stuff and things

Good intentions have failed once again. I have thought about blogging frequently and then the whir of life starts back up and off i go. but here on a lazy saturday i get the chance to put a few thoughts down.

Life as of late is filled with wedding preperations:

decorations
invitations
dresses
plane tickets
pre-marital counseling
finding time to spend with jordan, quality time
getting all of our finances in order
work on the mindset of being married

so much to do!!!

just yesterday i had a lovely lady tell me that i need to plan and prepare for our marriage even more so than i am for the wedding day. and that was some incredible advice.

as i have discovered, planning the wedding is not the epitame of life, filled with fun and giggles, and excitement, the picture of the day a girl dreams of her whole life. rather i have found it to be frusterating, stressful, and at times downright unenjoyable.

I'm hoping that i'm just getting all of that out of the way now so it all can be fun when feb 6th finally rolls around.

i can't imagine stretching this out of a year like some people do. the short engagement has another perk to it, short torturous planning time! haha!

no it's not that bad, it is nice to make progress and the idea of having a fun filled special day is great. it'll be nice when it finally comes! all the family home together, even if for only a few days.

i feel so ready for another missions trip. usually it takes me a bit longer. it's been just 6 months and i've been jonesin' for another adventure. i know that right now the adventure at hand is getting married and working on building our relationship. but we are both built for missions and thus it's hard to not have one on the horizon. we keep trying to plan things but the door keeps being shut. another reason why we should stay focused on one thing at a time. :) it's just so hard not to want to run ahead.

but one thing i've been really trying to focus on is something i heard a missionary say. His name is Marcello and he smuggles 10s of thousands of bibles into Iran. He said 2 things that really stuck with me. First, God is all about the details. He has so many details planned out htat we could never know about. We need to trust Him with those and listen! Second; God loves to surprise us. We should let Him!

2 things i really want to learn! that's the new focus for me with the wedding. it could be strictly a tedious and boring thing i'm doing, or I can let God lead me to and through the details and allow Him to surprise me along the way. I just need to stop trying to figure everything out right now!!! Kinda hard, but it just may pay off.