Engagement!

Alright...here is the longer version of David and my engagement.

On Monday after a pretty busy day, David and I decided to drive north about a half an hour to go watch the sunset on the beach. Honestly, I was pretty stressed out about some stuff, so I wasn't the most pleasant person to be with. We had gone to that beach a couple days before to go snorkeling with some friends.

We arrived about 30 minutes before the sun was about to set, so we walked around a bit and explored. The beach is surrounded by "jungle" and right off the beach is a bunch of lava rocks sticking outside the water. David kept telling me to walk through the water with him and explore the rocks. A couple times, I thought, why is he being so bossy. =)


After walking around a bit he asked me to dance with him in the water. After dancing for a bit, he told me he had a question for me. He told me later, that when he said that my entire body tensed up. =) Right as he was about to ask me a question, he blurted out that he had dropped something in the water. So for about 3 minutes he had me leaning over looking for something in the water. I kept saying, no you didn't and finally asked him if he dropped my car keys. He said, no it was something smaller. I kept thinking about my dad who lost his first wedding band in the ocean. When I looked up after not seeing anything in the water, he was down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I hugged and kissed him and then realized, I hadn't given him an answer. I said, yes of course. =)

After talking for a few minutes he asked if I wanted to see our photographer. Chris Cohoon, my co-worker had been taking pictures the entire time. That's why David kept telling me to go here and there because he didn't want me to see Chris.

I am so excited to marry this amazing man of God. This entire relationship has been such a crazy God story. From how we met, how we started dating and even now the engagement. Now we can begin the crazy, hopefully fun process of planning a wedding.

Homecoming Banquet

One of the fun things about coming into a new community is getting to join in on all of their "traditions". Last night, we had a Homecoming Banquet. Parents and other volunteers helped us provide a nice dinner for the students going to homecoming. We had it set up as if they were going to a nice restaurant and the cost was only 10 bucks. They had their choice of grilled steak or chicken. We even took pictures of couples in the court yard if they wanted. We held it at chapel 2 on Kadena. I was assigned to take pictures! It was fun, although I found myself wishing for a better camera. =) We had about 60 students come and everyone seemed to really have a good time. Enjoy the pictures!

Day in the City

Last week as most of you know, I flew to Chicago for my grandma's funeral. I am so glad I was able to go back for it. I flew in on a Sat. night and was the last of the family to arrive. By Sat all the cousins from all over the world were there. My cousin, Hannah came in from Hungary. Sunday afternoon we had the wake and Monday morning was the funeral.

I will share more about that later, but these pictures are from Tuesday. After a two really long and emotional days, my family, David and I spent the day in the city. It was a beautiful fall day! We had so much fun together just talking and laughing.