The waiting game.

George is "in the field" now doing research and won't return to Cape Coast to really get the ball rolling on the visa for two weeks. So at the moment, it's just a waiting game. I feel very anxious right now and must remind myself of my earlier optimism and faith. Those things are still true and I know that they are, but waiting like this is hard to do. So for now, we keep praying and dreaming of what we hope is to come.

One thing that has been such a blessing recently is a class at church based on the book When Sinners Say "I Do". George is taking it with me, only long distance. It's very thought provoking and we feel so blessed and encouraged to be able to learn so much even before we are married. Another big blessing and encouragement is my friend Meredith who has been praying with us all along and sharing meaningful scripture, I am so thankful for her.

Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare.

Psalm 40:5

THE dress!

What an interesting weekend this was! God showed up for us in our everyday life yet again.

As you can imagine, getting married fully a year before originally planned added to another wedding (or two) happening with my brother(s) this summer can be a bit of a financial stretch. So my mom and I sat down and did a budget, balancing the reality of how expensive weddings are but cutting down on how extravagant they have become. So even as inexpensively as we figured we could pull off this beautiful event, it's not cheap and many, many times more than what my parents spent on theirs! So I started praying, not that money would fall from the sky or anything like that, but that the Lord would provide amazing resources to have this celebration in an affordable and non debt inducing manner! Immediately I started to see the Lord move and I think the dress is only the beginning!

So earlier this week my mom had mentioned going wedding dress shopping and even though I am a huge fan of shopping and love all things fashion, I didn't exactly want to because we still don't have a visa. I feel torn sometimes between being so happy and excited that George and I are getting married that I could wet myself to trying not to be excited because we still don't have a visa! It's usually the first though. :) Anyway, I decided that I did really want to go dress shopping, but just to look. When we got to the dress shop we made sure our consultant knew about the situation so she didn't get her hopes up for a sale and she said it was no problem at all. So I tried on about a million and a half dresses and had a blast with my mom. But there was this one dress that I loved, I tried it on first and last. It was the only one they had and I felt marvelous and comfortable in it and it fit like a dream! We had the consultant check the price and it was on sale for WAY less than our budget. At about that moment my dad called to see what we were up to and he was shocked when my mom told him the news "It's a fingerprint of God." he said, "Buy it!". So we did, and I am very excited!! I can't wait to see what God has next for us.

We still need a visa, so obviously that is on the top of my prayer list, but right now, I have a LOT of faith and I am just so excited about our future.