Our Anniversary

Well it has been one year already. A year on August 11th. I really can't believe it. Where did it all go? This first year of marriage has been a huge blessing in my life. Beth is a ton of fun and my best friend. She is an encouragement to me and those around her. I'm so thankful with how patient she has been with me, especially considering my job situation at Frito Lay. I think it's a great testament to us being a team. It's great to look back and see how faithful God has been to allow us to get married before we were done with school, graduate, have jobs, provide fellowship for us in Dallas, continue to stir our hearts for Muslims, and to help us to be patient for that opportunity. I keep looking at the global events taking place thinking that we don't have a lot of time left to share the good news. I pray that He sends us soon.

Anyway, you're probably wondering what we did for our anniversary. Beth and I agreed when we got married that each anniversary we would, instead of buying gifts, be a little more romantic and come up with a way of proposing to each other all over again. Naturally I proposed the first time, so this first year was Beth's turn. I came home to the sound of chirping crickets and the peaceful scene of a camp set up in our living room. There was my tent all made where the living room table would normally be. Beth looked very cute in her over-alls. She had wanted to take me camping, but unfortunately it had been raining most of that day. I opened a package and in it was a board game; Settlers of Katan. We had played it with our friend Emily and it's pretty fun if you like strategy. You build settelments and develop your little kingdom. Then Beth asked, "Would you settle down with me?" Haha, very clever. I of course said yes. We are going to go camping a different weekend in September so that should be fun. For the day, we would have to improvise so we went and saw one of our favorite movies, The Dark Knight. Pretty darn good, go see it. We then proceeded to one of our favorite restaurants, Golden Corral. Pretty darn good, go eat it.

It will be interesting to see where God takes us this year. We are already expecting lots of changes. As you know from the last post, Beth is looking for a new job, and I am expecting a change of position in 2009. Mostly though, we want to continue to seek Him and we really want to find ways to get more involved in the community around us. This week I got to meet our neighbors Suzy and Richard. Hopefully we can continue to develop a relationship with them. I'm very thankful for Beth and I pray that our relationship will glorify the One who made it all possible. I think I have a pretty good idea for how to propose next year, we'll see how it turns out.