Bridal Portraits

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Maui!!

Maui sunset

Here is a my favorite picture from our honeymoon! This was the night of the luau and we had our picture taken on the beach in front of a beautiful sunset! We love Maui!!!

Trying to drink the punch

Trying to drink the punch

Right after this is when "the incident" happened.

"The punch incident"

Pouring the punch (in the glass)

The funny story behind this scene is what happened soon after we took a drink out of these glasses. The photographer (seen right) told us to kiss so she could get a picture. We kissed and pretty soon it was obvious that Clint was not going to let go very quickly. In fact, he put his glass on the table and tried to put his arms around me. Instead, he knocked the glass off the table which spilled raspberry punch on my dress! I reacted by screaming and then immediately hitting him, which by the way will probably be on the video. All that matters is that we are married now and I can't be mad about it. It is a funny memory that we will have forever. I think Clint still feels guilty about it though because every time I tell the story he gets defensive. :) He's so cute!

We're married!

The bride and groom

Yay, we're married!!!!!

Chemnitz picture

Chemnitz picture

This is a group picture of everyone at the wedding that has ever been to Chemnitz. Most of them are past campaigners and amazingly enough, I think I can say that I have been in Chemnitz with almost every single person in this group at one time or another. This just shows how much people love Chemnitz and how blessed we are in Chemnitz to always have visitors! There are even a couple of residents (or past residents) of Chemnitz in this picture. The most obvious are Clint and I... but also Pam and Kendra Sullivan, Janine Theilicke, Ed and Courtney Cantrell, Lydia Kraemer, and of course Jennifer Alexander did the HIM program in 2003. I just thought that it was so cool to see so many people there that have been to Chemnitz!

The garter

Our wedding reception

Here is a not so great quality picture of Clint and I at the reception. He is about to take off my garter, which by the way was actually my sister-in-law's. There are a few funny stories to tell of things that went wrong, but in the end they didn't matter because we were still married! I lost my garter and didn't realize it until I was already dressed and ready. Lana went home and got her garter for me. It worked out just fine.

Our Knot Website

Here is a link to our Knot website where you can read about Clint and I and about our wedding!!! Have a great day everyone!

Wedding Shower

Wedding Shower

Well, I had my first personal shower for my wedding. It was a lot of fun. I think everyone had a good time, and I know I was pretty much embarrassed the entire time which probably helped the ladies achieve their goal. But really, they didn't have to try too hard, seeing as though I'm one of the most easily embarrassed people in the world. However, I find no shame in that. Anyway, it was a great time and I am deeply appreciative of all that came, gave me presents and laughed at my shyness. We had a great time, didn't we??

Today Clint and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary! What's even better is that we will get married in 58 days!!! 

My niece, Ashlyn, has a beautiful smile! 

Clint and I on our bikes 

Very warm weekend

Well, it is officially summer here in Chemnitz, with temperatures reaching 91 degrees this weekend. Although it is a drastic jump from the 60's to 70's weather we have been experiencing the past few weeks, it is nice to finally say that it is summer. One that that is definitely misfortune is that there is not air conditioning pretty much anywhere. Most houses and apartments don't have it, including mine. Although, luckily, my apartment gets a lot of shade from the neighboring buildings so it stays pretty cool. Anyway, for those of you in Oklahoma complaining about having to leave your nice air conditioned homes to go into the heat, just imagine not having air conditioning at all. It's not so bad, you can definitely get used to it.

I love summer! 

Food for thought

Today I was reading out of the book, "Discovering God's Will For Your Life" by Sheila Walsh. In fact, we just finished the last chapter today in our English Ladies' Bible Study. It was a really great book and I enjoyed it a lot. It just got me thinking about life and the "race" that we are running.

In the first paragraph of the chapter it talks about a woman who had a redefining moment when she realized she didn't have to be the first or the best in order to win the prize of heaven. Instead, she was running along side other Christians and we are all supposed to help each other along the way. When we fall down, the rest can stop and help us up. When we stumble or are too weary, we can lean on each other. It reminds me of the song we sang in Vacation Bible School when I was a kid, "Roll the Gospel Chariot Along." Some of the words go like this... "Roll the gospel chariot along, and we won't tag along behind. If a sister's in the way, we will stop and pick her up, and we won't tag along behind. If the devil's in the way, we will run right over him and we won't tag along behind." It's kind of funny to think about, but so true. We are supposed to be helping each other when we fall by the side of the road.

I think in the modern times it is easy to get caught up in being the best, the first or the most successful. So many people try to be rich and successful and will do anything to get ahead of the rest. Isn't it wonderful to know that with God, we don't have to do it alone? We don't have to be the best, the first, the most successful or rich. We have God by our side helping us all the way as well as our brothers and sisters in Christ.

How wonderful it will be one day for all of us to reach the final goal of heaven and share the reward together for eternity with God!!!

Wedding planning

Wedding planning is so hard... especially when you are super busy. But, it just takes some self-discipline and a helpful fiance! :) Last night I was determined to just sit at home and finally decide on the music. I have been deliberating over it for at least 2 months and every time I tried to narrow it down, I ended up adding more songs to the list. Finally, I just sat Clint down and said, "Ok, if you don't like something just tell me and it is out." That helped a lot, seeing as though I pretty much liked all the songs on the list and was having a hard time narrowing it down. We had much success and the songs are now picked out. Now I just have to put them in the order I want them! We also picked out what kind of cake we wanted. My mom sent me some pictures from the lady who is doing the cake and we picked out the ones we liked the most. That is such a relief to be done with that. Now, on to the rest of the list!! It is only about a month and a half until we go to the States and then after that, time is going to fly by until our wedding! I can't believe it!

Clint and me on my birthday 

Information Meeting

Today we had our information meeting about the LST program. We had an amazing group of 45 people show up! Most of the people read an ad in the newspaper and some heard by word of mouth. I believe it was the biggest group they have ever had come to one of the information meetings. I met a lot of people and many of them signed up for appointments already. The LST team begins teaching tomorrow! Pray that they will have really good lessons and that the people will be interested in continuing the program.

My birthday present from Courtney 

I'm back

Hi there, I know you haven't heard from me in a while and you may have wondered where I have been. Well, I have no good excuses. I am really going to try harder to write more on this. Today we had an LST Team arrive from Oklahoma. There are 2 girls and 2 guys. We are excited to have them and hope that we will have a great turnout for the program. Tomorrow we are having an information meeting that we have been advertising for. There, the team will be able to make appointments with anyone who is interested to study English using the Bible through this program. Please pray that it goes well. We think we will have a large turnout due to a lot of calls from interested people. Well, I am going to keep this short, but I hope to keep you updated more.