This is it! The final countdown to D-Day (literally). A week from today, Stefan and I will be getting married! I can hardly contain my excitement!! I've waited for this for so long and it's finally almost here! I'm marrying an incredible man who loves God and who loves me. I couldn't ask for anything better than that. I'm looking forward to the next several decades and where God will lead us and the children He will bless us with and the doors of ministry He will open. Nothing in this world could possibly compare to life lived in the will of God.
Please pray for us as we finish up last-minute preparations during the following week. Above all, we don't want to get so caught up in wedding details that we lose focus on what it is we're really preparing for: a life-long commitment to each other before God.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Alright, Alright!
After much harassment from family and friends, I've decided it's time I finally updated this blog. So, here's the latest in the "Sarah Saga." :)
Wedding plans are coming along much more smoothly than I ever expected. God is good! Even when a plan has fallen through - like when our photographer, a university friend of Stefan's, was unable to make the wedding - God has provided wonderful alternatives. We have a great couple, the brother and sis-in-law of my roomie, who will be taking our pictures and they're going to do such an awesome job! I can't wait!
The big thing we're really "on hold" with is my visa which will allow me to live in the UK. Apparently the consulate is a bit backed up, so it's anyone's guess when it will arrive...and it really, really needs to get here! (It would majorly suck to get married and then not be able to leave the country with my hubby!) I'd appreciate your prayers. It's stuff like this that I guess is a spiritual blessing in disguise, though. It's completely out of my hands. Stefan and I have done everything we can do to get all the documentation together (everything short of giving a DNA sample, practically...unless, when they obtained my fingerprints, what they were really going for is any skin cells I may have left behind on the little screen....Hmmmm!). Now we wait. And wait. And wait some more. Ugh. I keep trying to reassure myself - sometimes it works...sometimes, not so much! - that if God can bring two people together from two opposite corners of the world, He can handle a tiny detail like getting my visa here on time. Still, prayers are appreciated!!
Dad and Mom are here for a few days this week to help me sort through all my worldly possessions. We made huge progress yesterday and I'm expecting to have another successful day of sorting and tossing and trips to Goodwill today. It's tough getting rid of all this stuff I've accumulated. I place a lot of sentimental value in things - "I can't get rid of that shirt. I wore it when such-and-such a thing happened 10 years ago...." I'm quickly learning the "close your eyes and toss" technique, though. :) More importantly, I'm learning that it's all just stuff and that my attachment shouldn't be to things anyway. Things won't last. Memories I can hold onto as long as I want.
I guess I'm learning quite a lot these days. It feels good...and will probably feel even better in retrospect! :) Thanks for praying...and if you know anybody who needs some big stuff (like furniture and a car), let me know!
Wedding plans are coming along much more smoothly than I ever expected. God is good! Even when a plan has fallen through - like when our photographer, a university friend of Stefan's, was unable to make the wedding - God has provided wonderful alternatives. We have a great couple, the brother and sis-in-law of my roomie, who will be taking our pictures and they're going to do such an awesome job! I can't wait!
The big thing we're really "on hold" with is my visa which will allow me to live in the UK. Apparently the consulate is a bit backed up, so it's anyone's guess when it will arrive...and it really, really needs to get here! (It would majorly suck to get married and then not be able to leave the country with my hubby!) I'd appreciate your prayers. It's stuff like this that I guess is a spiritual blessing in disguise, though. It's completely out of my hands. Stefan and I have done everything we can do to get all the documentation together (everything short of giving a DNA sample, practically...unless, when they obtained my fingerprints, what they were really going for is any skin cells I may have left behind on the little screen....Hmmmm!). Now we wait. And wait. And wait some more. Ugh. I keep trying to reassure myself - sometimes it works...sometimes, not so much! - that if God can bring two people together from two opposite corners of the world, He can handle a tiny detail like getting my visa here on time. Still, prayers are appreciated!!
Dad and Mom are here for a few days this week to help me sort through all my worldly possessions. We made huge progress yesterday and I'm expecting to have another successful day of sorting and tossing and trips to Goodwill today. It's tough getting rid of all this stuff I've accumulated. I place a lot of sentimental value in things - "I can't get rid of that shirt. I wore it when such-and-such a thing happened 10 years ago...." I'm quickly learning the "close your eyes and toss" technique, though. :) More importantly, I'm learning that it's all just stuff and that my attachment shouldn't be to things anyway. Things won't last. Memories I can hold onto as long as I want.
I guess I'm learning quite a lot these days. It feels good...and will probably feel even better in retrospect! :) Thanks for praying...and if you know anybody who needs some big stuff (like furniture and a car), let me know!
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Engaged!
I realize it's been a while since I posted and a lot has happened since September. In October, I met my sweetheart, Stefan, face to face. We'd been communicating online and over skype since we were matched by eHarmony in June and decided it was time to meet. Stefan flew over from England and we spent a week together. It was wonderful to finally see each other in person. I quickly discovered that Stefan was everything he had portrayed himself to be online...and more. On December 17th, I headed to England to celebrate Christmas with Stefan and his family...and on December 19th I finally arrived (thanks to the mother of all snowstorms that hit Spokane and delayed my plane!). We ate tons of food, went on walks with Charlie the dog, celebrated Polish Christmas, and spent lots of time with family and friends. Two days after Christmas, Stefan took me to Lullingstone where we walked up an iconic green hillside overlooking an old castle. When we got to the top, Stefan presented me with a beautiful ring. "I would be honored if you would be my wife," he said. Without hesitation, I said, "yes!"
Stefan and I have already begun frantic preparations for an early-summer wedding and are so excited to see what the future holds. Please keep us in your prayers as we seek to build a marriage that honors God.
Stefan and I have already begun frantic preparations for an early-summer wedding and are so excited to see what the future holds. Please keep us in your prayers as we seek to build a marriage that honors God.
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