Wow! For five and a half months, I'd look at the ticker on our blog, moving steadily closer to our wedding date--"three months left", "two months left", etc.--but now, I'm looking at the same ticker telling me "eight days since the event." That is insane.Our wedding and honeymoon were absolutely spectacular, complete with breathtaking view after breathtaking view in Banff National Park (in the Canadian Rockies). We'll get some pictures up later this week, but I don't want to spoil the surprise and the shock and awe that my family will feel when we show those pictures to them this week up North.
God has been extravagant in giving us all things throughout this time, through our family and friends' generosity, and He's making Himself look great through working in our financial situation via one great job opportunity that's on the horizon. Our friends, the Fishers, wrote us a card for the wedding that contained this blessing--one of my favorites from those cards--"We're looking forward to God doing violence to the gates of hell through you guys." That was a great blessing, and God is working to provide for us in great ways while accomplishing His purpose through us.
The job I'm talking about is the head SID job at Concordia University, which is one of Cal Baptist's rival schools and one that it'd be super easy to transition to because of their reputation for doing things in a competitive, respectable way. I'm interviewing with the Athletic Director this week before we head North, so be praying for us this week and keep checking our blog for updates--I'll be posting.
Striving to please Him in all that we do,
J&J
