How encouraging it has been to my spirit to hear how God is working in your lives. I pray this becomes something that all of us can draw strength from each and every day. May God make it so.
It does me so much good to hear how all of you are doing. Eric, love you, miss you and glad to hear you are alive. :) Mikey T, we live so close and yet so far....we need to get together over a weekend sometime soon. Glad to hear that God is adding an arrow to your quiver (that goes for Eric and DRock as well). DRock, you are just the man. I pray God blesses your hard work at your new church. Jason, JP, Nate....nothing but love for you. ALL of you have affected my life in more ways than you will ever know and I pray God blesses each of you and your families richly for that.
To give y'all a quick update on Ashley and me: We both decided to switch careers in the middle of 2005. This entailed both of us going back to school. Ashley will be graduating from nursing school with her RN in May and will finish with her BSN in May of '08. I am currently in the process of taking prereqs for medical school (yes, I did say medical school....that's right, the Big Henk is going to be an MD) to become an Ophthalmologist. I should be applying and beginning in either fall of '08 or fall of '09 (hopefully '08 though). It has been very freeing and awesome finally getting a since of vocational calling and God blessing it and opening doors. Ashley and I hope to serve in some capacity with medical missions through our church (wherever we end up) . No kids on the way now or in the near future, but maybe within the next couple of years.
We both reside in Niceville at my parent's plantation (it's actually just a huge house and I feel like the Monopoly guy living in a hotel). It's not the most glamorous thing, but it has been a miracle in terms of finances and being able to get by during this transition. Any time any of you are coming over this way to the Destin/Niceville/Fort Walton Beach/etc. area, please come by and see us. Believe me, my parent's home has plenty of room and y'all could most definitely stay with us (and save on outrageous hotel costs).
We attend a reformed, elder-led SBC in Niceville and have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know people our own age. There are 2 particular couples Ashley and I hang out with and us fellas get together every Thursday night for accountability/share time to spur each other on in the faith. It has been a blessing.
Please pray for us in our individual walks with Christ, our walk with Christ as a married couple, and our marriage in general. It is sometimes very hard trying to balance all of our commitments with school, studying, working and seeing each other. There are times when I feel like we just sleep in the same bed together (I'm sure you guys can relate on some level with this). God is good and life is good because He orchestrates it.
I love y'all and miss y'all. Grace and peace.
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