Gee Whiz

So, if ever the saying that God can work through anything holds true, it has to be now for Adam and I. Over the weekend Adam went camping with a buddy from Auburn. They met in the smoky mountains and hiked 12 miles over two days. He was able to tell him about all the things God has been doing in our lives and how we are seeking Him for the "next move". I stayed at home and worked on tons of schoolwork but really had a hard time without adam there at night. I will admit that I am a pansy but nothing makes me feel safer than having Adam with me. That night I didn't get much sleep and was in a horrible mood by the time he got home. Plus, he didnt have service the whole weekend and with bad weather coming thier way I made myself sick with worry ( a talent i have). So needless to say when he got home we had words and were not in the best of moods when we arrived at church the next morning. However, God had a sermon planned just for us. Reggie preached on the miracles that happened through Christ's ressurection...which is a whole other blog. Through the entire message Reggie was giving historical secular evidence of Christs ressurection and the unexplained physical events that happened. Also in Sunday school, our leader told us how he has learned that God reveals things that he is seeking through his wife. He said that women are just a little better at being intuitive (i whole heartedly agree) and that sometimes he will pray "God, if you dont reveal to me what you want, please reveal it to my wife". I mean we are a couple for a reason, right? So anyways, back to the sermon....at the end of the sermon I was really overwhelmed by A-the message and awesome ways that God somehow makes every little bit of his word cohesive and B-the need i felt to tell adam that i really did think God was calling him to do biblical archaeology. So flipping back through my 3 huge pages of notes I found a blank spot and wrote " I think you should do biblical archeaology and passed it to Adam. He immediately started crying (i hope its ok that i am telling people this honey) and started praying. He told me that God had really been working on him while hiking and that I had just confirmed alot of things that he had been asking God to answer. So, now Adam is in the process of applying and getting information to go to grad school and get his PhD in biblical archeaology..i mean what better way to spend your life than showing a secular world secular proof of a loving God that came to earth to pay a debt for people who didn't accept him. I am sooo excited for Adam, we have been praying that God would reveal the next step to him for a while. This is my own opinon but I think that in order to know that you want to spend your life proclaming Jesus as Lord you have to be walking with him-and Adam has really been growing by leaps and bounds in his relationship. I also think that God had to do a little convincing on my part so that I would 100% supportive of Adam since this will require some sacrifice. The sacrifice is that now I am "busting" it to get done with grad school a semester early. I am pretty sure I can pull it off but it means 3 more semesters (summer, fall and spring ) of 15 hours of class and full time work. This also means that we will be moving in one year and therefore have decided to call off our house hunt, which in turn means renting for another year, which is not the most desirable choice. The sacrificies though are so small when compared to the rich life that I believe God has planned for us if we keep following Him. I ask for prayer for Adam and for God to give us the finances for yet another 3 years of grad school. I know that God will continue to watch over us (we haven't gone hungry yet!!..and neither have our cats!!!). Thank you God for working through a weekend that wasn't so newlywedish and turning it into a weekend of promise and fulfillment in life with you.

well its about time

So...adam figured out what our username and password was...since i am horrible with those and i decided it was time for us to post on here. Ill start with the most current news...we are househunting!! We have been for about a month now and although we are extremely picky (we aren't settling) we are sure that God has the perfect first house for us. It helps that our best friends up here are realtors...so we go like almost everyday. Its fun to imagine living in different spaces and how you could change it. We are also beginning to discover more and more each day about why God moved us up here. We have become very attatched to our church family and finding more ways to serve there. We have found about 3 couples that we adore and spend most of our time with..and some singles too :). I feel bad that I have latched on to so many people up here, b/c to be honest I have noticed that i call old friends less. I really do miss my time at Auburn and the friends I had but I know that life is full of changes and holding on to those times is standing still..not growing. Adam and I are also in the middle of a time of prayer for his future. He is in between going back to get his PhD and moving around some this summer to work at different digs...not that he can't choose both but that both decisions require some sort of sacrifice. I am eager to see what is in the future for Adam, b/c as we all know you can't find a more genuine person that loves to serve. I am in my second semester as a graduate student and even though working during the day and going to school at night isn't my first choice I know that in 3 semesters I will accomplish the goal that I have had for about 7-8 years now. I love being in the high schools, especially the clay classes. I am also getting my ESL certification, so I can use that in missions. Other news is that my dad got a motorcycle...now this may not seem significant enough but it overwhelms me. My dad has also been a work horse, never allowing himself to reap any reward or get time off.....he feels guilty when he has spare time or buys things for himself. He recently found a motorcyle that he liked and went home to discuss it with my mom. She told that he "wasn't getting any younger and that he deserved it"....So he went back the next weekend and bought it, along with, in his words, a "steller helmet", luggage rack and something else that flew over my head. His doctor advised him against it since he has bad neck problems but my dad says he wont let that keep him from it. He seriously rides the motorcycle every day!!! He even jumped at the chance to work nights so that he could ride his motorcylce more during the day..that was just for 2 weeks but still. He has also managed to lose his cell phone while on it. A man called my mom from my dads cell phone # and told her that he saw the phone fly out of a man pocket who was riding a motorcycle...hilarious. He is so happy and he sooo deserves it!! So anyways, enough of that....we will start posting more frequently.....we promise!! A thought to leave you with...... Your talk talks and your walk talks, but does your talk talk louder than your walk talks? (from a disciple now we did 2 weekends ago...it sounds elementary but really stop and think about)