Saturday, July 16, 2011

I'm Engaged!!!!

On July 3rd, 2011 Cheque Garcia asked me to marry him! He did a wonderful job of surprising me! We are officially ENGAGED and I am the happiest I have ever been in my life :)

Here is the story....

Cheque and I decided to hike the mountain behind the B2B property on our day off! We love hiking together :) In the picture above I am completely unaware of what the next few moments will hold :)


We came across a a really neat spring flowing out of a cliff wall into a pool! It was beautiful! It had just rained for a week so everything was so green. Here Cheque is playing it cool, before the big moment :) He did so well, I never had a clue it was coming! We ended up climbing the cliff where we had a beautiful view of the mountains and valley. 

The next thing I know Cheque is telling me how much he loves me... He pulls a ring out of nowhere and asks if I will marry him!!!!! All I could do was cry (as you will note in this photo)! I just sat there completely surprised. Cheque thought that maybe I didn't understand his question (because I couldn't answer) and asked me again in Spanish... I finally pulled myself together and gave him a huge hug and a huge YES!!!!

 My ring! This is a God-story too! I love it when God is involved even in the little stuff :)

Happy as can be! 

It is official and sometimes hard to believe it is really true! 

This is the view of the mountains and the valley where Cheque proposed. 

Cheque further surprised me by pulling a picnic lunch out of his backpack. He had brought our favorite treats! We had cheese, salami, bread... it was great! Cheers to the newly engaged!
I know, this really is the man I am going to marry!!!! Yay! He is a bit excited too, to say the least :) 

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Shannen



This is my friend Shannen! She is a student in B2B’s Hope Program and lives just a few doors down from me on our property. Shannen and I meet each week to talk about life, dreams, school, family, and most importantly our Savior Jesus Christ. Shannen is  beautiful, deep, and honest. She has a heart sold out for Jesus and I SO enjoy the time I get to spend with her. We are currently working through a Bible study called Gospel Transformations. It rocked my world when I did it with our staff women, and I know Shannen is learning quite a bit as well! Praise God for Shannen who is already impacting the world for Christ! God has a mighty call on her life and I feel privileged to see a part of that.