Weddings and Sweet tea ♥

The past two weeks have been filled with such great times. I attended my first wedding last Saturday. The bride, my friend and sister, was stunning. She could have worn a sack and been the best looking woman in the church. 

STUNNING! May the LORD bless you and your hubby(not pictured above) richly as you both take steps towards the cross and die more to self each and every day. Such a great testimony to GOD and His faithfulness. You just had to be there. ugh. LOVELY!

I also had the pleasure of attending a dear sisters wedding this Saturday. The wedding was ridiculous you guys. JUST an overall aesthetically pleasing wedding. She chose LAVENDER as her main color and it was so soft and beautiful. Had I had a REAL camera and not my camera phone I would have taken more pictures and ones with much greater quality. But, that isn't the case. I brought my ANDROID that has a battery life of about ZERO. SO after a couple of shots my battery was in danger of not making it until 8 when I would need directions to the place I was staying the night. Needless to say the pictures don't do the wedding justice. :)

they had mariachis for the beginning of the reception! So much fun. And a gourmet Mexican food buffet. It tasted healthy and delicious. I wish I would have gotten pictures!

So as you can see the wedding was at a beautiful, old-fashion style chapel. Which I love because I really love the idea... Not that I have been all of a sudden taking notes or anything ;). The stained glass, the flowers that graced the floor the beautiful way she seemed to fit her hubby perfectly as they stood across from one another holding hands. She cried such a beautiful and heartfelt cry as soon as her husband finished giving her his vows. When she opened her mouth to give hers it was so beautiful. I could say that my dear sister has truly found the man of her dreams and is in complete and utter love with HIM, I only pray that He is the man of God he is called to be because this girl is amazing. I know we all think that but she is such a hard worker and big hearted woman. I just love her and I am blessed to have witnessed such a beautiful display of love!! :).

So after the wedding... I know this post is getting long. SORRY! I watched PRIDE AND PREJUDICE for the first time! It was amazing. I just loved it. Me and two of my sisters had a good ol' girly time. Sweet tea had me feeling a bit wild so I started a photo session in the living room :).

Yeah,.. Sweet tea has quite an affect on us. We were giggling the whole time. Sometimes all I really want is to watch a romantic movie with amazing actors and beautiful dialogue and captivating scenery and drink sweet tea in peace with a sister. Is that too much to ask for?


I thank you all for your love and if you read this whole thing GOD BLESS YOU and I shall pray for your eyes. I know it has definitely been a long week but I couldn't have enjoyed it any better. And just the laughter and joy that was surrounding me this weekend was spectacular. God truly gives us what we need.


Love you all. Be blessed :).

♥ CHECHE

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thank you. (♥)

For listening.
With your eyes.
And still sticking around.
I'm not going to AFRICA.
I have the most humiliating peace about it all.
Che wants to go and is willing and ready.
This trip however is not the one. And it hurts.
I invested so much of my own works into it all.
The Lord revealed so much about Himself in the last
three months that have been devoted to this trip. However,
I will not be on that plane with my sisters. It hurts but GOD
is sovereign and I would rather be in a bit of pain in His will
than feeding my own desires outside of His.
Thank you. That is all. For now. I will, HOWEVER, be going to AFRICA.
I will. :).

This weekend I attended my first ever wedding. I had a 20 dollar dress on. A pair of 18 dollar shoes. And quite frankly I forgot to take any "beauty" shots or decent pictures of my own. I was so tired that day as I have been for most of this year that I really didn't put too much time and investment into getting ready. God worked it all out for me and boy was that A BLESSINGG.

The wedding was small and intimate. I was so happy to have been able to go dressed in semi decent clothes. I will probably be wearing this same dress to my next wedding which happens to be this Saturday. I think that I am probably breaking a few hundred fashion rules by doing so but I really don't have the time or cash to care. Boy HAVE I come a lonngggg way.

I have a confession.
I don't enjoy posting pictures of myself! HAH~!
I would rather post pictures of things I think are beautiful.
Of my face only in perfect lighting. OF my friends and family.
But posting pictures of myself in the raw. It is quite intimidating
and uncomfortable. I don't know how some of you ladies do it.
You guys are so courageous (not to mention BEAUTIFUL) and I just
have so much respect for your boldness. Tis beautiful to see
beautiful women being beautiful online. If that makes any sense.

Today was my only day of work until next Thursday. I don't have any set plans.
But I will definitely be sneeking off with my King and doing some reading and
PRAYING. Cuz I need it!






 
How do you guys feel about posting pictures of yourself verses non-yourself posts?







btw. I love posting ♥'s . Seriously. I may have an addiction or something. Even when I write on paper I have to put hearts instead of DOTS... It has become a bit.... scaryy...?

♥CheChe

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Bleh. Monday. ♥

So much is going on and happening all too quickly.

This weekend I had the lovely privilege of attending my first ever WEDDING!

A dear sister of mine, Laura is now married to an amazing example of a godly man and they are probably in Hawaii as we speak enjoying the beginnings of their married life. It was such a blessing to laugh, eat, pray and dance the day/night away in celebration of a true holy matrimony. Everything from the wedding vows to the cake brought everyones focus back to the cross and what Jesus did in dieing and raising again for us crazy children of His. What an amazing testimony they share through their union as one.

The group of ladies I am going to Africa with this coming summer are ticketing by the end of this week! Once tickets are bought there is no turning back. I must tell you God really checked me yesterday and I started praying and calling out for His help because I am beginning to wonder if this trip is the one. If this is the trip that He desires me to go on for Him. I was just tripped up yesterday and it really left me wondering about my motives for going and wanting desperately to hear what exactly God has to say about it all. I want to go to Africa y'all. Seriously. Che. wants. to. go! I know God is calling, I know GOD will get me there and now I am stuck in intense prayer over whether or not He wants me on this trip. 

I don't have the money. I haven't been capable of contributing much of anything at all to the trip. I haven't been capable of saving like all of the other girls. I am just really starting to wonder how I could be called to go when I am so incapable financially. 

This whole time I have known that in the area of Africa we are staying we are expected to eat all of our food. They literally watch you and make sure you finish your plate and it is considered rude to not finish your food. I have known this and known GOD would give me the strength to get through it but I have also battled with wondering how crazy I could go being stuffed and feeling fat. I know it is a vain thought but it is something my flesh desperately tries to believe is enough to not be capable of lasting in Africa. 

I'm going to just stop rambling and ask for you guys, once again to PRAY, for God to make His ways known and clear because I truthfully do not want to be outside of His will and in the process hinder these girls from doing the Lords work to the fullest. I know that I truly want this trip to be the trip and I believe that God has brought me this far to break me of the things that I may have overlooked out of pride in the beginning. I know God is with me in this all and I have faith that no matter how impossible or inadequate of a servant I may be He will receive all glory either way. Pray for wisdom and for His voice to be made known in all of this.

I have another wedding this Saturday and I may be attending alone. Which would be awkward but I wouldn't miss it for the world. I also have one day of work, which is tomorrow, and then I'm getting paid to not work for the rest of the week. VACATION time :). Lol. More like, do all of the stuff you never have time to do time :).

Thank you for making it this far in the bleh post. I know you are all confused and praying for me. ha ha. Trust me I need it.

♥ Chetreanna ♥

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