God's Confetti

This blog entry has been a month in the making! It has been so hard, as I've frequently mentioned, not having internet connection! You just feel detached from the world. Especially with my family being overseas, I feel like I'm in the dark with what's happening in their lives.

Well, a lot's happened since I last checked in. I'm now Mrs Julie-Ann Ricketts. Chris and I got married on April 6. It was an amazing day! Even though most of my family and friends couldn't make it for the celebration, I was blessed to have my Mommy and Daddy and my best friend Anika there! It was such a special day. I woke up to see the ground completely covered with snow. The heaviest snowfall we had since that year. It looked like a winter wonderland!

That was photo was taken just after the ceremony when we signed the register.

I wasn't nervous at all about getting married. I think because I had Mommy, Daddy and Anika to worry about, so I was distracted. As well as doing last minute things for the wedding. The moment I got nervous was when I arrived at the church and I realised that it was actually happening. It wasn't the wedding rehearsal - this was it. I felt my legs turn to jelly. I honestly that it was God's hand gently nudging up that aisle, that was not from human strength! I stopped being nervous after the Bible reading and I knew that was God in complete control. The marriage ceremony happened with very few hitches. I didn't cry or worse laugh when saying my vows.

After the wedding ceremony, Chris and I were outside the church taking photos. People wanted to throw confetti at us - no one had any. Then...it began to snow....heavily! It's not supposed to snow in April! And here I had a winter wonderland in the morning and now snow in the afternoon. The weather forecast heavy rain...not a drop fell! One of my family members said that it was God's confetti and He was blessing our marriage! It was such a wonderful way to see it!

We've been married for over a month. And I say to people marriage is a lot of what I expected and a lot more of what I didn't. I'm trying to take the surprises in stride with the help of God. But it's a wonderful journey and I'm so glad that God wanted me to be on this path.

Not much to report otherwise. Just popping my head to say hi! If you want to look at the wedding photos, we have a link to it online: http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/47446990.

Enjoy and God bless

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