Our Time In The Springs

Can you even fathom a more perfect backdrop for a wedding? That's right. Our friends were married outdoors right at this spot on a cliff and this was the view behind them...Pike's Peak in the back with Garden of the God's in front! Wow- it honestly made you feel little and reminded you of God's greatness.


Look how cute we are! My baby was the best Brides Made there...sorry ladies but I know what I'm talking about on this one!


Ok, classic story... Our first night in town, we were supposed to attend a Cookout with the whole bridal party. We got pretty vague directions and began driving about this very nice neighborhood trying to find the house. Lindsey called the family hosting the cookout and they told us it's the house with all the cars. We pulled up to this house and the sign on the door said "Come On In." So we did. We walked into this house and though there were tons of cars outside, no one was on the first floor. We proceeded downstairs where we heard all the people. Downstairs we found over 50 people enjoying a very nice cookout. We didn't see anyone we knew right off so I told Lindsey to just "keep moving." We mingled through to the other end of the house and realized we now had to turn back. It was then that I began to notice that the majority of the people at this party were High School girls and parents. I then noticed that the table cloth was all tennis balls and that there were tons of tennis racket bags in the corner piled up. Then the hostess of the party walks up to us. Lindsey asked if this was a cookout for the wedding. The lady had no idea what we were talking about! I told the lady "I think one of my wife's worst nightmares just happened." The lady was so sweet, she offered us some food. I told her we really did have a party to get to but that if the food there was lame we'd be back. She walked us back up to the front door and once outside Lindsey and I busted out laughing! Once we arrived to the real wedding cookout word spread fast about the couple from Nashville who went into the tennis party instead! It made for a nice conversation starter when meeting the rest of the bridal party!


This is "Balancing Rock" in the Garden of the Gods! Again, how cool is God! He made this huge rock balance perfectly on a little spot, just cause he can!


Cool hugh!?! I found this in Manitou Springs, CO!


While in Colorado Springs Lindsey and I got to make a return visit to Focus on the Family Institute! Lindsey and I both attended The Institute but it was before we met and during different semesters! This place was a major marker in both of our lives spiritually, so it was fun to finally get to go back together!

Over all the wedding and the trip to Colorado was great! We were so honored to get to be a part of Hunter and Meridith's weekend!

In Guatemala News...
Please keep praying earnestly for a break through in Guat. What they are making these precious birth mothers go through is totally incomprehensible to me. It's just wrong. Can you imagine making the most difficult choice of your life...to give your baby up for adoption, and then be brought back in and told you are less than a dog for doing that and that you should take your baby back? Pray that all of this harassment stops, that PGN opens again, and that we get to bring Eliana home!

Thanks for being such a great community!
Grace and Peace
-Chris