Sometimes I feel like it is really hard not to compare our lives to our friends' lives. Example....most of our married friends have babies or are pregnant. Let's just clear up any rumors....we are not pregnant. Most of our married friends live with their spouse 365 days a year.....we get 180 days this year. And we wont event talk about the puppy issue. Yesterday was TJ's birthday. While sitting with him at dinner, he looked at me and said "I'm so glad I'm home so I can spend time with you. " melt. my. heart. This man is incredible. Wakes up at 4am to go to work, got home to me at 9pm, and drank an energy drink on the way home so he could sit up and talk to me. Our life right now is a little unconventional, but it is what God has for us. We are unsure what will happen in the next 12 months, but we trust the Lord has a plan. We are so thankful for the time we get to spend together and God has made it so sweet. He has given us strength to be apart. He has confirmed over and over that this is the right place for us right now. My husband LOVES his job. I LOVE my job. Can you ask for anything else?!

We have booked our 1 year anniversary trip
http://www.thesanctuarybeachresort.com/photo_gallery.html
SO PUMPED!!!!!!!!! only  68 days until we leave. But a bigger deal than the 1 year anniversary, this marks the half way mark of rotation, AND our best friends will be married, AND teej get to spend 8 weeks at home :) In all seriousness, we are facing a lot of important decisions about our move to Houston. It seems like it is far away, but some things have to be decided within the next two months. We beg for your prayers.


For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ¹² Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. ¹³ You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart- Jeremiah 29:11-13

Hard Times

Maybe we will look back on this year and see why we had to be apart all the time, but maybe we won't. I don't think I am at peace with that fact yet. All I know is it is hard. It is hard to go through half the month without my best friend here. It is hard to maintain a relationship 500 miles apart. It's just hard. I get so lonely without my sweet husband here. I have a HUGE respect for military families. I honestly don't know how you do it.  I'm stuck between not wanting to bother other people by letting me hang out at their house, and not wanting to be alone.

God has proved over and over that this is clearly the path we are supposed to be on, and that it is supposed to be hard. But I don't understand. And maybe I'm not supposed to. Our timing is not God's timing. Our plans apparently are not God's plans. I'm reminded of that as I watch other people in the Body suffering as well. I don't understand it, but I know God is good