New city, new home, and a husband!

Yesterday, I moved got into Lafayette, Louisiana, my new home. I married the man I'd always wanted this past Saturday and had an amazing honeymoon out in a cabin amongst nothing but trees outside of Nacogdoches, Texas. It was absolutely amazing. I couldn't be happier. :)

Mom and Dad and Meredith visited us a little when they generously brought Tanner's car to Nacogdoches after filling it with all our stuff. My family is awesome! Both sides. He he! :) Both my parents and his parents have done so much for Tanner and I that I just can't thank them enough. I can't wait to see them all again when we have our Ohio reception for all of his friends and family that couldn't make it to Texas.

As for the condo, well, it's a work in progress. Ha ha! I've just about got everything in the kitchen and that room all organized. Most of the trash is gone from our room. Ha ha! I give Tanner a hard time, but it's not terrible. The closet is a little hard to deal with as the door are three sliding doors, so you can only see a small portion at once. (I think I'm going to have Tanner take at least one of them down.)

I took Tanner lunch at his work and then just spent some time chilling and watching him work. He's working late today, so that helped. It also got me out of the house so I didn't have to think about the chaos of all my stuff I have to unpack. Ugh.

I need to organize the bathroom.. There so much random stuff under the sink. Gotta love men. :) Course it doesn't help that there aren't any drawers. Not set up the best. Oh well. It's a nice condo and I am grateful for it. :) I just have to figure out where to put everything. :P

I can honestly not tell you how happy I am! Despite all the cleaning and organizing and unpacking and craziness. I am so extremely happy! There aren't even words to describe how happy I am! Ah! Now, if Tanner would just get home. :P Ha ha!

Keep on keeping on! :)

Excitement is in the air!

A lot has gone on in the last few months. Things have been so busy and crazy and AWESOME! I'll just try to summarize everything. :P

So, I came back from Ohio via Louisiana. I helped Tanner move down there for his job. I got him all moved into his condo there and then he took me back here to Dallas. He visited me every weekend after that. My birthday was coming up, but it was on the weekend we were going back up to Ohio to staff Jr. High Week at Camp. So, I had a family birthday party the weekend before.

Well, unbeknownst to me, Tanner was plotting with my parents.

On June 8th, I was taken to a park by my mom, something to consider for any possible future wedding (or so I was led to believe), after getting my hair done. There, Tanner had a picnic waiting for me, much ealier than he should have been there had he left Louisiana when I thought he had. We ate and talked until 8:09pm when he got down on one knee and proposed!

I'M ENGAGED!!!!!!! :D

After that, we had my party and then my parents drove me down to Louisiana so Tanner and I could head up to Ohio for camp. Camp was amazing! I saw God all over the place all the time! It was do cool! And God moved me and worked on me and through me in so many ways! It was the best camp experience I've ever had.

As soon as we got back, we immediately continued the wedding planning. We got registered and everything and then my Dad took me back to Dallas. Since then, we've been planning like crazy. It doesn't seem like it's been that long since then. But apparently it has. We are 18 days out from the wedding. Technicly 17 since today is almost over. :P

17 days...

17!

Needless to say, I am super psyched! As well as my wonderful fiance Tanner. I can not wait to be Mrs. Ellsworth. :D

Soon, I will be walking down the asile. Yay!

Keep on keeping on! :D

A Simple Update of the Ongoings of My Life.

Well, I'm here in Ohio, again. I just liked it so much I couldn't stay away. Ha ha! It's true I had a job and it was going well, I had a house (though I was hardly over there. No TV or internet puts a damper on things. Ha ha!), I had a car (still do, just not with me), but I got called up here. Where it's 40 degrees. The sarcrifices I make! Just kidding. :P

Nah. There were a lot of reasons for coming up here and there was a lot of thought and prayer and meditation that went into the desicion. I'm am ecstatic to be here and am looking forward to the time I have here. The future has many things in store, and I can't wait to find out what they are!

I'm staffing a Jr. High camp in June, which is exciting! I would have never thought that I would ever staff any kind of camp. But I am really looking forward to it! I feel this calling to work with the youth and this camp is a great way to get going. At least that's what I think anyway. :)

I really see God working around me and within me. I'm different than who I was a few months ago, but in a really good way. I have more confidence and feel like I can do more things. I have put all I have into God hands. He knows what's best for me. I even told him that if being an author was not that path that He wanted me to take, I'd give it up. After which, I felt a great releif. It's funny what you hide from yourself.

Keep on keeping on!

It's Beginning.

I read this series of books a little while ago about a time where our world outlawed Christianity. Though not just Christianity, but all religion. It's a crazy concept. Yet, the book was written in 2006 and set in 2012. Now, you would say, "We're not even close!" However, on the other side of the world, where the majority of the population is Muslim, Christians are being killed daily. It's not a new thing either. Things like this have been happening in many areas for a while. However, in the past few years, it has increased by 390 something percent. They are calling it

Christophobia.

Within the next century, if our world and nation stay on the course they are currently on, we could be faced with a religious apocalypse. If we don't stand up and do something, Christophobia could be in our back yards sooner than we know. We can not let this go on. There should be no tolerance for this kind of thing, because if we let this continue, we'll all be in danger.

Christophobia is not something people know about. I fear we have hard times ahead of us. We as a people, as a nation, need to stand up for what is pure and right. This can not continue.

Keep on Keeping on,

Elisabeth

Long Distance Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's day all!

It's Tanner and my first Valentine's day. It's exciting! But as he's in Ohio, it's a little strange. Let me just tell you right now if you didn't already know. Long distance is rough! It's hard, and saddening at times and you just want to be together, but you're miles apart! It does make the relationship stronger though.

But anyway, Tanner called me this morning as he was headed to class and wished me Happy Valentine's Day. Totally made my whole day. I couldn't stop smiling all morning! He he! Even though we are far apart, he still makes me smile and my heart leap with joy. :)

Tanner, I love you and I can't wait until March 2nd and I get to see you! <3

Keep on keeping on,

Elisabeth