Today is exactly one month until the BIG DAY!!! I am so excited and overwhelmed all at the same time!! There is so much left to do!! Between finishing school for the semester and finals everything for the wedding WILL get done. I have complete confidence right now!!! I am doing my best not to be stressed, this is a time I will only experiance once in ym life and it is way to much of a blessing to be stressed!! One month from today I will marry my best friend, the one I can always trust and depend on,the one who will always be in my corner cheering me on and the one who will always strengthen me in my faith in my savior!! This amazing person is Rick Byrne we have been together 3 1/2 years and every moment has been wonderful!!  I know that God has such an amazing purpose for our marriage, because I have seen his hand throughout our relationship, starting from the time in our lives when we detested each other. Our families have attended church together since we were both little and we have known each other since we were like 5 or 6; however, we have not always had the loving emotions we have for each other now. Honestly Rick used to be the person that I would put on the top of my hit list if I had one. For some reason he just annoyed me and I could not stand to be around him. It was during this time that if someone had told me 4 years from then that he would be the person I would be completely in love with and vowing to spend the rest of my life with I would have laughed and then I would have slapped you in the face for even uttering those words. God drastically changed those emotions in the summer of 2007. Our youth and college group went on a trip to a mission camp. I knew that I had a strong calling on my life already to make the name of Jesus know to the nations! One night during the service we were asked to stand if we felt this calling, and as I was looking around at all the people God was going to use to further his kingdon (an amazing sight I might add, it was almost a glimpse of what heaven will be like) my eye stopped on Rick. I never knew that he felt that calling as well. I believe it was then that God allowed me to see briefly into the greater plan he had for my life. From then on I saw Rick in a completely different light, the light of Jesus Christ. From this point on I did everything I could to get to know him a little better (without him knowing of course). I started school in the fall and I was in a Chemistry class, Rick is a genius so I played the "I need help with my homework card." He bought it and everynight for the next 2 or 3 weeks he would come over and "help me with my homework. Man this sounds way corneyer than it was in real life ha ha. I guess somehow he figured me out because it became a very regular thing for him to be at my house. It was not complicated we didnt have to determine the realtionship we just loved spending time with each other. I guess as time went on it became apparent to our friends and family and this is when Rick had to step up and make a definative conclusion about the way he felt. Man that was a relief when he finally came out and said he felt the same way I had felt for A LONG time. I remeber praying before I met Rick that God would send me someone who loved Him more than they could ever love me and as I spent time with Rick I was so sure that he was the person that God had in mind for me. Growing alongside Rick I knew together we would together make his name known to the nations, I was and still am so sure of this amazing gift!!! We have grown so much together in the past 3 1/2 years and have learned so much through each other. He makes everyday a challenge for me as well as the greatest blessing!!! He sees me in my worst moments as well as my best and still loves me, which reminds me so much of the way that Christ loves us! This is such an encouraging truth that we have as believers and while Rick is not perfect what an awesome daily reminder I will have in a husband of this quality of my King!!  I am so excited to see how God uses us together for his glory!!