Merry Christmas!!!

So it's Christmas once more.......

This is our first Christmas as a married couple, and boy is it busy!! We have family things all over South Carolina, then a trip to Greensboro, NC, then we get to drive to Maine for a friend's wedding! All within a week!!!

But wait, two days after we get back from Maine we leave for Texas and seminary!!

Amid all of this busy-ness, however, we get to experience many firsts with each other and our new families. I (Drew) have been able to spend the last few days with Melissa's family in Pageland. I really feel like they've accepted me into the family, which is amazing!! My family has always been loving and a great Christian influence, but now I have another family who didn't have to accept me because I was born into it. They accepted me simply because they love me. That's really cool!!

We leave tonight (Christmas Eve) from Pageland to go to Lyman for two days. This is the last "extended" time we'll get with either family until they come visit us in Texas. It's a rather sad time, even though the holiday excitement is definitely infectious.

To all of our friends that we're not gonna get to see, we are really heartbroken. We want you to know that we love you desperately and hope to keep in touch, please!!

To all of our friends who are overseas, we love you too!! Please do as good a job as you have been at keeping in touch. We promise to make ourselves more available as our lives slow down just a bit, maybe even for skype convo's and blog posting.

We're incredibly excited about the new things our Father is doing, you just don't even know!! We cannot wait for school. We've missed writing and reading and lectures so much! Please pray for us as often as you think of us. We need your love and your prayers now more than ever.

Thanks and Merry Christmas to all!!

Melissa and Drew : )

November 7

17 Days!!!!!

This past week has been.....normal. Well, as normal as our lives can be. : )

Wedding plans are going well, but we're definitely on the verge of insanity. Our Father continues to be faithful. We're both growing and learning more about Him. He seems a lot bigger and stronger than I thought.

So far this week, we have: bought program paper (for which Drew should probably be writing out the program), written thank you notes for our last shower. We are preparing for our two showers this coming weekend. Oh, and our rings came in yesterday!!!!

We were accepted into the degree program for which we had applied, now we simply have to receive academic counseling and sign up for classes! We are both really, really excited about moving to Texas and settling down into a place for at least a little while. Melissa hasn't lived in one place for more than two months since she graduated school. And Drew is still living with his parents, but well, lets just say that that wouldn't work so well after he and Melissa get married. We're really excited about going where Dad has told us to go and knowing that He will provide for us.

Thanks to all who read and speak to the Father on our behalf. We are remembering you as well.

If anyone actually reads this, please tell us if there's anything you'd like to hear about our lives.

in love
Drew and Melissa