So we got married! :)  We hope to eventually post the photos here and on Facebook.

Changes are occurring,  new habits are being developed, and the unknown is what I am learning to better cope with.

I don’t have a job as of yet, and it’s getting to be difficult to keep on applying to jobs, especially with very little feedback and no scheduled interviews yet.  I guess I could say that if I can get past this season of my life,  I can get through anything.

Not having a job, not having classes to go to and assignments to finish…. this is something I don’t know that I’ve ever had to deal with.  When I was younger, I had a piano to play,  a friend’s house to play at,  a camp to go to to replace those things.  Now trying to figure out what these things are for me as an older and married woman.  Becoming comfortable with my gifts I am to use to get a job, (the competition of getting a job is scary) is something I have to familiarize myself with.

The Lord has been faithful in giving us things that we could not tell how we would get them. We have a wonderful church family, and they have supported us tremendously. Praise God.  I look forward to see where the Lord will bring us in the near future.

Please pray.

“Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray.”   –James 5
So simple.

 

Wedding Plans

Wedding plans are definately coming along! God has blessed us, paticularly in the church’s cutting their fees to about a third of what they originally were! Yesterday Christian and I went to my church to do some planning with the coordinater. We got really excited, and I was getting nervous! This is a big event in our lives (an understatement) !!  I am looking around at jobs in Massachusetts, and if you could continue to pray that I would find a job in good timing, we would be very blessed by it! That is probably my biggest worry and stress right now.

I know this is where God wants Christian and I right now– getting married, and going to seminary, but how He wants us to do it is a different question. I constantly worry about “how we’ll make it” (financially), and I am constantly learning new ways and depths of how to trust that the Lord will lead us where HE HAS ALREADY PLACED US (in the future)!!  What a wonderful comfort.

Next big thing on the “To Do” list:  THE FLORIST.

In Him,

Heather

 

Post-College Social Life and Friendships

I’m sitting on my bed in my bedroom thinking,   “Who can I call to hang out with?”

I’m frustrated because she and I have been phone tagging each other for quite some time now… but we still haven’t gotten together.

I saw her for a moment when she visited me at work.

In high school, I worked in class with my friends, or we drove home after  school together, or we were on the phone for hours, with not much to say. Laura and I were infamous for long phone calls in sixth grade… I remember us honestly having no conversation, but just short comments back and forth, with a lot of our own conversation to our families in between. Liz and I practically became friends because she would drive me to and from school most days– listening to a lot of Michelle Branch and DMB. In twelfth grade, Laura, Morgan and I were in Mrs. Dill’s Government/Economics class, which I spent hours of work on because it was so challenging.  High school was sweet in this way, I saw my friends all the time.

College was a lot different– better!! I made great relationships and had the time of my life going out at two in the morning, when my roommates and I needed a break from studying. My second year, Bonnie would fall asleep in my bed or I would fall asleep in her ex-roommate’s bed (We thought it was terrible that we did not live in the same dorm. Well, it was!) Or, those exciting romantic nights with Christian, when he would call me and ask me if I would go for a walk with him. I LOVED that. Of course, not so much in the winter time, but walking outside was our only option since guys weren’t allowed in the girls’ dorms.

Now I’m in my bedroom at home, thinking, “This is so lame, I have no one to hang out with.” It also becomes a bit more of a chore to see each other at our houses, because we don’t exactly live very close by. A few of my good friends got married and moved away. My two best friends are living much farther west in the US. One friend I can only communicate with once a week.

My post-college relationships and social life is seemingly more dull. But, maybe this is just the way it is. This is part of growing up. We move apart, we have different work hours, we have other commitments.

I’m just trying to convince myself that it’s okay to have a 10:45 bedtime.

<3 Heather

 

Summer Classes Finished

Good Evening Everyone,

I promised to write a review on Dawkins’ book; however, I lent out my copy, so when I get it back, I will write one.  I haven’t forgotten.

For those who have been asking, school has been going well.  I just finished my summer sessions.  I managed to get a “B” in Greek I; I am still waiting to find out my grade for Greek II.  I think I did a little bit better, let’s pray.  It is so incredible to be able to pick up the Greek New Testament and be able to work my way through passages.  As many have said before me, it really brings you closer to the Lord.  Anyway, I have to keep working at it so I won’t forget it.

Today I started another class.  It’s an online course, so I have six months to finish it; however, I am going to finish it in a month’s time (hopefully).  The class is “World Mission of the Church.”  It is an introductory course to missiology and practical missions.  It’s one of the required courses for Masters of Divinity students.  I am excited because I don’t know much about missions and this class was taught by one of the premiere missions professor, who is now the president of Asbury Theological Seminary.  Also, one of the books we have to read is “To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson,” who may be the person which Camp Judson, Erie was named after, but I am not entirely sure.  Anyway, Adoniram Judson apparently began his ministry around North Shore, Massachusetts – near where I live.  Reading history within its place is exciting and that much more exciting.

I started my job at the Mail Center and I love it.  The guys I work with are really great guys.  I have a lot of responsibilities, but it makes the time fly by.  I love working again, haha.

Continue to pray for Heather and I as we iron out more wedding plans.  She came up this weekend and we solidified a few more details.  I am excited for our future, but at the same time I am really anxious.  The future is cloudy, but I know it will be filled with blessings and good times.

With much love,

Christian Eriksson

 

Concerns

I haven’t been very good about updating this blog, but according to the stats page, no one has visited either, so I haven’t lost out really.

On Saturday, I got back to school after visiting Heather in Philly. We made some more plans and figured out some more details. It was exciting to be with her. On Monday, I started Greek II, and I will be completely done August 14th with Greek. I am looking forward to moving onto some other subjects, but Greek has been a blessing, too. Also, I just started working today in the Mail Center at Gordon-Conwell. It requires more work than Geneva’s mail room, but it will keep me busy. I have to make copies, answer the switchboard, sort packages, and maintain the bookstore.

Heather and I have been working on wedding plans. It’s coming together slowly, and we still have a few items to figure out, but we are excited and looking forward to spending the rest of our lives together. We are also looking forward to seeing each other every day.

I do have some prayer concerns. First, please pray that more people will financially support me. I am currently 5000 dollars away from my goal. If you don’t know what I am referring to, please click on the “Support” tab. Second, I am getting depressed. The work hasn’t been terrible (I enjoy it for the most part); it’s just that I am not dealing well with being away from my core group of friends and supporters. Also, I have been doing a lot of self reevaluating. Someone has once again pointed out my critical and opinionated personality. Although I won’t go into details right now, it has been on my mind and has made me question the way in which I interact with everything.

Lastly, in a couple of days (hopefully by Saturday evening), I will be posting my review of Richard Dawkins’ book The God Delusion.

With much love,

Christian Eriksson

 

South Hamilton, MA

Hey Everyone,

I arrived safely to South Hamilton, MA.  The flight felt long, but it was cheap, so I can’t complain.

My friend, Jason Radcliff, picked me up from the airport and took me shopping.  I signed up for a savings card (my first step to becoming a resident).  I moved into my new dorm.  It isn’t big, but I am living in my own room, so I am happy about that.  I haven’t met my roommate.  However, I did get to hang out with Matt and Sarah Kerr last night for awhile.  In fact, we are going to a PCA congregation this morning.

I know that I haven’t said much, but much hasn’t happened yet.  I start classes tomorrow morning at 8:30.  Please pray that everything goes well.

With much love,

Christian Eriksson

 

Welcome!

Hey Everyone,

You have safely arrived at Christian and Heather’s new blog/website.  As time goes on, we will be adding more prayers, blogs, and photos, so please continue to check it.  Also, you can most likely subscribe to the account using Google’s Reader or another blogroll device.

Check out the “Glimpses” page!  Just click on one of the pictures to see the whole album.

Although Heather and I are not married yet, we will be blogging together.  It is our desire to share our joys, frustrations, and concerns with you as we prepare for our wedding and our future life together.

With much love,

Christian and Heather