Blessed

The night it all began... NYC, July 2010

See that handsome man up there in the photo with me?  On that evening, we were simply friends, taking a picture in the middle of a walk around downtown New York City. Touring the East Coast with Worldview Academy, serving as the leadership team, we had no idea what the future held...and now, I am so thrilled to say that that amazing man will one day soon be my husband.

We're Engaged!!!

Mark is such a huge blessing in my life. I could fill pages on this blog about our story, his characteristics, why I fell in love with him, and what God has taught me through my relationship with him. 

God has blessed us with supportive parents, faithful friends, praying people and His gracious mercy throughout the two and half years that I have known him. We have served together, laughed together, cried together, worked together and I am abundantly happy to be continuing our journey together. 

"In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins." [1 John 4:10]

God is so gracious. 

We are praying that God would use our relationship to bring Him glory - that the way we live, interact, pray, work and love would be a testament to His grace, mercy, patience, kindness and forgiveness. We are praying that God sanctifies us through this marriage, as hard and painful as that will sometimes be.  Please be praying with us as we continue this journey and take the next step in our relationship.

Proverbs 27:17, "Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another."

1 Thessalonians 5:23, "Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."