Signs of Life

Nate:

So we have now been married a little over two months, and things are going very well. Learning to live your life with someone else isn't easy, but when you figure it out, it's highly rewarding. There's that stupid cliche of how getting married is "giving up your identity," or some such nonsense. It's simply not true. I have learned a lot about myself, and it's not all been terrific, but it's exciting to see yourself through another person's eyes, and to learn more about each other through common experiences. For her part, Hope is very patient and gracious with me. No doubt I can be quite a handful if given the right opportunity.

We have been working with the college students at Kansas City First Church now for a couple weeks, and its exciting to find a place of ministry for us, beyond just being in the play. (We mentioned the play, didn't we?) We are still kind of running around not knowing what we're doing, but thankfully we have some great kids in the class, and we are both so excited about what God is doing in our lives and in the lives of the kids of First Church.

Said play is going very well. Rehearsals have been highly efficient, which is impressive, since we have only had one a week for the longest time. Our director is very good at teaching blocking and so forth, and it feels like we are taking to the play much quicker than I usually see. It's exciting, and we are looking forward to performances.

Hope:

I'm not sure that we did mention the play.  FYI, it's a Woody Allen, "Don't Drink the Water."  That's that.

About our lives, we love being married.  Our apartment is starting to seem like our very own.  We even have pictures up in most of our new frames.  We were so blessed to get mondo gifts.  Some of them are still filling our guest closet.  Speaking of guest closet...that's in our guest room.  Our guest room has been used several times.  Our friend, Beth has stayed over a few times.  Heather got to use it while she was here for 2 weeks.  And, most recently, my big sister, Kendi, from Kenya stopped over with her friend, Kat.  Kendi is doing graduate work in Toronto and Kat lives in Vermont, so they were making their way across the states from Wyoming to Vermont.  It was such a great surprise that they got to come and hang out for a bit.  Kendi even brought me a dress that her mom had made for me.  It fits perfectly.  I'm wearing it tomorrow to the Cultural Festival in KCMO.  That'll be fun.

Um, right now I'm going to talk to Beth because, speaking of staying over she's doing that tonight.  So, that's all for now.

:o) H