Beautiful weekend/back in the grind
This is the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. We spent Saturday walking around on a beautiful day.
The reason we went to Baltimore was because Bryan's friend from Young Life sailed in on this ship and we came to visit him.
This is a picture of the Mitchell ladies at Mom's 50th surprise birthday party. Sarah and I actually pulled it off! We gave Mom a scrapbook from before we were all born up until that day. She LOVED it!
This is a picture of a normal night in the Goad household. Haha. This was last night. I was sitting at the computer doing homework until late in the night and Bryan and Kona (our kitten) fell asleep waiting for me to come to bed.
We went to visit Bryan's parents this past weekend and this is his hometown: North Beach, MD
Bryan and I have been talking alot lately about what we want to do after I graduate. We have been SO busy with school, work, young life, etc. It has been really hard for us the first year of marriage because I am constantly studying or we are out of the house. It feels like we never have down-time. This weekend felt great to get away and not think about cleaning or upcoming tests, projects, and papers. Bryan has had a lot of time to do fun reading at work and at home while I study and he has learned that his love language is quality time. I haven't read the book but I am sure I am in-between physical touch and words of affirmation. His love language of quality time has posed a problem especially this semester because I am so bogged down with upper level course work (I want to do really well this semester). So, a good amount of quality time for us is few and far between. We went grocery shopping last night and Bryan said, " Do you realize that even grocery shopping will be different when we have kids?" We think we are busy now! Which brings up a question- Are we thinking about having kids? The answer is, not now! I feel like we have learned so much about marriage but we have so much farther to go until we are selfless enough to have babies!
Marriage has been wonderful- it has been a hard year full of growth and heartache. The Mitchell family has really gone through the fire but we are ready for the "times of refreshing" that is in Acts 3:19. Every day I try to read James 1:2-4 because our family is under such great attack. This is a trial that our family must face that we may allow our faith to be tested which develops perseverance that we may be mature and complete, allowing the Lord to shape and mold us in the fire. It has been a tough year- but when I look back I know the Lord carried us and when I look forward I have faith that the Lord will carry us all of the way. God is faithful.
3 comments:
The pictures are great - the two Goads are great. I love hearing the news. Hugs to you both.
Sarah looks so different with straight hair! Very pretty both ways!
The harbour is beautiful...I hope we see it soon.
Thanks for keeping us all up to date with the Goads.
Love you, lisa
Elise!
I pray for your family constantly. You remind me of a point that it's so easy to tell others but so hard to apply to ourselves...we can't see the end of the story. Of this I am sure, God will surely be glorified through the trials of the Mitchell family!
Today in my Bible study we were reading about Lazarus. Jesus says that Lazarus' sickness will not end in death but is merely an opportunity for God to be glorified. Jesus loved Lazarus and his family dearly, was moved by their suffering and ultimately through Lazarus' resurrection, many came to know who Jesus was and put their faith in him. So, if we ever need a reason as to why things are hard, Jesus says it over and over, so that God may be glorified. You are in my prayers...that the storm will pass, that God will be glorified and that many will put their faith in him as a result of your victory over the trials.
I love you!
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