Apartment

So, Jeff and I are finally getting some pictures of our new place together. It's quite a challenge filling 4 bedrooms...we're not really sure what to do with all of them. We have a virtual tour for you though, ENJOY!!
This is a video for the first part of our apartment. I'll put up another video when I have the chance too. I've also put up some pictures of our new apartment too :)

Porsche

So this Saturday I got to go with Amber, Liz, and Chiang Ja to the unveiling of a new porsche car. They were hired as the dancers for the lovely event. Not only did I feel like high society, I also got to eat like a queen and get all excited about the unveiling of the NEW porsche SUV. I've put up the videos of their dance and the unveiling...plus my dream car :)
This would be my dream car











Here's the lovely dances they did, this one is the hip hop



This one is the lyrical ballet



And here's the unveiling of the new porsche SUV!!

New paths

So, maybe this blog could turn into a journal, or just a place for my ramblings. Anyways, Jeff and I got married, exciting, exciting. Here's a picture from the rehearsal dinner and then another one from the wedding. The day went by so quickly, it's hard to imagine that you put so much planning into something that seems to go by so quickly. I'm adjusting to married life as well as anyone, I suppose. Going from living on your own for awhile to with somebody else has got to be a huge change for everyone. It's quite fun and we have a great time together. We seem to constantly keep each other up at night though, it's like a continuous sleep over with your best friend. We just can't stop giggling or talking at night. This makes getting up early for our jobs a bit on the difficult side. We've also just moved to Kunming, and it might just be all of the changes at once, but I'm a bit overwhelmed at times. I miss my family and friends, like most do when they begin new paths in their life. We've found new friends here and it has been fun, a lot of new things on the horizon, but they seem to be rising nicely in the new life.

Songs

So I thought I would try to write a song...I've realized how bad my music theory skills are and also that writing the song is the easiest...maybe Jeff can do the music for me :)

You want us to give You our burdens
You want to take away the pain.
And yet, I feel my heart begin to harden
And I question if You even remember my name

Renew Your strength in me, Lord
Let me put my hope in You.
Fly me on wings of an eagle
Let me not grow faint

Because I have heard you say
I am He, I am He
Who has made you
Who will carry you
I am He, I am He

I have made you and
I will carry you
I will rescue you and
I will bear your burdens

My heart cries out to You, oh God
For an answer, for a healing hand
When I lose my way, oh God
Remind me to put my trust in Your plan

You have been a refuge for the poor
A refuge for those in distress
You have given shelter from the storm
Remind me again of what You bless

Because you have promised me

I am He, I am He
Who will rescue you
Who will sustain you.
I am He, I am He

I have made you and
I will carry you
I will rescue you and
I will bear your burdens

Just give me your heart
To be willing and obedient
Show me more of what you want
Lord, never will I relent

Because you have shown me:

I am He, I am He
Who will rescue you
Who will sustain you.
I am He, I am He

I have made you and
I will carry you
I will rescue you and
Bear all your burdens

Isaiah 46:4

Unreserved

As the days go by, God has continually blessed the minutes in each one; yet my heart is hard to accept them without thinking of the loss that may follow. Children have such a sense of adventure. Every day its a new beginning, a new start, a time for them to try again at what they may have not succeeded the previous day. If they fall and scrape their knee, they are quick to recover and bounce around again. What happened to that sense of adventure as we grow older? Too many skinned knees lead to too many broken paths...and yet I hear the faint whisper from Him asking me to take everything that He gives me at what it is...a blessing. I have been made perfect in love and am therefore made fearless. These good things in my life are things that He wants me to have and to thank Him for. Without telling me the end, I must rely on my faith in Him that His desire for me is good and perfect. How thankful I am to have the assurance of a prosperous life, come what may, I will love you, until my dying day.

Beginnings

Elated, my heart has wings.
Transparent, I am clearly seen.
Confused, I know no things.
Grounded, my head must intervene.

be·lov·ed

be·lov·ed [bi-luhv-id, -luhvd]

–adjective
1. greatly loved; dear to the heart.

–noun
2. a person who is greatly loved.

And this I will ALWAYS be.