Update on life as Mrs. Abreu…
Tomorrow marks the One year anniversary of my presence living in West Virignia– crazy, that means that a year ago, I was driving cross-country on my way fulfilling my one year commitment to live with my parents and assist the youth
and the church here. Little did I know what God really had in store for my
life. Soon after arriving, I got engaged to a wonderfully made and handsome man
of God named David who truly is a man after God’s own heart. I did assist the
youth– both at church, the community and at a adolescent drug rehabilitation
center, where I soon found employment.
I endured my first real Winter with snowstorms and icy roads, totaled the
newest car I’ve ever owned just 2 weeks after purchasing it and was face to
face with all kinds of wild animals (mostly on these country West Virginia
roads) – For 8 months, I lived with my parents after having been on my own for
5 years –truly, this was a blast . Let’s see, while working full time,
planning a wedding, house chores and taking care of family responsibilities
along with all of the commitments in ministry such as leading our weekly young
adult bible study “Greenhouse” along with David and his former roommate at
their Morgantown apartment, planning an East Coast women’s conference, various
special youth events, touring Christmas choir and being a taxi to my younger
high-school siblings – life was full of excitement.
June 7th, I got married then moved out of my parents home and in with mi amor,David who had been preparing our home for us. We honeymooned in the Bahamas
then returned home to everything again before flying back out to California to
visit with more of my family and also attend our church World Conference in
Arizona. We had an amazing time celebrating our new marriage there and getting
ministered to, my husband also received a miracle as God healed his back that
had been injured since childhood. We then returned back home again to our full
schedules of life, work and ministry.
Today, I am a student again, a Masters of Social Work 2010 candidate, in my 6th week of graduate school at WVU, and doing my internship at my employment
site part-time while David works and plays with his band as they prayerfully
prepare for a record deal. We are both attending my parents church in Praise
Chapel Terra Alta, about an hour up the mountains from where we live in
Morgantown. It’s a beautiful drive, although the winter is coming again and
the snow can make the roads very treacherous. David now leads the youth full
band worship team and leads in worship every other Sunday. This is an answered
prayer for my parents whom have desired live worship for four years! I continue
to minister in Vocals on the worship team, and assist with teaching Sunday
school, greeting, usheretting and working the sound system (alternating at least
two ministries each Sunday, of course). Those who remember how it is to be
apart of a baby church know that this is how it goes.
The Greenhouse ministry is also bearing fruit and God is moving tremendously in
the young adults who are a part of it. Last Friday, we had a record 17 people
– some had to sit on the floor and even stand in the doorways because the room
was so full. God is bringing in more college students from the #1 party school
in the nation which is only a block away. A couple of months ago, God led us to
start a series studying the book of Genesis – it’s been very exciting as we
have grown into having intense discussions on God’s Creation as compared to
the world’s Evolution theories. Greenhouse is also hosting a shoe drive along
with Praise Chapel to collect new shoes and socks to be sent to orphans around
the world.
It is definitely an exciting time right now with everything going on and it
will only get more exciting with our baby on the way!!! Yes, I saved the best
for last – David and I are 7 weeks pregnant!!! We are excited and as nervous
as any newlywed, young, busy couple can be. This news may not come as a
surprise to some of you as we have received numerous remarks of dreams and such
that would soon have a baby. As I remain confident of God’s plans in my
families life, and as He prepares us for this new exciting addition to our
family - Please keep us in your prayers. Our baby is due the first week of May
which is also my Finals week of school. As of now, I plan to continue school
and work with my professors to maintain all assignments, i.e. however we are
open to whatever God wills.
Again, miss you all and David and I hope to visit California again very soon.
Take care and know that God knows that plans He has for you, plans to prosper
and not to harm you, plans to give you Hope and a Future (Jeremiah 29:11). In
closing, I can’t help but feel overwhelmed by the faithfulness of God, truly
He has given me the desires of my heart, desires that I had not even known until
He gave them to me. “For if you delight yourself in the Lord, He will give
you the desires of Your heart” Psalms 37:4.
Truly, God writes the most beautiful love stories imagineable.
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