Okay... I go on blogging spurts!

I am so impressed with all my friends that keep up their blogs! Like my girlfriend Mrs. Rachel Carl rocks at blogging~ I mean the pictures and everything... I literally just spent and hour reading and looking at everything new on her site and feel like I have caught up with her! lol... okay, new years resolution... GET BETTER AT THIS!... soooo here is the 411...

I am married... and according to facebook I have been married for 109 days... whoo hoo! lol... I love being married to Cody, what an incredible husband, I will have to post some pictures of our wee little place that I have come to adore so those interested can see our homestead! Umm, our newest adventure is that we are working as leaders in our youth group here in Abilene while being full time students... so that has been fun! I just got a job working at a new hospital here called Reliant Rehab Hospital working as a tech... it is basically the same thing that I did for my internship at the other hospital out here so I am pumped that I will know what I am doing... Cody is working as a tutor and enjoying that... it is about time for him to start applying to PhD programs so if you think about it be praying!

Lessons I have been learning as of late.... moving forward is wonderful, glorious infact!!! And I have always been one to embrass change... but faith and walking by faith has never been so real.... my girlfriend and bridesmaid Michelle was put in the hospital for fungal meningitis (sp?) last month and through prayer God literally moved supernaturally in her body and after just three days quarentined in the hospital she was released... and healthy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But of course we serve a God that does nothing half way.... she has no health insurance and did not qualify for any gov. health .... so she has spent the last few weeks trying to figure out how to pay a 14,000.00 dollar hospital bill with all the tests, scans, and drugs.... and guess what I found out last night?!?!?!? .... the hospital decided to forgive the debt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean WHAT?? Is'nt that crazy!! They had no reason other then that they just wanted to be nice... I don't think you can get more Jesus then that! lol... Praise the Lord we serve a living God... all we have to do is what we can in the natural and then He moves in the supernatural! And we have not because we ask not! Anyways, that testimony totally stirred my faith... so I am believing for something to come through in a supernatural way to pay off my student loans... I mean, I can have them paid off in 10 years in the natural... but why not believe for God to pay them off sooner! As long as I am faithful with what I have and am following where he leads me... why not?!? If my Daddy is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords who desires that I lack in nothing... he can pay it off!! Whoo hoo... so, be expecting a testimony from me in the near future of God providing supernaturally for me!!!

Okay, off my kick... but the Spirit of the Lord is stirring in me so deeply to know the character of God on a one on one personal, intimate way... always deeper, ever growing!! Anyways, I will put up some pictures soon of our new lives out in abilene!! I pray blessings and favor over you!!! May the flood gates of heaven shower over you so much that you grow!! =-D

So, I caved... twilight.... yea yea...

Umm... I must confess... I caved and am slowly making my way through twilight.... I saw the movie... and Kristen my sister has already read through all four books (she did that in a week and a half!) so after a year of fighting the conformity in reading the book, I myself am reading it... sorry to all those who I made fun of... my sister included!

Other then that, we are getting together the last few things that come along with getting married... a few showers and such... and making sure everyone that is coming from out of town has a place to stay... but after a month of extra stuff done to my dress, I FINALLY got it!! yeah!! And it is beautiful! So, excited... thus the reason I went to Oklahoma city to get it!! But, anyways, I guess I don't really have a lot to say except that I think God is pretty amazing and very into details... I am going to be rebuking this poison ivy every morning and every night until it goes away... I have decided that I am going to practice what I preach and if Jesus really died on the cross.... and if He really said that we will do greater things in His name.... and if I am going to believe that Jesus really is who the Bible exposes Him to be... then I am going to stand on the Word of God and take my authority! God comes to bring life and life abundantly... standing on the promises of God is the highest mountain ever!!!

Love xoxo

It is official....

I have survived my first semester of grad school... praying for all A's... we'll see how that works out considering if you make below a B in a class your kicked out of the program... sheesh! Anyways, I really enjoyed this semester though... I counted and I wrote about 46 papers, most 8 pages +! Yeah, I was shocked! So anyways, I am excited as I am finally being able to put all my efforts into wedding things, I do not like having my heart divided! So it's 22 days until the big day and I have a TON to do! I am trying to find a band of sorts to play at the reception... that is pretty much my biggest thing I need to do as of this point... and if all else fails, we always have the Ipod, so no stress necessary! Other then that... I am REALLY behind on invitations... and thank yous! So mostly just things that take time... which I have now! Anyways, I am just greatful for all my friends and all the help that people have offered me!! Oh, and wonderful story... Cody and I went and took our engagement pictures... and I got a present... poison ivy! All up my arms neck and legs... needless to say my bridals have been postponed.... and I just pray that this all goes away soon! I am in Dallas and have been for about a month now, Cody is still Abilene, and I miss him like crazy!!! He is working so hard... apparently accounting is not a cake walk! lol... naw, but he will graduate in December... he is taking the GMAT in July and then applying to PhD programs by Aug. first... and then we will see what happens next! If you think of us at all in your prayer time we would really just appreciate prayers for direction in our future as it is really up in the air and a major faith walk!! But we have decided not to stress about it and embrace it with open arms getting outselves excited about the journey that God has ahead of us!! Blessings and love!!

Have a wonderful Day!!!

wedding invite inside

Making my wedding invitations

HE is the desire of my heart

These are some pictures that we took when we went to Branson over Christmas break at our Cabin... the terrain there is just beautiful!!

Other then school (which is going really wonderfully!) life has been so much fun... totally challenging... but what doesn't kill ya makes you stronger... right?!? haha... naw, it hasn't been bad at all just busy and I am doing my best to choose life when it is tempting to choose defeat! So cool though... God is just so incredibly faithful!! I am writing you from my brand new laptop that was free and a blessing from God... okay, not many people read this anyways so I will just share... sooo, as you know I'm getting married thus implying that I am trying to get my house in order to look the way I want it to look! Well, see my wonderful fiance has a fettish with reallly awesome, but really LARGE speakers that I did not want in my future tiny house... it was literally two pillars of speakers on either side of the TV standing about 7 feet tall from the ground... anyways, so I have been strongly encouraging Cody to look at some new significantly smaller speakers... well as I have been worried about all of this superficial stuff Cody has been spending A LOT of time just being alone with God trying to learn how it is that one can truly delight in the Lord... soooo.... he had counted his monies in what he was going to buy the new sound system with and what happens?? But my computer poops out... :-\.... which is really not good because all my classes are online!! ... so Cody decided that he was going to take that money and buy me a new computer instead... well, that very day he got an e-mail from "my coke rewards" and it said "grand prize winner" ... he was going to delete it because those things are always a spoof right... well... he opened it for some odd reason and it took him to the coke site... low and behold he won a drawing... and it was for 5,000.00 to best buy!! LOL... it was so awesome, we were still a little leary about it after we sent in the paper work but a week later we got the gift card in the mail!!! haha!!! And if you look back in some of my posts I talked about how Cody was playing the McDonalds Monopoly game hoping to win the 100,000.00 grand prize, and I was making fun of him... but, that is where he signed up for this drawing!! Haha... therefore Cody was able to choose whatever sound system he wanted and I was able to get a new laptop all from Jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!! See, delighting yourself in the Lord is so wonderful because He says that when we do that He will give us the desires of our hearts!!! And the best part was that after we did all the things we did with that money... having stuff wasn't the fun of it... it was being able to give.... and just know that God is always here... monotary things will never satisfy, this computer will one day poop out too... but that doesn't change the fact that God is still faithful and wants to open the floodgates of heaven and pour out blessings on His children!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhh.... I can't imagine living life any other way!!!

UPDATE time

Wow, so it is February 1st and 104 days until I get to marry my best friend... I am so excited! Well, today I am in Abilene, tomorrow who knows where I will be... I am kindof drifting homelessly right now as Brittney is really enjoying having the house in Abilene all to herself, all my stuff is at Cody's and in storage... so I am living out of a suit case pretty much until I get married, so you will have to excuse me if you see me wear the same outfit multiple times in a row... haha! Well my masters program is going wonderfully! I am really enjoying it and loving the convieniance of online classes... and psychology was the perfect path for me to take! Praise the Lord... well God is up to some awesome things... and let me tell ya... He just want's to open the flood gates of heaven and bless his people... he says that if we delight in Him He will give us the desires of our heart... so I have been having fun delighting in the Lord and the desires of my heart are just overflowing!! Sooooo cool! No better way to live! Anyways, I will have to get back on soon and maybe put up some pictures... but know that Jesus loves you more then you could ever know and it's important that we not only believe that but recieve it too!! half the battle is beliving that God is actually as good as He claims to be!! wierd! xoxo... peace love and Jesus!