A Married Mans Perspective

Wow who would have known the glorious fun that becoming a married man contained. Not only do I have the joys of being the spiritual head, protector, and provider, but I have recently discovered that the title of Husband involves being an exterminator, pest control, plumber, yard man and many other fun things. Don't get me wrong, I would not choose to change this one bit. To know that the mice I catch, the wasp I kill, and the midnight walks throughout the house to make sure that creaky noise isn't a burglar, all are ways I can demonstrate my love for my wonderful partner.

Recently my wife has accepted the job as the event coordinator at Breckenridge retirement center. Talk about a proud man I am. My wife has not ceased to amaze me with her many talents. Today I discovered that she knows how to cook egg plant cheddar, Its the poor mans version of eggplant parmisan (???) but you use whatever cheese you already have been using for the past week. It was amazing!
Friday the Lord blew us away with the find of the century as we found a used washer and dryer in Rocky Mount that were in great condition. God was truly good in providing this. As with any good thing the Lord is doing you know that Satan is surely going to make his attack. I don't know if anyone has had experience hooking a dryer up, but let me tell you, It is alot of fun. We first discovered that our electrical plug didn't match the receiver in the wall. No problem, being the electrician I am I drew a picture of our problem and took it to Lowes. I came home and Monica and I switched out the electrical cord. There was one extra wire??? so I attached it to a random screw. Next, you attach the hose, Why the hose is 5 ft long when the desired space b/w the wall and the dryer is 5 inches I will never know. Not a problem my handy pocket knife took care of this. Several, what felt like hours later, we had our dryer hooked up and we had done it all by our selves with of course, no instructions.

Weeks Lawn Mowing Business made a huge breakthrough as it was discovered that you can fit a lawnmower in the back of an Avalon, or at least 3 wheels. thank you dad for letting us use the car. The trunk will close you just have to slam it now.

Lastly tonight was the beginning of Powerzone sports camp. This is a Christian sports camp that our church is doing for the kids in the neighborhood as well as the church. Wow, what an amazing thing to be a part of. To see the smiling faces of many kids that we have been praying for, for the past month or two. Please be praying for this camp as our hopes and prayer is that through the means of basketball, soccer, and cheerleading we might have the opportunity to build relationship with those in the community and most importantly share the Life giving message of Jesus Christ with them. By the grace of God and his goodness in using broken vessels like ourselves, we pray that many will come to know Jesus as their Savior and Lord.

We love yall and look forward to sharing with yall of our latest adventures as well as the great things the Lord has done at the Camp
Love Stephen

This Nest is Best

Where to begin! Things have seemed so quick since June 5th. We give praise to our Father for His Gospel being proclaimed and truly our desire is that He is the center of every breath and move we make. Our wedding night we were able to spend in our home which was really a sweet time. Everyone was so great...decorating our home, putting food in our frig, and the many gifts and cards. Truly our hearts are still overwhelmed at how gracious everyone was to us. Antigua was a blast! There is nothing like going on vacation with your best friend. There were definitly some hilarious stories such as: big sissy man getting pinched by giant hermit crab, finding bugs in our wrapped soap, cats drinking the alcohol at the finest restaurants, and many days the two of us traveling around Antigua on random buses and taxis trying to find our way.

But honestly, there is nothing better than the day we got to come back to our home. Growing up my mom always read to us, and still does the Dr. Suess book called "This Nest is Best." In the story the momma bird sings a song "I love my house. I love my nest. In all the world this nest is BEST!" Following after my mom, I have found myself singing this song all the time as we are driving to our house from a daily destination. Although, I will say the last week and half has been crazy- not only did our house look like someone just took all of our stuff and threw it everywhere, we had our friend Ratoutille living with us for awhile, our house and shed swarmed with wasp nests, and army of ants that seem to be adding to their number daily. When we asked our landlord about the mice and what we should do- his response was what do you expect your living in the country.

It has been a daily emotional transition for me. I miss my family tremendously, but I have really embraced and become very attached to Stephen through this time. We have no cable, so our nights are spent reading together, playing together, and really just focusing on one another. Stephen started his job at the church last week. We are continuing to pray for the specific direction the Lord would have Stephen to take as his job is to bridge the gap between church and community. I recently just got offered a job at Breckenridge Retirement Center as the Event Director. I am really excited about this position and will be giving my final answer tomorrow as whether I will be taking the position

Thanks for reading our blog! We are excited about keeping family and friends up to date with whats going on. Please know we love you! Great is HIS faithfulness!

Love, Mon