Hiatus

It's been over a year since I've been here. That is a long...see title :D

Where am I now? Well I'm married to the man of my dreams. From last august until now, a lot has happened. We got engaged about a week after my last post. Interestingly enough, I didn't write about it. Must have been too busy making wedding plans. Which is probably what else I was doing on hiatus mostly.

Then, as you may have predicted...we got married :) Here's some proof:

It was seriously emotional. I can't even explain the joy I felt as I vowed to love, honor and obey this man. Probably because I had dreamed of doing it for about 2 years.

Flash forward about 4 months.

My husband and I moved to Vermont to serve at a local church here that we are madly in love with. As you may have seen, there was a pretty devastating flood here. We arrived about a week after it happened and got to help clean up homes and bring a little light into a very dark situation. Some people lost everything. And some even lost their lives.

Currently, we are enjoying getting ready for Christmas and going home to Virginia for a week or so at the end of December. I'm a little excited about that seeing as I haven't seen my family since August.

I also have a second job other than doing administrative work at the church and co-leading worship with Elias. I'm working at a veterinary clinic. It's full circle for me because I did that in high school as well as a year of vet medicine school and volunteering at a local shelter. Ooo which reminds me...we are getting a puppy in February for my birthday :) I cannot contain the excitement. Considering that the only other time I had a puppy was when I was 3 yrs old and I don't really remember that, this is a pretty big deal. I'm thinking a puppy from the shelter or if no puppies are up for adoption, then a sweet pup 3 yrs or younger.

All this to say, I am loving my life right now. Next on the agenda is buying a house. It all feels a little too "American dreamy" but I have reevaluated myself since my whole "holier than thou" expedition. Missions is still on our minds. Heavily. We are looking for ways to get involved short-term and I believe we will end up there still. For now, this is definitely where God has us. And of that fact, I am confident.

Hope you all are well too. I've missed ya.