It's Nice to Meet you....

As we begin to get more involved with RLC and the sponsoring of an orphanage in Ethiopia we thought it might be beneficial to start a blog to help us get to know the others that we will be serving alongside to get to know them, and to help them get to know us. I'll be writing more about that later, but for now our first post.

I thought a good way to tell you about us was to give you a ton of useless and more than likely uninteresting facts. :) Here we go....

1. Matt is a high school science teacher. To most it sounds terrible....but if you need to know how clouds are formed, he's your man. He can talk about DNA for an inhumanly possible length of time, and enjoy every stinkin' second!

2. I am a visual services counselor. I work with visually impaired and diabetic individuals. I truly love my job, and am so thankful for the opportunity.

3. We have been married for 2 1/2 years, and they have been the most incredible experience. Lots of hard work....but more than worth it. Our marriage has been richly blessed.


4. We have a goldendoodle puppy named Bear. He is 5 months old, and weighs in at around a measely 50 pounds. :) He's is hilarious, goofy, and I imagine if he could talk he would sound a lot like Eeyore. :) He makes crazy noises when he yawns, sleeps with all four feet sticking straight up in the air, and is the best snuggler! Seriously, couldn't ask for a better dog.


5. Matt is a Sunday School teacher for high school age boys, and I am involved in the children's ministry at our church. We are both pretty passionate about our posititions, and work hard to honor the Lord in our service.

6. We are actively involved with Compassion International. We sponsor a little girl named Ana from Bolivia, whom I will someday hug for longer than she would probably like. We truly believe in the cause, and advocate and volunteer with them.

7. I was an only child, and Matt was 1 of 4. Yeah, talk about culture shock. I totally hit the jackpot with his siblings and their wives. Now, I simply will not think about life without them, so they better get used to me. :) This is me with 2 of my sisters in law, and also 2 of my very best friends!


8. Matt is seriously athletic, and I am seriously not......at all. He loves me anyway, but is earnestly praying that any biological children we have will inherit his skills in this area.

9. Matt is calm, rational, and always wants to think things through....me, not so much. We work well together. :)

10. We have a heart for children's international missions that just won't quit. Where the Lord is leading we have NO idea, but we're excited to find out!

11. Matt is incredibly passionate about God's intentions for men's roles in marriage, church, and the Christian life in general. He's good stuff, told you I hit the jackpot.

12. My family is too good to be true. I was raised by people that are some of the best I've ever met, and I get the pleasure of calling them my own!

13. Sitting in church snuggled up to my hubby, listening to my brother in law lead worship, singing Victory in Jesus is pretty much one of my favorite places to be. Hard to beat.

14. I graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in Human Development, and a minor in religion. I am a Cowboy through and through.

15. Matt is a high school girls basketball coach. It's challenging, stressful, and he loves it. I know it's basketball season, when he yells at me from the shower and asks me to look up what so and so's field goal percentage from the free throw line was during a certain game. The girls are fun, and such a blessing to us both.

16. We are both currently working on our Master's degrees. I will finish in May, with a master's in counseling, and he will finish this summer with a master's in school administration. I don't think I have to tell you how excited we are about finishing.....

17. We are excited about having a family someday.....the jury is still out on just how we are going to build it.

18. Africa. Africa. Africa. yeah.....lots of that.

19. I am the queen of organization. And somebody that may be reading this might think...oh no, I'm the queen, but let me just tell you, you've met your match. I love lists, labels, and office supplies. I admit it. A new pad of lined sticky notes can brighten my day.

20. We are super excited about having a blog. Meeting new friends, keeping up with old, and everything in between. :)