WE'RE MOVING!!

Yes, you heard correctly. Brett and I are moving...again. We have been given (literally given to us by our amazing Heavenly Father) the opportunity to move into a 5 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 2,200 sq. ft. house for a little bit more $$ per month than we're paying now for rent at our apartment. We will be renting it for a year and have the option to buy it at the end of that year. It's such a blessing and all glory goes to God for coordinating all the details of this move. We are excited to start painting and renovating the place to make it our own, but more than anything we are excited to see how God chooses to use this home to expand His kingdom and bring people closer to Him! If you think about it, pray for me and Brett as we begin this journey and continue to follow what He has planned for our lives. We would really appreciate it!

Oh, and don't worry, pictures will be coming along very soon! :)

I'm Baaaack!

So, here I am again - back in blogger world! If you didn't notice (which I'm sure most, if not all of you did, right?) my 1 month "fast" from all things social networking turned into 2, and if I'm going to be perfectly honest, it was tough. I will admit that I did log on and check up on people/statuses/situations from time to time and did watch a few TV shows/movies. Despite that, I believe that through these 2 months my goal and purpose of doing this "fast" was accomplished. I have found myself spending less time on the computer and in front of the TV and more time being quiet and still before God. More than anything, I got into a routine where my priorities are more in line with what I believe God wants from me. This is going to be a continuous journey where I have to remind myself of where I should be spending my time and energy, but spending these 2 months completely away was a good start.

With all that said, here are a couple pictures from my time away.

1. I finally got curtains put up in the dining room! It's amazing how something so simple and easy makes such a difference.

2. The flowers on the table above (& the closer shot below) are from Brett's mom Linnea as a birthday/Easter gift. I turned 23 on March 18th and one of my favorite gift was these flowers! Pretty, huh?

3. Happy (belated) Easter! This is me and my handsome husband on Easter morning. We had a wonderful morning of worship with our church family and then got to spend some great time with my family in the afternoon. What's better is that reason that we got to celebrate - because Jesus Christ is risen!

4. Brett and I attending our very last Nebraska Christian College Spring Formal. Brett is graduating May 8th and it's crazy to think that our college days (collectively) are very close to being over. I posted 2 pictures from that night - the first is (obviously) of me and Brett and the second is of us with some of our best friends - (from left to right) Anna and Jared, us, Michael and Leah. Love them!

That's all for now :) But no worries, I'll be back soon! We've got some exciting events happening in the near future, so I'll have plenty of things to blog about and share :)

Fast

I didn't really realize that it has been a full week since my last post, and unfortunately (or fortunately - depending on your point of view) I won't be making anymore posts for at least 30 days. We had a wonderfully refreshing evening at our weekly prayer service at church and God really convicted my heart and lead me to decide that I needed to make a few changes in my life for a while. Sooooo, to make a very long story short, I will not be on here, Facebook or any other time-consuming internet location nor will I be watching TV for the next 30 days. You could call it a fast if you want - although I will be checking my email, but other than that, I'm done for at least a month. I need to be spending that valuable time on things more important and precious to me, and that is first and foremost my relationship with Christ. So friends, adios! for now. I'll definitely let you know how this whole fasting experience ends up, but in the meantime say a prayer for me if you think about it. Pray that God would do some transformation in my heart as I try to give up some of the distractions that have kept me from pursuing Him with more abandon and more passion. Thanks :)