Overwelmed with blessings from God.....

We have had a great weekend and I just wanted to let you all know of some great blessings in our lives that God is overwhelming us with!

As many of you know, Benj and I went to our best friends' wedding in Pennsylvania two weeks ago! We had a good time seeing friends from school, however, we were somewhat discouraged because of the amount of money needed for plane tickets, hotels, food, and other expenses. The evening we arrived back in FL, we checked the mail and there we found checks just over the amount we spent on this trip! Praise God and Him alone! What an encouragement to know that we have a God that cares about us so much!!!

He continues to encourage us and amaze us every DAY that goes by. Even as we are still waiting on my job situation, He blesses us and we have peace knowing that He is providing and He does have a plan!

God is good--all the time!

Pics of new home and recent events....

I'm so sorry I haven't been posting any updates lately! Here are a few pictures of our new home. We are renting a condo in a beautiful area and we are meeting some great neighbors. They have really gone out of their way to meet us and even to help us find jobs, which we are still praying God provides something :)

A couple of weeks ago we had a "Totally Free" Car Wash where we just wanted to serve and get to know the community and people were just blown away that we weren't even accepting donations. We wanted them to see that they are loved and that we just wanted to show Christ's love in a practical way! We washed about 100 cars that day and many heard the Gospel of Christ and had many great conversations as well!

We've also been trying to build our core team and had our first vision cast to share this church's vision with other believers. Please pray that God will continue to build this team!!!

I will try my hardest to update more and more now that we are getting settled! Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Back to Reality...

We are finally back and loving married life!

Benj and I got back from our honeymoon last Saturday and just had a wonderful time. We went to Gatlinburg and stayed in a beautiful cabin and had such a restful week! We even took a helicopter ride, went to an aquarium, played some put put golf, and ate at some great restaurants. The shopping, eating, and resting was a treat after a long week of wedding details and busy schedules. The entire week was such a blessing and I hope you enjoy the pictures below!

Now we are back home for a short while and have been blessed with lots of work this week! God is so good and has provided so much from the wedding and even more from being able to work this week for some extra moving money!

We have finally found a condo to rent in FL and we are excited to move down the weekend of the 20th! Please be praying that all of the paper work this week goes well. It is approaching quickly but we are extremely excited to be able to get started with the church plant and get settled as we start our new life together. God is doing some exciting things in FL already as Chip (our lead pastor) and his wife have been holding small groups in their home.

Benj just updated our website at www.thelitters.com and the new newsletter and prayer calendar are up! Please keep us in your prayers as we spend our last week in Ohio with family and friends and as we begin packing too!

Thank you for your continued prayers and please let us know if there's anything we can be praying about for you as well!!!

Pictures....

Here are a few pictures from the rehearsal dinner and wedding!

One more week....

Just a little update before the Big Day!!!

We are getting married in a week and life is crazy trying to prepare for it! I am so thankful to be home and I am receiving so much encouragement from friends and family! What a blessing they are! My two big projects for the beginning of next week are preparing the center-pieces and decorating the church! I can't believe the wedding is coming so so quickly!

Benj and I are also preparing to do some fundraising at our home church this weekend! We had an awesome opportunity to talk about what we are doing with Discover Church this week! The Bainbridge United Methodist Women's dinner was at the Bell Tower and we received a generous gift from all of them Wednesday night! We are so thankful and it really was a huge blessing as we begin our support raising at our home church. We are preparing to speak to a Sunday school class for a full hour as well as the Connection Service to ask for financial and prayer support! I cannot explain how thankful we are for all of the neat things God is doing in our lives right now!

Please continue to pray for us--for preparation for our marriage and that we would never forget WHO these blessing truly come from. Pray that He would provide through those that we are able to speak to about what we are doing in Florida and with Discover Church! We know that God's hand is on this church plant and we are just thankful that He is allowing us to be a part of what He's doing! May He receive ALL the glory!

I pray that you all can trust in Him for the impossible!
He is faithful!!!

Visit our website at www.thelitters.com

Liberty Graduation 2009...

Here are some pictures of our recent celebration! Benj and I graduated from Liberty University this past weekend and we are so excited to finally be done! The first picture is of the stadium full of graduates, family, and friends. The second is of me and 3 others that were a part of the first graduating class in the Children's Ministry department! And the last two are of our families and of Benj and I! Enjoy!

Finally College Graduates....

Hello from Virginia for the last time!

It is an exciting week here at Liberty University! Tomorrow is finally graduation and I just wanted to write a little note before life at home gets crazy with wedding plans! My parents and several members of Benj's family came down to Liberty to celebrate with us as we graduate tomorrow morning! I will be graduating with a bachelors in Religion/Children's Ministries and Benj will be graduating with a bachelors in Worship/Biblical Studies! We are so thankful that are families and friends are here to share this exciting moment with us and so thankful that God has truly been the One to bless us and give us the strength to carry us through!

Today we spent the day packing, going to practice for graduation, running errands, and spending time with family and friends this evening! Tomorrow morning we will arrive at the school bright and early, there are over 6,000 students graduating tomorrow and it seems unreal! Ben Stein will be our keynote speaker and after the large gathering, we will divided up into different buildings for our department graduations where we receive our diplomas! We are so thankful that God has placed us at this university at just the right time and could not be more excited about where He is about to take us!

After graduation tomorrow, Benj will be staying for a few days and then traveling down with Chip (our lead pastor) and his wife Brittni to move things down to Florida. He will be able to look at a condo for us to rent and we are praying that God will open the doors for us to live there. All the while I will be coming home so that I can begin putting the finishing touches on wedding plans! Benj will fly back after that weekend and continue to work on wedding planning and fund raising! I will be sure to post some pictures as soon as I can of graduation and I am hoping to hear from and see many of you at home soon!

Please continue to pray for Discover Church, Our personal Fund raising, and strength for Benj and I (and our families) as we prepare for the soon approaching wedding!

May God be Glorified in all that we do,
~Steph