Can You Believe It?

Tomorrow, on May 10, 2008, Andrew and I will celebate 5 years of being married! I keep thinking back over the last six years, from the time we met up to today, and boy has it been a ride! When Andrew and I got married, we were still in college. We knew what we loved and what we wanted to pursue, which was camping ministry. We assumed upon Andrew's graduation, that we would find a camp and move off to wherever that may be. Well, a camp position didn't open up to us at that point, but we were expecting Kimsey in about 6 months! Thus the journey we didn't imagine, began. God took a few years in refining Andrew and I, and defining our marriage. Don't get me wrong, we are both still being refined every day. But, in those years of frustration and confusion, He gave us Kimsey and Joshua. He broke us down each one at a time, and began to build us back up in Him and together. God allowed us to define our family, and He confirmed our calling. Because being out of camp for over 4 years, didn't change our love for the ministry, it only grew it. Last summer as we prepared for Kids Camp with Lakewood, I told a friend I just kept wondering how long God would keep us away from camp. I knew we were in a process, but at the time, I didn't know how long it was going to be. As God would have it, just 3 months later, Andrew would get the phone call that started the process of finding Glorieta. So, for me, it is a wonderful gift to be celebrating 5 years of marriage at the Glorieta Conference Center in Glorieta, New Mexico. I will try to post more pictures soon. Because as this place thaws out, and things start to turn colors and bloom, I keep stopping in awe of the beauty that surrounds us. God has some mighty fine handiwork out here! As of Saturday, it will be 5 years since I walked down the aisle at Lakewood and promised the Lord my life to Andrew and he to me. In some ways, it seems like it was yesterday, and in other ways, Andrew and I have both changed so much from the people we were on that day, by the grace of the Lord. And for that, we are thankful. Thank you to all of our friends and family who have helped us along the way, with love, guidance, wisdom, and being with us all along our journey. We love you all!

Andrew and I on our first trip to Glorieta

Joshua's 1st Birthday. We celebrated in Gainesville having no

idea, in a few weeks, we would here from Glorieta!

This our family in our UHaul, before we loaded it up in Gainesville.

Little did we know, we could actually fill up the whole thing!

It has truely been a wild ride, that in hindsight I wouldn't trade a minute of, because God's hand has graciously been directing us all along. I look forward to the next five years to see what God has in store for us! I can't even imagine Kimsey and Josh in 5 years!!!

Lots of LOVE!
Andrew, Holly, Kimsey and Joshua