How It All Began
Traveling overseas to live among Christian communities has been an ardent dream of mine since summer 2011, right before Derrick and I met. In fact, that initial push for departure rallied a team together that included Derrick as editor. It was through group Skype meetings and personal messages that he and I first discovered our mutual hearts' desire for life. After a couple months of praying and meeting, quite a few members of our team separately felt they needed to withdraw from the plans. It was painful for me to surrender the timing of this trip because I so desperately believed in it and longed for it.
Looking back now, I am thrilled to be the recipient of a dream resurrected and in circumstances of my life I never could have asked for four years ago. Although it had not been the right time for our big adventure around the world, Derrick and I discovered each other. Our foundation was laid in the midst of something very beautiful. We grew through the difficulties of dating long distance, and then my moving from the only world I knew to be near him in Missouri. We shared a beautiful day of blessing when we committed to each other in marriage, surrounded by the real love of our combined communities. We ventured into dreaming up a new film business we could work on together and the hard faith-testing of relying on Jesus to provide as we moved to a brand new city where we currently live. I am awed by the significance of Denver in our lives. Here, where we have experienced the relentless healing love of Jesus through his body at Bloom, where we have been inspired as artists to grow and where we are now once again planning to travel overseas together.
Oh I am so grateful God knew the perfect timing that would be the very sweetest! I can’t imagine anything more thrilling than embarking on this journey in the company and covering of my husband and comrade, reflecting together on all we are experiencing and collaborating on film to share beautiful stories. I have discovered how very trustworthy Jesus is with our most precious desires. †
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