Six months married

Today marks six months since Rafa and I got married! A numerical representation of the past 26 weeks: Date nights held: Goal – 26, Actual – Approx. 13 Trips out of the state: 4, Trips out of the country: 2 Percentage of the time Sarah keeps to the budget: 82 Nights spent apart: 6 (Nights Rafa traveled for work: 4, Nights Sarah traveled for work: 2) Number of pets and.. Read More

We are homeowners!

It’s done – we are homeowners! It’s still hard to believe. God just moved everything in just the right time for our closing to go through (almost) smoothly. Thanks to our slow mortgage lender, our closing was delayed for two hours. No problem – they offered to buy us lunch. We had amazing food at a great spotjust down the street from our new house. After stuffing ourselves with woodgrill.. Read More

We are blessed

Another drive-by post to say, “my goodness, we are so blessed.” Gilda was released from the hospital tonight! We pray that her new medication will continue working. Rafa’s citizenship test and interview went fabulous today! Now we just have to wait for the approval letter 🙂 And tomorrow – WE ARE BUYING OUR HOUSE!!! Sometimes it’s hard to believe that all this is happening! Something else that we can’t wait.. Read More

Pray for the Sorianos

This is a really big week for the Sorianos! Please pray for us. Gilda is still in the hospital and the doctors are still doing testing to determine the source of her stomach pain. Please pray they find the source soon and she is able to leave the hospital. Rafa is taking his citizenship test and having his interview with immigration tomorrow! He came to the USA on a student.. Read More

At the hospital

We got the call early this morning, only a few minutes before the alarm was supposed to go off anyway. “I’m in the hospital,” she said. She needs us, but the need isn’t immediate. So, we begin to get ready to go and wait, almost like it’s a routine. It’s been almost 10 months since we have been there, but we remember. We shower and wash our hair. It takes.. Read More

The Rafa Challenge!

We were at Unite this past weekend,  an event where once a year, the five sister churches in the Twin Cities get together for a conference. The messages were amazing and the music was great too. Our church is called the Rock, and I have been attending there for a long now, and in there I found the family I have been looking for my whole life. During the conference,.. Read More

Too emotional

I woke up emothional today and couldn’t shake it for the entire day. I started with something on my mind…then when I looked into my closet, the tears started. I couldn’t find anything to wear! Everything in my closet is terrible! This is unfair! Et cetera. Really, quite ridiculous. I hate it when I start a day emotional because I can’t shake it for the rest of the day. Everything is.. Read More

Two great things

This was a great week! Two great and amazing things happened. Number 1 – Sherwood house is almost ours! We found out that we will be closing on the house at 11 a.m. on July 28. SOMEHOW (thanks, God!) all of the pieces have continued to come together. I am still praying for a few more things to fall into place. This is stressful but I’m trying to enjoy it… Read More

Into his likeness

The book that I’m reading with some friends quotes a poem by Russell Kelfer. Four lines especially resonated with me (and all of us): No, that trauma you faced was not easy, And God wept that it hurt you so; But it was allowed to shape your heart So that into his likeness you’d grow. We had a great discussion about how knowing that God uniquely created me and what.. Read More

A harsh word

Sometimes I forget how powerful my words can be. I forget that a harsh word can prevent me from showing my husband the respect he deserves, or even worse, can drive division in our marriage. I did that today and I’m really not proud of it. Rafa took his mom to the store to pick up some personal items she needed. Rafa and I are planning on going grocery shopping tomorrow.. Read More