A   L I T T L E   L I F E   U P D A T E  +  C H R I S T M A S   D E C O R 

Sorry that all of my posts have been nothing but Christmas, but the season is upon us, y'all!

Christmas has officially gone up in our little room because I was getting antsy (pretty much) with my Christmas decor just chillin' in my closet. Haha! After having raided the dollar section of Target and accumulating loads of wrapping paper, all my Christmas wrapping and decorating is finished. Yep, finished. A little early, buuuut we might be spending the end of December packing this room up, so it only made sense to start early. I'm excited as this will the first Christmas that Jeffrey and I get to spend together as husband and wife, but it's also sad because we won't even get a Christmas here with my in-laws (since we'll be heading back to GA for the holidays). However, it's truly been a sweet season; one where we have felt so stinkin' spoiled and cared for which is partially the reason why I feel like I'm not yet ready to leave this place. I mean, I was just starting to get comfortable, dude! It's great though because I was able to spend a time here with my in-laws and I'm glad to say that I have a relationship with them which is exactly what I wanted. #thankful     

N O W   F O R   T H E   L I F E   U P D A T E :

We've talked over and over again about the day that we'd actually leave this place and Jeffrey always believed that it'd be by the new year and it just blows my mind to think that the time is coming. Just today, he asked me if I was nervous and I told him that it probably wouldn't hit me until the night before they install him into the church. Ha! Y'all, we're movvvving. Crazy, exciting, nerve-wracking, humbling, a little overwhelming. That's kinda been my life lately. I was thinking the other day about what an opportunity this is and how such an opportunity is with much responsibility. I feel completely inadequate and incapable and the truth is ... I really am, but I so boast in that in hopes that it continue to magnify Jesus all the more. This is a door that He's opened for us so we are on board and want to walk obediently and in faith. 

A couple weekends ago, Jeffrey and I made a 4-hr trip to join the Legacy church in Milwaukee and we loved them even though it was just as nerve-wracking. These guys are so much older than us, but turns out, they were just a bunch of family who already knew us before we knew them! I felt like a baby, y'all .... and well, I pretty much was. Nonetheless, a sweet group. 

Also, getting to meet up with our old college friends have been a breath of fresh air. It's been encouraging as evvvvver to see our friends from afar and just grinding it out and running this race. Then to come back and be able to encourage each other in all that's going on. It's so neat to see God working and moving in each other's lives. Love these guys and holding them so dear to my heart!

Thanks for the picture, Mai. Haha.

That's pretty much the little update. There is still a lot of unknown things for our future, a lot of things that do really make me feel so ... scared (to plainly put it), but this pushes us to go deeper with the Lord, to trust in Him more, and to keep on walking with Him. I have a lot of peace about this and trust fully in God's sovereignty, in who He says He is, and that when He says He'll never leave nor forsake us, that He means it. How great that we can have this confidence in Him.

Be blessed where the Lord has taken you all today! Love you guys and miss you all incredibly.