Onward!

I got my wedding dress and veil this week so that has been exciting for us! Both Matthew and I feel like it is becoming much more real now.
Similarly, we are now waiting to hear back from WP about our next step. We are drafting support letters and if you would like to be on our mailing list for those or an email list for prayer updates let us know at: amandaandmattk@yahoo.com.
Pray that we are able to get the support and prayers that we need as we head into this!
Amanda

Update

Summer is now upon us so Matthew and I will be in different places until the end of the school year. 

I'm hoping to get most of the wedding planning done before school begins again and we both  hope to able to hear back from WP soon and start on support letters and such. 

If anyone has any advice we will gladly take it!

peace and provision

One thing that has been really comforting for me (Amanda) as we look forward not only to Russia but also just to getting married and life after college is how many times in my quiet time I come across verses about peace (whether it being God's will for our lives or finding peace in God) and His provision for us.
As we face all of these things that we really have no control over it is very comforting to see how God reminds me and reminds us that He will take us where He wants us to go and that we can trust Him to get us there.

Intro!

So, I thought it would be a good idea for Matthew and I to set up a blog that we could use to tell people what is going on with us as we get ready to get married and go to Russia, and also while we are there!

He probably is not as jazzed about this as I am but he agreed to go along with it. ;)

So as of right now, we were confirmed to go to the International Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia in mid July (ish) of 2010. We are working on applying to WP (who we would go through) and are going to meet with someone from WP this Friday!

We also got a chance to talk to John and Deb Seigel on Saturday since they are in the States. They have been and are working at International Academy and it was cool to be able to talk to them about it. They had pictures and awesome advice and encouragement for us, and Matthew found someone to talk to about teaching (maybe, not sure yet) history.

So good news and good beginning!
Amanda