Moving Saturday!

I am absolutely exhausted!! This past weekend and yesterday I have been packing and sorting through all of our stuff for our move on Saturday. I know moving is hard, but I thought it would be easier this time b/c a lot of our stuff is still packed and in storage. It's amazing how much we have accumulated over the past year and a half that we have lived in this apartment!

The good news is that we will be completely moved by Saturday and then Rick is hitting the job market hard! For those of you who don't know, this move we are making is a temporary move. We are hoping & praying that Rick finds a new job somewhere close to family and that we will be moving again by early summer.

I am excited to see what God has next for us. This is going to be a great year of change! :)

Summer Vacation???

Rick and I started planning our summer vacation and we are down to three choices. Over the past two years our summer vacations have been to Chicago to visit family and friends, but this year we wanted to plan a romantic get-away for just the two of us. So here are the three places we have narrowed it down to:

1. Cancun, Mexico (Riviera Maya) - this is where we went on our honeymoon!

2. Jamaica

3. Caribbean Carnival Cruise

So now it's time for your votes...which place would you rather go on vacation? Maybe you have been to one of these places and recommend one over the other. I know they are all wonderful places, but I'm curious where my friends and family would choose.

We're Moving!!

I wish I could say that we were moving out of the state and close to all of our friends and family, but unfortunately, we are only moving 10 minutes from our apartment. To make a really long story short, our apartment complex has been bought by a company who is going to turn our apartments into condominiums. So in short we are being forced to move. The nice thing is that we get $500 towards our moving costs b/c of the short notice.

Over the last week I have been frantically searching for an affordable apartment close to work. The only thing I came up with in our price range was ghetto apartments that were built in 1972 with all of the orange and green kitchen appliances to go with it! YUK!! After praying with some close friends about our search, I received an email from our housing office at work (Northwest University) telling me that there was a married housing apartment that just opened up and it would be ready by February 1st (today!). Now these apartments are not the most glamorous on the market, but they are nice and the price is absolutely INCREDIBLE!!! :) Not too mention I could walk to my office from my home! What an answer to prayer!

I'm kind tired of living in apartments and I am really ready to be in my own house, but I know shortly Rick and I will be moving (out of state, hopefully) and into a new home! It's funny how God takes us through seasons of life, but with each turn we grow, learn, and trust that he is still the FAITHFUL God he has always been!

Prayer Request

I thought I would post my blog today as a prayer request. Rick and I are really seeking God right now for direction. We both feel like God is getting ready to make some BIG changes in our life. My prayer is that we would be obedient children and wait for his direction. Will you pray for us please?

"This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go." Isaiah 48:17

Heath Ledger

Yesterday I logged on to yahoo to check my email and saw the headline that read "Heath Ledger is dead at age 28." I was so shocked and sad all at the same time. I'm sure most of you reading this right now ( if anyone still reads my blogs) has heard of his death either on the Internet or on the news. I don't know why I am sad about this I mean I never personally knew Heath Ledger, but I guess sometimes I catch myself thinking of celebrities as fictional characters alone, and in reality they are REAL people with REAL souls. Although I may not know the eternity of Heath Ledger; I know that Jesus loves him just as he loves you and me. my heart is stirred to pray for celebrities who have filled their lives with temporary joy and if they are not reached with love of Jesus before it's too late, their eternity is going to be a horrible realization that there is more to life than what money & fame can buy!

Rick's Birthday

Today is my hubby's 29th birthday! I love celebrating birthdays!! I could spend hours in a party store picking out streamers and balloons that match! I guess I just like to decorate and to celebrate of course! Okay, I just got the song..."Celebrate good times, come on" in my head!! I think I roller-skated to that song all through my junior high years! Anyway...tonight Rick and I are going out for a nice dinner and if it's not too late we may catch a movie before the night is over.

Yeah for birthday fun!!

God's Voice???

This morning while I was praying and doing my devotions I felt this voice inside speak something to me. It is something that for a long time I have been praying and asking God for. I immediately began to thank God for His blessing that is soon to come, but in the midst of my rejoicing I started to wonder if that was really God or if it was just me wanting to believe so badly for this prayer to be answered. I have faith and believe that God will answer my prayers, but how do we as Christians know if it is really God speaking to us or our own positive faith inspired feelings speaking to us?! Is it wrong to ask God to confirm what we feel he was speaking to us? Does asking for a confirmation from God demonstrate a lack of faith on my part?