So, I left...

.....Norway last Wednesday

... and travelled all the way to America. in three days (October 9) I'll be getting married

to that handsome guy running up the hill towards me,

in the very spot I'm standing

(if the weather is nice that is)

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Right now we (which is me, my wonderful Pigletish sister, ***** and *****)

are sewing the wedding dress,

Ben (and ***** and ******)

are working on our perfect, cozy little *secret* (to me), now I know it's a house.

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Thank you all for praying me through this,

it's been the hardest year in my (very short) life.

I'm still getting over it,

but I'm getting better every day.

Thanks again.

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åslaug abigail

Of Cake and Lovebirds...

Just a teeny weeny update here to tell you all that:

* big fat letter arrived

* all required documents are obtained

* and sent.

*we're now waiting for an interview date,

and I'm leaving by train on Monday to go to the capital.

When I come home, I'll be waving that visa in my hand

for real.

(though, I have no idea WHEN I'll be back..)

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"My heart rejoices in the LORD;

in the LORD my horn[strength] is lifted high.

My mouth boasts over my enemies[not the Embassy],

for I delight in your deliverance."

1. Sam 2:1

* Cutting the cake at our engagement party...

I love this picture =)The on-lookers...

don't you just LOVE on-lookers??Smiling at the camera
We sure CUT that cake, didn't we??

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Guess What!!!!??

No, we didn't have a baby,

(this is my adorable little cousin, about ten days old in this photo)

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Yes, WE GOT THE VISA!!!

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DID ANYONE MISS THAT??

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We Got The Visa!!!
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Not that this means the waiting is over. We still have to wait for it to be sent to the NVC

and for them to send it to the Embassy

and for the Embassy to send me a big heavy letter with information

I'll have to get appointments and tests done,

I have to contact the Embassy,

they have to schedule an interview,

I have to go to the interview,

and THEN, we're ALMOST THERE....

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But who cares about all that? I'm SO SO SO EXCITED at the thought of being there *soon*.

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The LORD is my strength and my shield;

my heart trusted in him, and I am helped:

therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth;

and with my song

will I

praise

him.

Psalm 28:7

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It came through on August 17, six months to the day from the application was accepted. However, I wasn't aware of it till last night...

Wow, thank you all of you for your prayers, for your sweet, kind notes. I am so very thankful.

I'll keep you updated,

and Raquel, I WILL tell that story, soon, stay tuned =) =)

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I Promised Not to Cry...

....and so I won't.

He left today, but he just called: and he is almost home now, and WELL,

and I am HAPPY, thankful beyond words that he is.

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As for God, his way is perfect:

the word of the LORD is tried:
he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

Psalm 18:30

He's here...

...And the world is right again.

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pS! the visa didn't come yet

Just posting,

to prove that I'm still alive, and doing WELL:.

that my days are spent working at church,

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sitting outside on the balcony with my head on my mom's shoulder, half asleep most of the time, and when not, we talk. And compare our hands

(she tells me hers are so old now),

but they look much the same, with almost the same ring

(inscriptions on the inside and minor details the difference)

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We have dinner together, sometimes with my dad, sometimes just the two of us.....

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Today I came home with my arms full of flowers,

lots and lots of wonderful smelling red roses,

white lillies,

MORE white, pretty flowers which I don't know the name of..

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And being driven home from work

by this old, caring man that I work with,

away from church,

with all I could see and smell was the flowers in my arms, I think I realised

I am getting married (so now, these last 88 days, I'll know for sure)

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And the weather has been so pretty, so beautiful.

Just sunny, with a clear blue sky and warm enough not to wear a jacket.

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I wish there were words to describe, let you know,

just HOW wonderfully perfect my life is right now.

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I suppose you won't get it if I just let out a big sigh of contentment...? No?

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Well, anyways,

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*BIG sigh of contentment*

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A couple of feet off the ground, in a school playground at 6.30 in the morning...

In THIS climbing pyramide,THIS wonderful man asked me to marry him, and I said yes.And he held my hand for the first time,
and slipped a golden wedding band onto my right ring finger,

It's been there ever since...

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There's of course more to the story than this, but you'll get the rest later...
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Blessed be the LORD God,

the God of Israel,

who only doeth

wondrous

things.

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Psalm 72:18
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åslaug abigail

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PS. This was written Saturday, January 23 - 2010