Hau`oli la Ho'omana'o to Us!

What a wonderful 2nd Anniversary we celebrated, and there were so many things to celebrate!

Something we absolutely didn't expect to do, was spend a night in one of the local resorts. Literally a quarter mile from where we've been staying (with mom and dad at their condo), it was so fun to sneak away and enjoy the island atmosphere and soak up the relaxing tide of the ocean for a day.

 

As we looked back to reflect on everything that God has done in the past 2 years, we were blown away by His faithfulness and how He has continued to weld our hearts together through all of the crazy ventures of late.

We are so blessed to be able to serve Him in His Kingdom. Honestly, we feel His goodness rain on our each and every day. Taking a trip down memory lane... we saw God's hand writing on our hearts in magnificent ways.

Last July, God taught us how to trust us with our STUFF. He showed us that material things do indeed come and go, but GOD is always there!

In August, as were were moving, He protected us and gave us unmerited favor as we stepped out of our comfort zone to persue HIM!

In September, he gave us the blessing of being with my extended family. This was something I really missed while being in Florida, and somehow God has brought many family members over to this Big Island and filled my heart to overflowing every time!

October was the month God fulfilled a promise He had given me clear back in 2001, when I was in 8th grade.

November brought amazing heart change, as both Jonathan and I encountered the intimate love of the Father and realized that Jesus has done everything inhumanly possible to bridge our gap of communion and relationship.

December, January, and February crushed our view of the world, as we entered into the strange and unfamiliar land of India. It was beautiful, disgusting, delicious, nauseating, busy, lazy, hilarious, maddening, and absolutely wonderful all at the same time. We learned more about each other, and about how we could lean into Jesus harder all the way through our 3 month stay in the glorious land of Karnataka working with the inspiring local pastors there.

March gave us a chance to reflect on the past 6 months and what God had done, and a chance to look forward and see what He had next for us.

April had Jonathan busy beginning in CROWN and me busy at the Learning Center. Life had definitely changed in a major way one more time!

Finally, June has brought us full circle to the miracles God can work in our lives, but only if we had let Him.

I told Jonathan that this anniversary made me so excited to celebrate our 10th anniversary so we'd have even more things be thankful for and evidence of God's goodness. Wow! There was so much  beautiful evidence in just TWO years, it blows my mind to think of what it will be like in 8 years!

There's no better place to be in life than walking hand in hand with my Savior with butterflies in my tummy and my heart bubbling over with love for the handsome, talented, hard working, God-fearing and honoring man that is MY husband.

We are blessed.