God's Time is NOW!

For months and months we've been patiently praying and waiting for God to reveal His plan to us. The time has come! Last Saturday, Mark found a job, he will be working through a temp. agency while we look for other jobs. The blessing of Saturday's job meant finding a place to live because the job is in Greenwood. So Saturday we toured an apartment and filled out the application. Today we received the good news that we have been approved and we have a place to live! I do have our new address so just message me if you'd like it for snail mail. We move June 1st. I am so thankful to have a plan for our post-wedding day life!! Thank you God for taking care of us!

Where It All Runs Together

I've found that sometimes too many things hit at once and all of my emotions run together. This is one of those weeks.

Mark and I are both still applying for mad people like jobs -- no news. The stress is nearly killing him and I'm not doing much better. Pray for us please.

Wedding adjustments have overtaken my life due to my previous guest miscount. Today I'm fixing the cake and then hopefully I've resolved those issues.

Mark and I are going 13 days without seeing each other and then we will just briefly in the two before the wedding. It may seem ridiculous to be this upset, obviously we'll see each other everyday after we're married...but if you've never been in a long distance relationship you cannot begin to understand. I dream of the day when we can actually have discussions, solve problems, and pray together - face to face.

I am also struggling, more than I ever knew I would, with the prospect of not being at camp this summer. After my second summer on staff, I was so sure that I was finished I could never think of going back, and then one day God put it in my heart to work again last summer. I did and I loved it. This year I know that I'm not meant to be there but it's the most difficult thing I have ever let go of. I am praying for peace in my heart and for the joy of those who are spending their summer there.

Life's Still a ?

For our friends and family who are following this blog in the hopes of staying up to date with the Kuhn/Riley family, my apologies for not updating enough.

We are down to 18 days until the wedding and still praying for jobs. It is amazing the peace that God has placed in our lives despite the complete and utter uncertainty of our lives. We have each sent out lots of applications and we are still waiting for those "yes!es" But as we have been saying for months, we know that our lives our in God's hands and that He will provide for us in His time. My prayer is that some kind of answer (preferably in the form of a job offer) comes in the next 18 days and if not I will continue to pray for patience and peace.

23

No less panicked than in my last post BUT I am excited because today is April 23. I woke up this morning thrilled with the thought that when I wake up a month from now, May 23, it will be our wedding day!

Trying Not to Panic

We are 6 weeks and 5 days away from "THE BIG DAY"

We have been counting down the days since we got engaged on June 30, 2007 and while it feels like it has taken forever...time suddenly feels like it's going to fast. With just a month and a half left to figure things out it's become overwhelming.

Mark is waiting to hear back on all of the applications that he has turned in. He's heard quite a few "No's" but we are still confident because we know that in His time God will give us the "Yes" that He wants us to have. In the meantime, we're trying not to panic.

This Week Things Got Done!

This past week was filled with actual accomplishments:

1. I went through my dresser and my summer closet again to rid myself of more things I don't need. In turn I had big bags of things to sell at Plato's Closet and to take to the Goodwill truck. It feels good to know that almost everything in my room is something I am going to keep. This week's cleaning is for the winter closet and under the bed.
2. Mark and I had our second meeting with Pastor Mike. We discussed the order of the service and preliminary Bible verses and themes.
3. Yesterday we met with Nancy Noon to pick our music for the ceremony and reception. Working with her is so wonderful - she has such a passion for music. It was a blessing to just sit and listen to her play!
4a. I finished addressing ALL of our invitations this week!
4b. In double checking our invitations and doing a final head count, we realized that we were off by about 50 people. As in I thought we had 120 and we have 170. This week will be spent adjusting food and table arrangements.

All in all it was a good, productive week which I had been really needing!

Sheridan Shower

This past Saturday Aunt Kim and Shelby hosted a Bridal Shower for me at the Sheridan Library. It was the first time that Mama and Lu had met most of his family so it was good to all get together. I am excited to have a place to live so that I can use all of my new kitchen gadgets and so Mark can build me the neat shelving unit that we got!

On the job front: Mark has applied to what seems like a hundred places and we are just waiting and praying to see where we end up. We have complete faith that God will lead us where we are meant to go, when we are meant to go there. I am still waiting for an orientation session for substitute teaching but until one happens I am getting lots of wedding things done. The big day is just 8 weeks and 5 days away!