relentless.

   hello beauties..here i am again..late. i planned to post a few weeks ago..fail :) we are 9 days from the wedding & i feel like a zombie. let me just tell you, i am not the perfect little bride that most women are. i'm 9 days from my wedding i & can't remember the last time i brushed my hair. (is that any different than any other week?) i stay up late thinking of everything needing to be done & i wake up late unable to do the things that need to be done..haha. i honestly pictured myself having it all together, but hey..chaos makes things more interesting :)
   soo onto answer everyone's question.."where are you going to live?" i love explaining this because it is SO GOD! a few months ago i posted that we did not have a place to live. well we found a place..then lost it as well. the first time i was a bit panicked. the second time i knew God had something for us. my brother found out an acquaintance of his had a small house for rent, but was not advertising..just waiting on God to send the right people. & of course my brother told him about us, we got in contact with him & went & looked at the place the next day. we pulled in & i knew we were going to be living there (yes it is just a rental, but most likely a long time rental.) i, for as long as i can remember, have wanted to live in an older home with some character. in fact, i had just recently been praying for something just as that. when we got inside the house matthew had his doubts.."it's old..it's dated..it needs work.." were his thoughts. ..mine? "honey, we can make this so rad! it has so much character!" after a bit of thought we both knew it was going to be our first place together. since then we have been working like mad to get it fixed up. & it's been a blast. our friends have blessed us in such big ways by helping out & honestly..i feel so close to each person that has helped us out & hope that they know that our home is theirs as well..anytime :) we have a big yard for a volleyball net(YES!) & my boy is happy that there is ALREADY a basketball goal there..(see this house was totally for us:) & we will most definitely be having a few gardens going. oh, & we have a wrap around porch. glorious right?! i plan on doing some before & after shots when things slow down, so stay tuned for that :)

**if you are praying for something & feel hopeless..just don't relent....rely on faith. it is literally the most wonderful feeling knowing that the God of the universe holds you in his hands. why fret?! (it's hard, i know:)
if you'd like..come to us..we'll pray with you..or for you..or encourage you..or feed you..or something good like that :)