Wow! The past couple months have flown by! Looking back at what all has gone on just has me amazed yet again at our awesome Father..
First of all, I was able to take part in an incredible ceremony (in which i was married!) that i believe could not have taken place if it wasn't for our great God himself. Also, the friends, family, relatives, and countless others made things seem to just float on by for me personally on the day before and day of my wedding... truly a blessing!
Two weekends later, after a much needed, much relaxing, much schedule-less honeymoon, my cousin Jonathan was married to my now cousin-in-law Ashley! What a fun time of hanging out with my family!
Carson and i packed up all of my belongings from back home in MD, and made the 10 hour drive to Tremont, IL. My parents and siblings also came to celebrate our marriage yet again, at our second reception with Carson's family, friends, and church family. Another great day and blessing!
A couple weeks later we were able to make the small trip to Buchanan, MI to visit with my familiy who was at the Life Action Family Camp! Getting to see family and friends and team mates was a nice refresher for the both of us... especially me! It was much needed to say the least!
The first 3 weeks of being in Illinois, Carson and i were able to find a nice home to stay in free of charge... house-sitting! It was actually really nice and gave us some time to figure things out... such as where we were going to be living once the 3 weeks were up! I was also given the opportunity to feed the two pet snakes... the opportunity was given to me by my own husband... who is amusingly scared of the slithering creatures! :) Not my favorite job ever, but hey, someone had to do it!!
This past week we went to a church camp that Carson has gone to many years with his church. This year, the youth pastor of his church asked him to be in charge of a teen worship time. Basically, every night from around 8:30-10, Carson and 4 other guys would lead in a time of corporate worship with the teen/college age kids. Halfway through the worship set, Carson would speak for 5-10 minutes, kind of casually, coming from someone who has sat where they now sit. It was really cool to see my husband be used in such a way that people really did look up to him, and others were just so impressed by how much he's grown. God is so good!
We are now staying with his family for a few weeks while we wait for the availability of our apartment. After looking at several do-able apartments, we found one right in Tremont that was cheaper and nicer than the rest. Although it's only 1-bedroom, don't worry! We bought a futon couch for the living room! Visitors welcome!! :)
Carson is enrolled at ICC and will be starting classes towards the end of August. Right now he plans to get some more of his general courses out of the way and then transfer to another college to continue in pursuing the position of a math teacher. After attending school in the mornings, Carson is planning on working in the afternoons. We are praying for an opportunity to come around, and we know that God will provide a position!
I am enrolled in Tricoci University of Beauty Culture and will start August 10th. I went to my orientation last night and am extremely excited to get started! I will be going from 9-5 on Tuesday-Saturday. Again, God has definately provided the perfect school for me!
God has truly blessed me and my husband, and we owe all to Him!
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