...its beautiful...no matter what it looks like.

ELLLLOOO world! So i know we havent updated much as of late. in fact, i am not sure when the last time we did an update...opps...sooo i will say this!! Christmas and New Years were AWESOME! its nice being married. we love it. there are lots of cool things going on. the Lord has been doing some major heart work in us. teaching us more about forgiveness, healing, and trust. its hard, and it hurts...but its is SO worth it. so with that, we have been listening to some teaching from this cool dude out of Bethel..named Kris Vallotton. (you should check him out.) and i read this last part of one his blogs, that hit pretty hard...but in the best way! super encouraging!!!
Hold on tight! The Lord is moving. and it is BEAUTIFUL. (NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE)
we love you!!!!
 (i am also going to post some pictures soon...thank you all for who support us and pray for us. we need you, we love you. we appreciate you, more than you know!)

"Sometimes it's easy to think that God favors certain people, or that the situation that you are going through is somehow beyond God's ability to fix it. I know these feelings all too well. But the truth is that there is no situation that is impossible with God. One of my great heroes in life is Abraham Lincoln. He was a master at holding on to hope, and never giving up. His list of failures goes something like this: Defeated for state legislature, failed in business, sweetheart died, 1836 had nervous breakdown, 1838 defeated for Speaker, defeated for nomination for Congress, 1848 lost re-nomination. 1849 rejected for land officer, 1854 defeated for U.S. Senate, 1856 defeated for nomination for Vice President, 1858 again defeated for U.S. Senate, and finally 1860 elected president! Talk about a guy who knew how to get up when life knocked him down. Abraham just refused to lose hope.
Proverbs 29:18 says: Where there is no vision, the people perish. There is so much truth held inside of these eight words. Hopelessness is a dream killer. Without hope you can't have faith, and without faith the world is a miserable place to live. The truth is that when all seemed hopeless for Daniel in the lion's den, God saved him. When Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were thrown into the fiery furnace, Jesus himself set them free. When God found a man so bound with hatred that he was murdering Christians, Jesus encountered him on the road to Damascus and changed his name to Paul, transforming him into one of the greatest heroes of faith to have ever graced this planet. The stories go on and on of God's amazing ability to redeem any situation, or save any person.
There is no hand that can be dealt to you with which God is unable to win. There is nothing impossible for God. Whatever is happening in your life, remember this: Jesus is a master of making palaces out of pitfalls. It doesn't matter how far you have fallen, or how big a mess you've made out of your life, "He is able to do exceedingly and abundantly more than you ask or even think!" God specializes in the impossible!"

Cory's Blog Update

See my other blog here, about Christ and the church, and an early lesson on marriage. Enjoy! :)

life update. :)

WHOOOOOO!!! LIFE IS GOOD!!!!
 Cory only has 2 more exams and is done for the semester!!!
Haley now is working part time at a children's boutique !!!
We are looking forward to our first Christmas together, planning on going to the mountains, and then to the beach!
We are both still learning alot. I think the thing we are learning what it means to Love.
we have also been looking at Churches, I think we found one today!!!! YIPPIE!

"our" bible study is going awesome. we have some new friends coming, and they let us borrow a documentary called Furious Love....it was life changing!!! We watched it like 4 times already!!!

The Lord is stirring our hearts more and more.
Please keep praying for us as we are on this journey call life. :)

we love you!!!

life update. :)

When we got married, we wanted to get people together, and eat dinner and read the bible, and talk about God, and life and such. Yesterday, was the 3rd bible study we have had, and it was awesome! we had fresh out of the oven pizza and cookies, and there was some hummus, (of couse. ) and some salsa, and some laughter and good talking about the Lord. We had a few new people come over, it was so refreshing! The Lord is so good! We are reading 1st John...its been a hard book to go through,(and we are only in the 2nd chaperter!!)  but its been awesome!! We love that people want to come over and just hang out, eat and read the bible with us.

The Lord has really been moving in our hearts personally pulling out all that nasty stuff no one wants to see or admit they have. While its been hard, and I (Haley) can't get though one day with out busting into to tears, Its been the best time I have had with the Lord in awhile. (and Cory has been awesome in all this, as we walk out this stuff as one, and not as two.) The life in both of us that was pushed down and covered up, and lost breath...is coming back up in us...and let me tell you, it is scary!!! Its also so exciting at the same time.  Letting the Lord get in your face, like He did with Adam and breath all up in your face...awesome!! The hunger in us is coming back up! its great!

Being married and being able to go through life with  your best friend is something we will both always be super thankful for.  Having that safe place, where you are going to be loved, no matter what, that this other person you share life with, is safe. and holds your heart, and holds you up in the Lord. BEST THING EVER! :)

Being able to do a bible with people, not leading, just providing the place and some dinner, has really helped us grow and stir the hunger and life back in us, even if just one person shows up, it stirs all of hearts up. and it gives glory to God.  We are thankful. Very thankful.

Thank you to all those who love us, and have been there for us, and pray for us, and laugh with us, and cry with us.  we love you. more than you know. thanks for sticking by us.

Trying somthing new

ELLO! We are coming off of facebook for awhile, so we thought starting a blog that we would both share in, so that we could still be in contact with people that we dont get to see and talk to all the time!


So far married life is AWESOME! We have had a great thanksgiving! We are looking forward to what the Lord has in store for us in the upcoming months!!

Hubs here... wife and I are sitting here watching SNL, I havent seen this show in years. Who are these people? I have to give credit to my wife, this blog was her idea. She was the one to create this blog, thanks wife! love you bunches! alright.... SNL is getting good, bye now!

We love you!!!

Cory and Haley