The First Post

Well, this blog has been created by Seth and I to hopefully document our adventures in the UK. It's less than two weeks until our wedding now and I'm feeling overwhelmed by it all. Why? Let me explain...

1. We're getting married.

2. I just tried to figure out how to pack for a year in a duffel bag and a backpack. That was interesting.

3. Visas

Oh, the visas. If you've been around either of us recently, you've heard all about it. We couldn't apply for the visas until the end of June, and now they are to arrive back the day we get on the plane. BUT we can't get on the plane without the visas and our passports, which are with the visas. Yes, I realize this is a problem. Yet I also realize something else - that God is complete in control of our lives. Of course I'm scared - we could lose all the money Seth put into the plane tickets, we could not make it to where we were supposed to stay, his visa could end up being refused and then what? All these are obvious realities, but it doesn't really matter. Those things may seem bad to us as humans, but if they happen, I know they are a part of God's perfect plan. I know that God has a plan for us, and it may be for everything to go smoothly and it may not. Whatever it is, I want that perfect plan. It's hard for me to say that and not get a stomachache because I am anxious, but I realize that if I'm not in His perfect will, then I'm out of it. And that's no good at all!

I leave you with the verse I've been living on:
"For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?" - Matthew 6:25

If you're reading this, I assume you're interested/care about Seth and I and what happens in our futures. I ask that you would pray for us in this time, that God would provide. And thanks for keeping up with us - hopefully these posts will become much more interesting than this one!