Job 19:25

Some more great company. Rob’s parents and us in the top photo, and my college roommate Katherine and I on the bottom. Our going away party really was sweet. I am so happy that everyone that did make it could, and they were all so supportive and excited for our future.

That’s what we need. Support. Encouragement. Love.

That’s one of the biggest reasons why we’re moving to Georgia.

A few months ago, as you know from reading my posts, I felt like I was in a hole with no way out. I couldn’t see the sun (almost literally when concerning my migraines). I couldn’t see any light at the end of my tunnel. I was sad, every day. My illness had really gotten the best of me, and I didn’t even know how to live. I prayed every day for something that would help me get better, for God to give me strength to hold on. I didn’t realize that Rob had been my strength all along. He has really helped me so much through everything, something that may not have been likely two years ago. We have come so far. So far. I can’t get over it. We support each other, and encourage each other, because lately that’s all we’ve had.

I called my mom a month ago, asking her for advice. I told her I was getting pretty close to falling into depression again, and asked her what I should do to prevent it. What did she think I should do. She suggested us moving out there to be with them. At first I wasn’t convinced, but then I really thought about it, and it just felt right. I talked to Rob, and we just couldn’t find any cons to the situation. We are going to be surrounded by people who have always supported us, encouraged us, and continuously love us. We will get a chance at our own life away from all the negative centered attention we get from family here. We will be lifted higher by people who are full of positive energy.

Rob and I have grown so much in our relationship with God, and we were baptized this morning. We are living a life of faith, a life that we chose to live together, a life that we are more than ecstatic about living. We are straying off of the path his parents would have chosen for us (with the coast guard, with Rob wanting to be a dentist, with me wanting to be a teacher, with us following God so passionately that they just don’t understand). We are living the life we want to live, and it is doing so great for us. We’re living for God. We have truly changed. We are so happy.

With this move in three days I can’t even begin to describe how excited we are. We are prepared. We are ready to begin our lives. We are blessed. Our future looks brighter than it ever has. We know we will still face obstacles, we will still suffer, we will still make mistakes. But we also know that we are loved. Endlessly loved. With this love, we can succeed.

If God is for us, who could be against us?

It is just such a blessing to get this opportunity. So completely amazing.