Thursday, June 9, 2011

Summer is calling

Well, I am coming to the end of another quarter of nursing school and Stephen is coming the end of his 1st year of medical school (the 2nd much more of an accomplishment than the first)
Its been a while since I have written anything on the blog, but finally I have some free time with nothing else to do. I am feeling quiet refreshed to sit down with a coffee frappuccino light outside starbucks in downtown denver. The sun is shining and a nice breeze is blowing :) Its a beautiful afternoon.
Exciting things first. A week and a half ago our good friend T Jeffcoach married his now bride Jesamy. What a privilege for Stephen to be in the wedding and for us to spend the weekend in Rolla, MO where Jesamy is from! Much about the wedding reminded me of the wonderful celebration of marriage that Stephen and i joined in almost a year ago. Here are some pictures of the wedding
 Rehersal dinner with my handsome husband and his new glasses :)
 The bride and groom to be :)
 The foursome from high school!
 1st kiss
Stephen and I with T and Jesamy

The newlyweds will be going on a honeymoon in July because T had to leave for an army training 3 days after the wedding. Because of this Stephen and I had the privilege of having Jesamy come stay with us over the weekend. And what a privilege it was. I was so refreshed and blessed to continue building a wonderful friendship with Jesamy. She is a true jem and our time together over the weekend revealed that even more. We also had a TON of fun together! She helped me find (at a yard sale), and paint our new red armoire
 Just getting started
 painting, painting and more painting
 Finished product!

On a prayer request note, Stephen is finishing up his last class and it had definitely been the hardest and most frustrating, not because of the material being learned but because of the lack of teaching and direction. So you prayers would be greatly appreciated. He will be studying as much as possible this weekend and then takes the final test on monday morning :)

This sunday we also have the opportunity to lead a team of a dozen or more people on what our church calls Service Sunday. Please pray as we will being going to a rough neighborhood downtown to paint a ladies fence. If you could pray that we would be a blessing to her and that our work would reflect the love of Christ for her and her family, that would be awesome!

God is so good! Beyond what I deserve or imagine. I found out this last week that for the month of July (while Stephen is also out of school) I will only have class on Monday and Wednesday mornings. When Stephen goes back to school I start my clinicals and labs. What an amazing gift from the Lord, to have so much time to spend together this summer.

Thats it for now :)

Love,
Hannah