Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Welp...the big news is that I'm getting married October 29th to Amy P! That's right!
And, I'm preaching my first sermon at Calvary Evergreen on Floyd Hill 8 miles east of Idaho Springs this Sunday August 14, 2016 at 10am. So, this is an invite to all my Colorado peeps to come out this upcoming Sunday morning and evening and hear what I have to say.
I'm preaching that Sunday night as well at our campus Church in Idaho Springs. However, the message will be different.
Amy's mother, Jeanne and her brother Rick, are apparently coming out to meet me for the first time this Friday and likely will be in attendance at church on Sunday morning. Talk about being nervous! It's one thing to meet your future in-laws for the first time, but to have them hear you preach a sermon! That's a horse of a different color altogether!
Last week I had very constructive telephone conversations with Amy's father, Rick Pettit and her mother, Jeanne Strange. They were very reasonable, understanding and helpful considering they don't know me from Adam's off ox.
Amy and I decided to push back the wedding date from September 3 to October 29th to give her family time to rearrange their schedules and to help her plan the wedding. They all work and have very busy professional and personal lives with most living out of state.
If you were to tell me 2 years ago when I set out for the West that I would meet someone and get married, I would have scoffed and laughed at you! I was thoroughly finished with the idea of marriage and greatly enjoyed the freeing life of unencumbered bliss. And, now, this whole situation has hit me like a load of bricks! And, Amy couldn't be a better trooper. That's for sure!
What a journey this has been after 2 years! When I think of all that has transpired along the way I have a difficult time pondering it all. I have made life-long friends and experienced situations I would never have run into if I hadn't of thrown on a backpack over my narrow shoulders and walked out the front door into the great unknown.
I even encountered God on this very eventful and painful trip across the Plains! Wow! But, so far, the biggest discovery I made was myself. I was tried, tested and found wanting; but, I kept at it and now I know a bit more about what makes me tick.
The only thing that remains is...what's next!? I have no earthly idea! Do I take Amy with me and continue my journey across the US? Or, conversely, do I stop and put down roots here in Colorado? Can Amy walk these great distances? Can she put up with the sometimes unbearable heat, the inevitable dehydration, the gnawing hunger, getting rained on constantly, the freezing cold, the lack of a roof over her head, camping in the dark bear-infested forests of the Pacific Northwest...more importantly, can she put up with me!? What to do!? Yes, what to do!? Hopefully, I'm open to what God wants and not what I want only.
Will I be faithful to God? That remains to be developed. For now, I'm going to bask in the enjoyment of my engagement with Amy and give the remainder to the Lord.
BR Schoenbein
August 9, 2016- Tuesday
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