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| I'm alive...and I still love and live for Him! That's all that really matters!
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| So much has changed in my life in just the past year! This time last year, I was celebrating Single's Awareness Day with some of my friends at Marketplace! Now, I am engaged to an amazing woman, and I couldn't be more excited about that. Our wedding is just about a month and a half away. How scary is that?!? I have never been more happy than I am right now, but I do miss the past and the people from the past. It's crazy being in the "REAL" world. Sometimes I wish I was back at Henderson chillin' with the crew from Arkadelphia. Other times I wish I was back in high school without a care in the world and hangin' out with my friends from high school which I rarely ever talk to anymore. Then there is the most recent change in my life, and not getting to see my friends from Conway very much anymore either. My whole life has been based on being social. I love being around people even if we aren't doing anything. In Arkadelphia, we used to just sit around in the BCM and make plans to take over the world. Those are some great times! We just enjoyed the presence of other people. It has just been a very hard transition from me. I spend all day with 24 first graders, so I don't really get the same fulfillment as I would being around people my own age. LOL! I have truly been blessed over the years with great friends. I remember when I used to complain about my life not being complete because I didn't have a girlfriend. I just wish there was some way to have a certain equilibrium. Don't get me wrong, I am definitely not complaining about my life. God has blessed me so much! I just can't wait for my wedding. Most importantly because I will get to embark on a new journey with an amazing woman of God, but also because I will get to see friends from all the great periods of my life. It's a chance to have everything in my life that I ever dreamed of and find total serenity! Here's to the future and the continued blessings! | | |
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| Whoa...It has definitely been a minute. A lot has changed in my life since the last time I posted. I am officially "unofficially" living in Conway now. I rarely make it down to Arkadelphia anymore and I haven't made a trip to Fayetteville in a while either. I do miss all of my friends from both Arkadelphia and Fayetteville, but they have all moved forward with their lives, as well as have I. I do still enjoy going to visit, but it just isn't the same as it was. I have made numerous new friendships in Conway, and I am so grateful for that. My life about this time last year was so lonely because I had just moved to Conway and didn't really know anyone. The greatest change in my life is my fiance Darla. If you truly know me, you know that I have always been a huge flirt and extremely girl crazy. I met Darla when I worked at a daycare here in Conway. She was a teacher in the toddler side. I had seen her around work, and I thought she was so beautiful. However, I was apprehensive to approach her because I have not always had the best luck in the relationship/female department. However, I found her on Facebook and we started talking. I knew she was a Christian and that was the main topic of conversation for the first couple of messages. Then, I asked her if she might want to hang out one day, and we went out for the first time on April 6, 2007, which just happened to be Good Friday. It ended up being a very good Friday. We continued to date, and dating turned into a relationship. Then one day about 3 or 4 weeks into our relationship, I realized that I loved her and she was the girl that I was destined to spend the rest of my life. I know that God brought us together, and I am forever grateful. I had always had a problem with patience, and before I met Darla I was praying everyday for God to show me how to be patient. That is when He felt it was time for me and Darla to meet. On July 4, 2007 at the Centennial Valley fireworks, I asked Darla to be my wife and she said yes! There is so much more that I could say about my relationship with Darla, but we would be here for a very long time. The thing I love most about our relationship is that we put our relationship with God before our relationship with one another, and I think that is a huge key to the success of our relationship! Anyway, I have pretty much caught you up on the exciting news in my life! I am so blessed! | | |
| I think it just might be time for another update! If only I knew where to begin... My life is going extremely well for the most part. My spiritual life is definitely growing stronger and stronger each and every day, which is such a blessing! After last semester, I was in a pretty rough place, but the strange thing about it was that I didn't really know or understand how rough of a place that I was actually in. It's pretty complicated, but I don't have to worry about that any more. I recently had an amazing talk with Neal Nelson, the BCM director at Henderson! Neal has always been a straight shooter, and he really opened my eyes and helped me to realize some things. I have been attending the BCM at UCA over the past month or so, and I really enjoy it a lot. I really feel like God can really use me during my time here in Conway. I told Neal how sometimes I will be sitting at CORE on Thursday nights at the BCM, and just reflect on all the things that I should have and could have done during my time at Henderson. I feel like I missed out on so many opportunities to reach people and serve people. I will be going back to Henderson in the Fall of 2007, so all of these things that I am currently reflecting on I will be able to accomplish whenever I get back. This time away from Henderson is definitely hard on my social life, but great for my spiritual life. I feel like I am here to spiritually revive and rejuvenate myself. While I was in Arkadelphia though, I did miss everyone at the BCM at UCA! I guess I am just never going to be content with where I am! Anyway, I recently finished my first assignment of my teaching internship. It was a really good experience, but I've always known that I am better suited for the younger age children! It was really hard for me to leave all my students on the last day, but I still see them in the hallway around school. I am very proud of all that they have accomplished thus far this year. I am currently in my second week of my second assignment. I was supposed to be in Kindergarten, but circumstances arose and now I am in second grade. I really like second grade, and this has always been the grade that I've wanted to teach. I am very excited about this grade and I am sure that I will have several interesting experiences along the way, but I am definitely ready to face them head on! I have recently been spending a lot time in Arkadelphia the last couple of weeks! It was nice to be back home there. I can't believe that I miss it as much as I do! I miss the small town atmosphere and all my friends there! I know that things are constantly changing, but I am definitely learning to adjust to change better. Well, there isn't much else going on! I am spending a lot of time in Fayetteville too! I average about every other weekend going to Fayetteville! It is a really beautiful drive up there this time of year! Anyway, I guess that is all from me right now! I hope everything is going well for all of you! God bless! | | |
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