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