married!

3 days married and heading to Hawaii! the wedding went off really well-smooth, thankfully. We will have pictures to follow when we get all of them together. Thank you to all that helped out, and especially to all those who have supported us through this stressful time.
It hasn't hit me yet totally that i'm not coming back to Florida after Hawaii, but don't worry i will miss you all soooo much. please all keep in touch, and we will try to do the same.
We have extra rooms so plenty of space for you to come visit-invitation is always open.
For now we sit and wait for our flight-man is it too early in the morning-so adiós and until my next though  post with pictures!)........

countdown is on!

10 days till the wedding! two weeks till i'm on a plane to Hawaii!!!!
 i can not wait. the week before the wedding and i'm cool and calm & slightly bored. this whole not working thing & having done all my preparations ahead of time makes it like that-i guess it's a good thing, at least that's what they say.at this point i'm just looking forward to Josh arriving-getting to see him face to face again is such a great thing.


but in the mean time i don't like the whole having to wait to leave and say goodbye to people. i am so used to just leaving that you don't really say goodbye-it's much easier on everyone that way. as i always say-it's not goodbye, it's see you soon. this next week brings in my family and friends-nothing like an occasion to bring them all together-if only all the attention wasn't on me!


so my goal after we are home in Guam, is to write a weekly update here on the blog with pictures(if have any to support). many of you don't know what it is like here and i want to share with you why i love it so much. 
as such please leave your comments or email me with questions. i want to keep in contact with as many of you as possible.

looking back

I can't believe yet another year has gone by. It seems like just yesterday I was graduating from high school, then 5 years later-so much has happened! 
Some of the highlights of the last 5 years:

• Graduating high school 7 going to a semester of college
• Moving to Florida which included having to make friends in 2 new hall (ones that didn't know my family), and getting to learn what its like seeing Christmas lights in 80 degree weather! 
• Living with my grandparents (learning valuable lessons from wise ones whom i cherish)
• Traveling almost all the way around the globe (Italy & Guam)
• Living in Guam - dropping everything to stay,experiencing a very ripe harvest, learning construction at bethel (best place to learn!),having a whole new family & getting to meet & know the love of my life!

Life has been busy and it doesn't stop. But I'm looking forward to my new adventures and especially going back to my family in Guam.

new camera!!!

 lola my cat who likes to make faces at me

 the guest room at my parents that has been my abode for the last 2 years

 my life in boxes!

 our newly remodeled kingdom hall stage   (more pictures to follow), sorry no before pictures

 mim & i :)

so i (we) just got a new camera and i love it! i am so happy to have one again. my goal is to take pictures of things and people to take back with me to show what life is here and also as a memory. so here are just a few random pictures - some of which i have been trying out the different features on like panorama!

3 months to go! and counting

I am getting so excited! Guam is so close yet so far (not it really is far but you know what I mean). I cannot wait to be back home. I miss the people, the relaxed atmosphere and the beautiful scenery. So please come visit me when I get there so you can taste what I have. 


So for the next few months aside from my spiritual activities, I've got pack&shipping,tweaks to details of the wedding, work (last day is February 28th!which is bitter sweet), and of course all the family&friends arriving for the wedding. I can't wait to see you all that can make it-and for those who can't we will have pictures for after (we want you to be able to experience it too).

inspiration

so i have finally decieded to slowly post my guam story from the begining how i wanted to but never really had it happen-i know it was 2 years ago but i thought i should get every caught up so once i'm ack in guam the storyline can continue with out everyone going "huh?" 

so if anyone read the june 23, 2008 post (the begining of our adventure), then these pictures and tales are what happened proceeding then.

my congergation

this was noth guam congergation who while i was there split into north & machano (i was then in machano). actually in the picture there are some missing. this was taken at our first gathering- it's so nice to get togther with all the friends and enjoy the brotherhood.

                                                                       sun setting

whats service without hitting the beach after?  the above girls (left to right) : abby d. (who recently moved to australia to expereince the organization there), myself, katey b. (my long time friend who was my travel buddy), and erica the wonderful sister who let us stay with us and became our roomie(  she is now married to a brother from the marshell islands and they were set right after getting married to the marshell islands to be special pioneers). 

so for all three of you girls if your reading this-hollar! i miss you all adn think of you and the good times we have had.

engaged!

Where to begin? I feel so far behind, or rather that so much has happened. In June Josh came all the way from Guam to visit me and meet my family, which they all seemed to like him-i think he passes. On June 4th he proposed after finally getting permission from my dad! We set a date of March 12th 2011 to be happen here in florida followed by my return to Guam with Josh . Unfortunatly, Josh had to go back to Guam and we deal with the long distance and major time change.

At present, me being the really organized one has most everything planned for the wedding and also my moving back to Guam (I am so excieted!). although i do believe all the little detail after-thoughts and not being able to have things completed NOW, just might kill me!

So for all of you trying to keep up with my life and where-abouts, here is a list of places you can find me:

• this blog here
• picassa photos
• flikr photos
• https://sites.google.com/site/joshuaandabigail/  (our wedding website-has pictures or will soon)
• and either my gmail or yahoo email (with chat &video chat)

I will try to keep everyone posted as things happen and also post pictures.