1 Month and Counting...

Remember when we had five months to go and I said that one month was going to be so cool? Well, one month is finally here!!!!!! I can't believe it!!! This has been the most stressful but most blessed month probably yet. Nate and I have encountered many roadblocks to where we were trying to go but God removed those barriers and taught us a valuable lesson in trusting Him. As most of you know, I work for Teen challenge, and as most of you know, I don't make much money. Well, when I get married I will be making more, but still not enough to survive on. Recently I have learned to push through my fears and to trust God by requesting more money from my work. Over much stress, tears, and time, I got the answer on May 2ND that my request had been granted and they are raising my salary by $2 an hour! Not only did this miracle happen but a miracle with the apartment Nate and I wanted happened as well.
After getting a dreaded credit check through the apartment complex, Nate and I found out that my credit would cost us double the deposit that we would normally be making. A couple known mistakes have been on my credit report and I explained that to the apartment complex. They wanted proof. I tried to get the proof but to no avail. But at the last minute, God came through by providing the money for that extra deposit and now we have reserved our very first apartment together! We will not be moving into it until after the honeymoon of course but we are excited to finally have a place that we know we can afford!(I have put pictures of the actual apartment complex on this blog.)

God has been so good to us. He has blessed us with money for our apartment, more money at my job, and money for the wedding. He has even blessed me with a good friend who took pity on this poor woman with no clothes for her honeymoon and is taking me shopping so I can look extra good for my husband to be in Hawaii :)
Wedding planning is slowing down because it is coming to an end. We have pretty much everything finished except for the finalizing of the schedule and other details for the day of the wedding. We will be meeting with our wedding coordinator soon to discuss all of this and finalize it.
On a personal note, please pray for me around the 19Th of this month because I will be getting my wisdom teeth out and during the surgery they will be fixing something in my nasal cavity as well. It will be an extensive surgery and I will be out of work for three days. I don't want any of this to cosmetically mess me up for the wedding so please pray that I have a fast recovery.
I am getting so excited for the wedding. It's so close that I can't hardly believe it. I am just ready to finally be Mrs.Benjamin. I am more in love with Nate now then I was at the beginning, and I hope that it will be like that until the end- we will always be falling deeper in love as time goes on.