Hi Friends and Family,
As most newly weds know going into marriage everyone and their mother attempts to offer advice on marriage based on their own successes and failures. While I do listen to a lot of advice I'm going to be honest, I don't take it all. The thing is we haven't really had a typical marriage. By that I mean we could say typical for a military family but not typical for a non-military family and that is mostly who has attempted to advise me. Then there is getting real advice from military families but them not being believers so advice can be more secular than I might like to hear or accept. And so the saying goes, "Take everything with a grain of salt."
Just a little bit of perspective: Prior to even being married Daniel and I lived in different states with a 2 hour time difference doing our pre-marital counseling via Skype. The longest time we were ever physically around one another intentionally was about 10 days (even though we were friends for several years and grew up in the same church). After only 5 months of marriage Daniel left for 7 months. In that 5 months I had moved to Colorado, where I knew only him, and couldn't find a job. Then I was blessed with a job just as he left. While he was gone his schedule for the majority of the time was working pretty much every evening (with an occasional day off), 8p-8a with a 2 hour time difference. Then when he got back from that stint away he was only back 4 months before he was gone for another month to Texas. He was back for about 2 months... Now, we live in Korea. So yea...
The main points of keeping God first and communicating were not missed although they looked different with us being apart for a lot of time. We thank God for technology because that has been a huge blessing! So have all the prayers from you all so THANK YOU for taking the time to pray for us and with us :-)
Now we are in a time in our marriage where we are married and together and putting in the work looks differently than just Skype and phone calls. We are in the same house but with different responsibilities to uphold for one another daily. Only God knows how long this will last until we are on to the next adventure.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (ESV)
Love you all! Appreciate you all!
Camille
As most newly weds know going into marriage everyone and their mother attempts to offer advice on marriage based on their own successes and failures. While I do listen to a lot of advice I'm going to be honest, I don't take it all. The thing is we haven't really had a typical marriage. By that I mean we could say typical for a military family but not typical for a non-military family and that is mostly who has attempted to advise me. Then there is getting real advice from military families but them not being believers so advice can be more secular than I might like to hear or accept. And so the saying goes, "Take everything with a grain of salt."
Just a little bit of perspective: Prior to even being married Daniel and I lived in different states with a 2 hour time difference doing our pre-marital counseling via Skype. The longest time we were ever physically around one another intentionally was about 10 days (even though we were friends for several years and grew up in the same church). After only 5 months of marriage Daniel left for 7 months. In that 5 months I had moved to Colorado, where I knew only him, and couldn't find a job. Then I was blessed with a job just as he left. While he was gone his schedule for the majority of the time was working pretty much every evening (with an occasional day off), 8p-8a with a 2 hour time difference. Then when he got back from that stint away he was only back 4 months before he was gone for another month to Texas. He was back for about 2 months... Now, we live in Korea. So yea...
The main points of keeping God first and communicating were not missed although they looked different with us being apart for a lot of time. We thank God for technology because that has been a huge blessing! So have all the prayers from you all so THANK YOU for taking the time to pray for us and with us :-)
Now we are in a time in our marriage where we are married and together and putting in the work looks differently than just Skype and phone calls. We are in the same house but with different responsibilities to uphold for one another daily. Only God knows how long this will last until we are on to the next adventure.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (ESV)
1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
2 a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
Love you all! Appreciate you all!
Camille
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