Thankful!

Well its that insane time of year again, where one barely leaves the library and feels glued to their schoolwork, :( uggh I love learning but I always forget about how awful this part of the semester feels!! Prayers would be appreciated to get through the next couple of days.

In the midst of all this craziness I thought I would take a moment to stop and be thankful for all the ways that God has provided for us while we are here at seminary.  Today was the Honors convocation at chapel and I was awarded an honor for excellence in Christian Education. I am not one who takes compliments well, and most of the time I feel I don't deserve them and I get really embarrassed with all the attention (and yet I must admit that I like hearing them and appreciate the feedback afterwards). However, it was so odd realizing that this would be the last time I would sit in the chapel surrounded by the people I work with and study with.  I will miss those people so much and all the ways that they have helped shape my faith.  Its been an interesting ride through seminary life being a female married student, but I feel no doubt that God placed us here for a reason.  We have had so many incredible experiences with the people who live around us and have been able to experience the ups and downs of life together.

We probably don't say thank you enough to the people in our lives here, as we rush to prepare for the next adventure.  I wouldn't say that living in Massachusetts has been my favorite (it's terrifying to drive around here and winter is definitely under-appreciated, haha) but I would say wholeheartedly that we love our church and GCTS families!

So, I just want to say thank-you to God for providing Drew with a job and providing the funds for me to go to school. I also, want to say thank-you to our church and small group who have made us feel welcomed and loved and have trusted us to teach and serve in the church.  Also, thank you to the Admissions Office for providing me with a job I have loved and will definitely miss! Also, thank you to all the people in our building and in the GCTS community who have become amazing friends and confidants.  

Please come visit us in Indiana :)

Well I need to return to those papers....

Much Love,
Theresa

Home Sweet Home

Well as promised here are some updates!

We found a place to live in West Lafayette, IN!!!! This was a bit of a task since we had never been there and weren't going to have the chance to visit to look at apartments before moving in. But, I think we will like the one we found!!! We were basically going off of reviews from online and steering away from places that seemed to have very unhappy tenets.... 

We started off with a pretty long wish list (we had some wishful thinking since Indiana is cheaper than the Boston area):
-close to campus
-quiet neighborhood
-washer/dryer in unit
-dishwasher
-puppy friendly
-good reviews
-2 bedrooms (we had our fingers crossed...didn't happen but that is ok:)
-storage space

-flexible lease length
-available for a mid-May move-in date

There were probably some other things in there too.  Needless to say the list shrank as we started our search, but our new apartment looks like a wonderful place and we also got a fenced in DOG PARK on the property!  How wonderful is that? Yep, hopefully we will be getting a puppy sometime in the near future!!!

We are feeling incredibly blessed and very excited! Can't believe we will be moving in to this place in just a month or so!!! (please be praying that I can finish my classes well!)


I will leave you with pictures of the new apartment and maybe a future little furry Stonesifer!

Dog Park!!

The apartments!!

Awww :)

P.S. (we will  send out an email with our new address sometime end of April beginning of May; if you don't receive that please message, text or email us)

Have a wonderful day!

Exciting News!!

Well we have some news!!!!!!!

Congratulations to DREW!!!

We are moving to West Lafayette, Indiana in May 2014!! 

Drew has been accepted as a Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellow and he will be pursuing a Masters of Science in Education at Purdue University and then as a part of the Fellowship he will teach for at least three years in the state of Indiana in a high needs secondary school.  Drew's gonna be a high school math teacher!! We are really excited about this opportunity and looking forward to moving somewhere new (oh and we have never actually been there before so this is one big adventure!!).  I am not yet sure what I will be doing....I will have two distance learning classes to finish up between May-August.  However, I will definitely be looking for full-time work. Hopefully, in a church or other organization working with children and families.  It is my turn to be the bread winner, haha ;)

We are looking forward to seeing what God has in store as we settle into the idea of living in Indiana for at least the next four years.  We will be sad to leave our Gordon-Conwell family and church family.  Our time in Mass. has been amazing and wonderful, and we couldn't have imagined a better place to start our marriage!  We know that we will be leaving with lots of wonderful memories and many prayers from our family and friends.

We will keep everyone updated as we begin our preparations to move to the Mid-west!!

Love,
Theresa and Drew