Pictures of my bridal shower coming soon! 4 months and 6 days till the wedding!

5 Months and 5 days!!!!!

Creating precious memories :-D

What a special time we had while Justin was home for two weeks! Other than getting engaged (!!!!!) and running the Student Project we also enjoyed some shopping, reading, canoeing, and just spending time with our families.

Revisiting L.L. Bean - the first place we went when we started courting!

Yes, this is the original bubble in the fishtank at L.L. Bean where we had our picture taken last December!

Justin Horsman - Program Director!

Justin did an awesome job! He is so good with the students and really loves to see them succeed. He is an inspiration to me. I love you Justin!!!

So what was this Student Project anyway?

Wow, the Scontras Student Project was quite an experience! We spent the week before Maine's local primary elections working with 45-55 students and parents. Dean Scontras is a local candidate who was running for U.S. Congress. The students worked very hard as they spent about 9 hours a day in the car doing door to door lit. drops, and then 2-1/2 to 3 hours on the phones each evening encouraging supporters to get out and vote.

The Lord taught Justin and I so much during this time as we continued to learn more about trusting Him. He allowed us to be stretched and pulled in many different directions, but it was such a precious time of working together. Dean Scontras did not win the election, but the Lord gave us an awesome opportunity to invest in our state, the students, and Dean himself. Several of us stayed in the Scontras home with he and his family and what a blessing it was to get to know not just the candidate, but a person. We really hope to see him run again someday!

My love - my best friend!