Three Years!

Joseph and I celebrated our three year anniversary today - our first in SE Asia. I was excited to reach 3 years, but I didn't really feel like it would be all that different of a day. Days are very much the same day in day out, and because of the small size of our city, there's really nothing to do in the area of a nice dinner out, a movie, or entertainment. So I had kinda just thought, "we'll give each other a sweet note and that'll be it." Little did I know that Joseph had already been busy planning and our sweet friends here plans in mind as well. At 10:30 in the morning, I received a phone call from one of our western friends here who invited us over for a candle-lit dinner for two at their house where they would prepare dinner, serve us, and give us a date-night. Joseph had already contacted another set of western friends who were scheduled to babysit Anna starting at 5pm. Joseph has recently learned how to ride a motor bike and he planned an evening drive to watch the sun set in a few different scenic roads near our city. In a culture that frowns upon physical closeness/PDA in public places, this was the closest we could get: sitting together on a motor bike. After our candle-lit dinner, we went home and watched our wedding video! Anyway, the evening was fantastic - thanks to a little creativity from my precious husband and new friends!


I can hardly believe we've been married for three years already. When I think of everything that has happened in our lives from our wedding day to our 3 year celebration of our wedding day, I kind of just feel stunned. A pregnancy, a baby, moving to a new country, already moving 3 times in that new country involving two different islands, and who knows what will happen in this next year.

I'm glad God knows!