's so close to Louisville.

We had quite the trip!!! What is supposed to be an "8 hour trip" turned into a "12 hour trip." But don't worry, that's only if you have 6 people traveling in 3 different vehicles, full bladders, a flat tire, a credit card mishap, and a car that stops working! Other than that, you have your self an "8 hour trip!"

Another wild adventure: The morning after our first night staying in our apartment, we had a flood! Yes, a real flood...not just a little bit of rain, or a little bit of thunder, or a little bit of lightening. Thank the Lord that we did not get water in our apartment!! We were very fortunate by the grace of God, because there were others within the apartment complex who DID get water in their apartments! :-( In fact, the water was so bad on the roads, that they had to close down parts of the bridge that comes through from IN to KY. My parents had the time of their lives trying to get home yesterday! But praise the Lord, they made it...although they unfortunately were in the storm just about the whole time! Christopher's parents on the other hand, were ahead of the storm, and they made it home safely as well!!!

It's interesting here...we both have never been away from home, so this is a first. But the awesome thing is that we get to experience it together!!! I wouldn't want to experience it with anyone else!!!

This is my first blog entry, and for now, I won't be updating a whole lot (Maybe once or twice a week if possible), until we get the internet in our apartment. So basically, we will be coming to the computer lab at the seminary in order to use the internet.

If you could, please pray for Christopher and I, as we get settled here. There's so much to do.
If you can commit to praying for us as we go on this journey...here are some things you can pray.

1. For me to find a good job that pays well and has benefits...(health, vision, dental, etc.)
2. For us to keep stable finances, as we do not have jobs yet, and are currently having to live off of our savings (though we had to pay our 6 month rent up front for the apt.)
3. For us to make friends...I know for me, it's easy to make friends when I have lived somewhere for a long time, but it seems harder being in a place where you don't know the area, or anyone in the area (Although, we are so thankful to have Amy and Rudder in the area, so that is a start!!!)
4. For us to find a church home...that's a big one!
5. For us to be able to get the internet at home...although it may not seem like a big deal, there are a lot of things we actually need the internet for, such as facebook (haha, just kidding, although I do enjoy facebook) But seriously, there are several things we need it for.
6. Pray that we would not be fearful of things, but that we would simply trust in God, even when it gets hard...

Alright folks, that's it for now...

Until next time,

The proud wife of a seminarian!