Today at church, Lydia came rushing into the modular to tell us Anna had something new on her hand. We all dashed outside to go and meet her, and come to find out she was in service not just outside! Oops. So a few minutes later her and David walked up, and sure enough these two are engaged! Their wedding is now tentatively planned for March, and I couldn't be more excited for these two.

After our regular Sunday lunch get together, we all headed out to the lake at the Melbourne's home. Their house is situated on lot 7 on Living Water Drive, and if that doesn't tell you how perfect this home is (I mean God's "number" and "Living Water"), once you get there you'll know! I should have taken some photos, but alas all I came away with was one photo from their staircase of a bunch of penguin stuffed animals squished through the railings that reminded me of Kimmie and her love for penguins.

But while we met for our monthly leadership meeting, almost wrapping up our year long book reading club, the view outside into their yard was breathtaking. They have a lovely home situated on a lot that gently slopes in the back yard down to what feels like a giant creek or river, but is really an inlet of the lake. They had a foot path worn into the grass, and as you walked down the hill, you passed by their very large vegetable garden that Susan took me on a tour of all the veggies growing beneath the large plant leaves--watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumbers, and more! As the sun began to set, the weather became bearable and actually incredibly enjoyable. The humidity almost a thing of the past, and the sky filled up with beautiful clouds and colors.

I also got nosey while I was in the house, and began checking out their wall of family photos. Susan and David were married a little later in their lifetime, so it was so neat to see these two and their separate lives before each other depicted in a timeline fashion along a beautifully decorated stanza of music (made with a creative treble clef and strings connecting each photo frame from behind) all leading to a cross at the end. Susan is from Taiwan, and so her childhood and family photos are in black and white with very oriental homes and dress, until you see her arrive in America. David's young life in color as he spent his days along the East coast in New England. And then their lives that came together, and the journeys they've taken since then. It was a beautiful display of their life all in the span of a hallway.

It was so good to get to know this couple and just their love and draw for young single adults. Plus they have a yellow lab named Jake, which makes everything good.