| | TWO. MONTHS. LATER.
Wow, the last time I blogged was really two months ago?? Hmm, that would seem to imply that there has been a priority shift in my life!  The reality is that there indeed has been.
1) I am now engaged to the most incredible, amazing, wonderful man on the face of the earth! We officially got engaged on November 22nd, the day before my 21st birthday.  The Lord is so good, so gracious, so generous, so kind. . . Because my man lives on the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean, our relationship has been pursued by way of phone calls and emails -- and then we got to spend nearly three weeks together over Thanksgiving, when he came to visit my family and to ask me to marry him. 
2) I am now deeply immersed in wedding planning. David and I will be getting married in July and planning a trans-Atlantic wedding takes a fair bit of effort! It has been encouraging and overwhelming to watch the Lord provide. . . He has already immensely blessed our search for a church, a minister, a reception facility, and a photographer, and so many of the other details seem to be coming together in an amazing fashion!
3) I'm still planning to continue taking classes full-time at the local community college and working part-time until just before our wedding. So far my studies have been going quite well -- although it was difficult trying to study for finals during the last few days of David's visit!
The Lord is good, and life is good, and love is good. And life is still requiring patience. . . that elusive virtue called patience. Learning to wait on the Lord's timing. . . not just "waiting" which can sometimes be fretful or anxious, but waiting that is full of contentment and active service for the Lord. Using His time for His glory. Resting in the knowledge that He -- still, always, continually -- knows what is best. Apparently the Atlantic Ocean is where it is for His glory and my good . . . though there are days that I am sorely tempted to build a bridge across it, or drain it, or simply buy a plane ticket tonight and take myself away to where I long to be.
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