A lot has happened since our last post. We finished summer school - both of us made all A's! Michael also found out that the Lord blessed him with a hefty scholarship for the fall semester. We moved to the new apartment on August 8th. Things definitely did not go as planned, and it was a very trying and emotional time for us. For those of you who don't know, we moved into a townhouse style apartment, but the stairwell has two 90 degree corner turns, making it very difficult to move things to the upstairs. Michael and I had spent quite a lot of time planning every detail (we can't help it, we're engineers) of where to put each piece of furniture. We had planned on putting our bedroom upstairs, and our office and living room downstairs.
Our amazing and generous friends, Jonathan and Anna from Sunday school, helped us move everything. Well, when we were trying to get the mattress upstairs, it became quite clear that there was no way it was going to get up there. (We have a giant king size mattress!) To make a long story short, we had to switch our plans and put the living room and office upstairs, and our bedroom downstairs. But we learned the lesson God was trying to teach us - we can't plan everything, and we were humbled to learn how little importance material possessions should be. And now that we are settled, we are thankful that our bedroom is downstairs because with the Texas summer, it is much cooler down there for sleeping!
The fall semester begins Monday. We are hopeful that it will pass quickly and as stress-free as possible. I will also be co-leading a Bible Study with my friend Brittany this semester, following the book for wives called "Created to Be His Help Meet" by Debi Pearl. This book has allowed God to make me a better wife to Michael. It teaches that every individual wife was specifically created to have the ability to help, love, and meet the needs of her husband. In essence, wives have a specific and special purpose - to be loving helpers to their husbands. It has taught me to set aside my own selfish desires, and to focus my energy on building up my husband in any way I can. And the result has been astounding! After all, honoring my husband honors God! And honoring God is what every Christian's purpose is in life. I am looking forward to learning more from this study throughout the semester.
And the last piece of big news, we drove to Live Oak Kennel in Blum, TX and picked up our precious puppy, Abby. She was born on June 29 and has beautiful black and tan parents. Abby picked us - she walked away from her littermates and came towards me and acted as if she wanted me to pick her up. She's definitely a Mama's Girl! She and Ginger get along great. Abby is not shy of Ginger, so they play together well. And Ginger has actually become much more protective and acts like a mommy to Abby - when we walk them both outside, Ginger barks at anyone and everyone now, which she never used to do. We are also pleased with Abby because she is very mellow for a puppy. In fact, she's asleep in my lap right now! But she has already learned her name, the word "No!", and how to climb up stair steps. (She still gets too nervous trying to go down steps by herself, but she's small, we'll give her more time!) She is also starting to sleep solidly throughout the night without needing to go out for a potty.
Whenever you are feeling weak or powerless, always remember 2 Timothy 1:7 - "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline." God Bless you all!
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