In the Beginning...

Derek and I met in April of 2006... He was raising support to go on staff with Campus Outreach at Jacksonville State University and I was working in the Campus Outreach office for the International ministry. Derek moved to Birmingham to finish up his support and started coming into the office to "work." :-) I don't think either of us got very much work done during April and May. So, after lots of coffee breaks, office chats, emails, and finding any excuse to see other... we had the "I like you" talk at the end of May. Derek was about to leave for 10 weeks to go on a Summer Beach Project as summer staff and promised to call. He did call... every night for 10 weeks! He finally came home on August 11 and on September 3rd he proposed! Of course I said yes and we were married just a few months later on December 16, 2006 in Birmingham, AL. He is the love of my life and the most amazing man I've ever known! The Lord uses him daily in my life as a picture of the Gospel, and I am constantly in awe of the Lord's goodness to us through our marriage. After the wedding, I moved to Jacksonville to join Derek in ministering to students on the JSU campus. One semester and Summer Project later, we found out in August 2007 we'd be moving to Carrollton, GA to become a part of the ministry on the campus of the University of West Georgia. So... we packed our bags and headed over to the Peach State in October. Just before our move to Georgia, however, we got the biggest surprise yet.... We found out we're PREGNANT!!! Our little girl, Aidan Grace, is due May 26th, and we cannot wait to meet her! What a crazy, wonderful year it has been! We are now loving Carrollton and the students of UWG. We're putting nursery furniture together and preparing for our first campus meeting tomorrow night. We're so excited about where God has brought us and look forward to seeing all He does here in our family and on this campus!