5 years...

In January of 2004, I went to Port-au-Prince to live and work for 6 months with Christian Service International. Matt and I had JUST started dating in September, and the international mission field was something he had never experienced. I knew by then that the Lord had called me to make Him known in some of the darkest and forgotten places, and Matt and I knew that if "we" were going to continue, then he needed to know if this might be something the Lord had for him as well.

So, as soon as the semester ended, he came to Haiti for a week, fell in love with the people and the work, and we knew when we took this picture that week: God had brought us together to bring people to Himself.

A year later...

A year after that...

...then 2...

Moved to Haiti and soon after, 3 years of marriage and pregnant...

4 (and a little more tired than we used to be :)....

...And suddenly, today, it's been 5 YEARS. Unbelievable. When we look over the past 5 years, it is almost overwhelming to think about how He has directed, carried and loved us as a couple. No one over the past five years has done more to stretch and sharpen and guide me in my walk with the Lord more than Matt, and together, God has done so much to transform and grow us.

It has been the times when Christ is the foundation, stability, desire and motivation of our marriage that times have been so sweet!

We praise the Lord that He has a plan for our lives, and that He put us together for His glory...