This month, I embark on a new journey that I truly feel God has purposed for me. Over the past two years on staff at my church I have had different titles and served in different ministry areas. I knew two years ago that God was about to do great things with Rachel and I as we continued to pursue [...]

Getting back into the swing of this blogging thing is going to be tough…part of my goals for next year (we’ll see).
So in good ole’ fashioned tradition – I will share some of my THURSDAY THOUGHTS…

Excited for the possibilities in the new year. Excited for the changes too….More on that later (I promise).
Owen likes to sit on our porch when [...]

So – here we are…almost to the end of 2009. It is most definitely a year that both Rachel and I will never EVER forget. We definitely have a lot to celebrate together and we are both very excited to start a new year. We have new goals, expectations, hopes, and dreams. We have learned a lot both about faith [...]

Today is my 30th birthday. I never really thought of being thirty before until today. It doesn’t bother me at all, I still look like I am like 21-25, if I looked like I was 30, maybe I would be more upset. I received a text from my mom today -
“Happy Birthday. You were born at 10:59pm on a Saturday [...]

My blog is a seasonal blog – more of a portal anymore for people to come check up on myself or my family. I have a lot of thoughts – some I share out loud, some I keep to myself, and occasionally I will post them here.
God has really started breaking my heart for those that live in extreme poverty….in [...]

Not much has changed with Rachel. She can open her eye a little when the doctor comes in. It doesn’t look pretty, but is definitely looking better than it did right after her surgery. Rachel didn’t feel well earlier today, but the nausea has kind of subsided for now. We were able to watch the services from our church back [...]

We woke up about the time I normally go to sleep this morning to check in for Rachel’s surgery. She was the first surgery of the day which was nice, but we have both been exhausted today.
Rachel’s surgery went good, the plaque went in fine and there was no concern as far is it going in. She came out of [...]

Sometimes the hardest thing for me to admit to is the fact that I don’t understand something. When I don’t understand I feel like I have done something wrong, or didn’t pay attention to the instructions and need them repeated again. When I don’t understand something I will research until I can figure it out – if I even can. [...]

We definitely appreciate your thoughts and prayers for us today. The countless number of emails, facebook responses, texts, etc. has been overwhelming and have been much needed support for us.
Today was a good day considering the circumstances – and we feel much better about treatment and the future then we ever have since the diagnosis in June. The doctor we [...]

So my blog has been pretty quiet lately. There have been a lot of things going on in my life and I really haven’t made much time to take advantage of this outlet. Recently I have had a lot of people concerned for my family and for those of you that have asked or wanted more details, I thought this [...]