Home for the Weekend!

John and Larissa (Far right)

Tyler and Jena

Jonica opening acceptance letter







Aunt Katie, Abby, and Ben at Vball game (Below) & Jonica and Mom at the Wedding on Saturday.
We went home (finally) after a month and a half. We made it back for Jonica's Senior night volleyball game (thursday night) and they won..We were also able to give Jonica her acceptance letter to IWU - hand delivered from IWU :)

While we were home we spent time with family, hair cuts at my mom's, finally spent more than 2 hours with John and Larissa, attended the Lahr wedding, and got to see our church family. It was definitely a needed trip to charge our batteries to make it to Thanksgiving.

Life is great in Marion. God has his arms around us and is taking care of us daily. Thanks for your prayers as we venture it out over in Indiana by ourselves. We know God has big plans in store for our future.

Surprise visit!

Mom and Jonica came to Marion about 2 weeks ago for about a day! We were going to go home and surprise them, but they beat us too it and joined us in Marion - it was so much fun and we missed them so much!

We ate at Mue Pueblo (as usual) and watched Ironman back at our apartment and relaxed.

Last night Tyler and I "hosted a table" at the Alumni Banquet for IWU aka we got to dress up and eat a delicious meal! We mingled with people at our table while enjoying chicken, rolls, and cheesecake :)

After the banquet was a concert by Fernando Ortego, which was so amazing - we both really enjoyed his singing and especially the piano. He also had a man playing the cello, which sounded beautiful. This all took place because it is homecoming this week at IWU - and it's been a blast.

God reassures us once again this week that we are where he wants us to be at this point in our lives. God keeps financially blessing us and this week Tyler was awarded a Scholarship for a good amount of money for this school year. Since this semester and next has already been paid for, the extra went on his student account, which will end up paying for books and the rest can go into savings! We are so blessed and thank God for reassurance during difficult times.






We also had friends over a few nights ago for dinner and to watch Tyler's new favorite movie "Ironman." Everyone loved it if they hadn't seen it before, and we then went to the bonfire for homecoming. The picture to the left is my friend Doreen and I, she is a photography major at IWU. The gang in the last picture are most of the guys that were Tyler's roommates last semester, and Steph (friend & Ben's girlfriend)...A few people on the right side got cut out of that picture - whoops.

It's been a fun weekend. Other than a busy past week, we really look forward to coming home in a few weeks! We'll get to see Jonica's Senior night volleyball game and hang out with family.

Thanks for your prayers & love and remember that we love and pray for you too!
-Tyler and Jena