The freshman girls I teach had the privilege of tasting a Tortilla Espanola yesterday in our Godly Woman/Health class. Bryce was our guest speaker and shared his testimony during the first part of class. Afterwards we prepared Spanish food for the girls, along with their help chopping veggies, bread and potatoes. They had a blast squeezing tomatoes for the "Pan con Tomate" and enjoyed tasting everything even more! It was wonderful for me to have Bryce see my classroom and meet my students.
So much has happened since we last wrote. It would take too long to write about our exciting first Christmas together, or how much fun we had visiting our families in Texas over the holidays. We rang in our first New Year's in style, and since then have been settling into the routine of married life out in California.
Bryce has a busy semester with classes but most of his classes are extremely interesting, including Doctrine of Christ and Modern Mind, Prophets and others which always provide interesting discussion at the dinner table; that is, when I am not rambling on and on about one of my students. He is also co-leading a community group for young married couples in our church. This is a great time for us to get together with friends on Sunday evenings to review and disect the sermon. It has been extremely beneficial to come together in fellowship, learning and prayer for one another. Bryce is also co-teaching a Sunday school class at church with some of the other interns called, "A Walk Through the Bible." It has been a rich time for us as a couple to discuss material for these classes and sermons together. We love our new church and the friends we have made there so far. The Lord continues to richly bless us!
As for me, I have found teaching to be the most challenging and yet most rewarding thing I have ever done. Though the Lord has blessed me with great adventures and opportunities throughout my life, I am most content in this stage, and find every day a platform for growth, learning and renewal in the Lord. I also find that I fall more in love with my husband every day, who constantly teaches me more about Christ through his patience and humility.
Included are some pictures of our recent adventures. Bryce knows I love surprises and in the past few months has surprised me with day-trips to Torrey Pines and Joshua Tree, where we enjoyed a beautiful 7 mile hike through rocks and desert, finding an oasis of palm trees in a deep valley. There is so much beauty in God's creation here that we have only begun to see...
view from Torrey Pines.
Bryce & me at Torrey Pines.
Joshua Tree
the palm oasis...
