bonjour...

in all the busyness of school, work, and moving, we forgot to post some pictures from our wonderful honeymoon. aaron surprised me and took me to paris and london! we spent about 5 days in paris and 2 days in london. although we were really tired after the wedding and from traveling, we made the most of our trip, visiting most of the touristy sites...here are some of my favorite memories :)

the Louvre was incredible! we were blown away by how huge it was. the building behind us was just one of the three buildings that made up the museum. this picture was taken on tuesday, when the museum was closed. so we decided to come back on wednesday after 6 pm when admission was half off...and the crowds were much smaller...

i can't remember what this painting is called, but it was pretty incredible...and massive! notice the guy in the bottom of the picture with the red backpack...just shows you how large the painting really is...

under the Louvre pyramid...

notre dame

au revoir to paris...

hello to london

our hotel, or should i say castle, was directly across the river from the london eye (the big ferris wheel). that is parlaiment and big ben in the background...

in the queen's telephone booth...

we were walking right alongside the royal band on the way to the changing of the gaurds at buckingham palace

parliament...the lady that took our picture cut off big ben on the right :(

such an amazing trip...i hope you enjoyed seeing just a few of our pictures. we definetly recommend going to paris and london someday. we enjoyed paris, but they are so mean to tourists there...so unless you speak french, expect to be treated not so nicely :) in london, because we spoke the same language, we felt like we were treated in a little better and we enjoyed the city a lot. maybe someday, we will visit again....although i'm sure it will be waaaay down the road...

hope you all are having a great week!

-megan

the real world...

this last week has been very interesting and challenging...i am just now coming to the realization that we are grown up and are now living in the real world! well, i technically am still a college student, but have to start seriously thinking about what i am going to do when i graduate in december. school is winding down and i am forced to start writing resumes, looking and applying for jobs, and studying for the NCLEX...which is going to kill me. we are trying to decide where we want to live in this next phase in our life...who knows...maybe we'll end up in boston? (jenny you would love that :) among the options are alaska, oregon, california, chicago...pretty much where ever i can get a job and where ever aaron can keep his. about aaron's job...he started working this last week and his schedule is opposite of mine for the next couple of weeks as he finishes up training. we don't get to see each other all that often, but that's the "real world" right? as all of us growing up and are moving in all different directions, i am just reminded that God is in control and is guiding our every step. my mom has this quote hanging up on the cupboard in her kitchen..."lack of faith is panic." may the Lord strengthen my faith in the next couple months...because i am definitely panicking! 

-megan

pdx

i am in portland for the week doing training for horizon along with 23 other agents from the region. this morning there was a buzz in the lobby as we waited for the shuttle to take us to the flight opps building because of news that 113 horizon flights were cancelled today due to a mechanical air to the aircraft... turns out that scandinavia airlines had a crash landing when one of the landing gears failed upon landing... (the same model aircraft as one of ours, the Q400) so the first question we all had was, do we still have a job :) and the second was, how are we getting home on friday with all these flights grounded? for your information horizon was not required to do this. horizon is all about safety and customer service, with safety coming first. and by being safe we are providing excellent customer service!

the training is going just fine, i miss my wifey, but hubby needs to be able to put bread on the table... for now :) i just got back to the hotel after going out with my good childhood friend, adam nevins. he showed me around the city of portland, we shared a meal and talked about life together... a moment i will cherish as he is heading down to new orleans at the beginning of the new year.  

"And he said to them, 'Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation." -Mark 16.15

i see people that i grew up with and people that i care about, and we are all going in different directions and finding ourselves in different places around the country, and the globe... and it is exciting! it is sad that we are not all together, but it is exciting to see guys that are being sensitive to the holy spirit and are not staying in their comfortable space where it is safe, but are acting on the passions instilled to them and using the gifts blessed to them. from bellevue to n.o. to boston and all over... there is no distance that will keep us apart, the bond we have is too strong, the one thing that keeps us united is in christ and christ alone. 

HIS

love 

endures 

forever.

spokane apartment

im not sure how long we are going to be calling spokane our home, but for now we are happy with with what the lord has provided for us. we find ourselves in Browne's Addition, a historical part of spokane, just a five minute walk west of downtown.



across the street from our apartment is Coeur D'Alene Park with basketball hoops, tennis court... it is really nice :)



and then to top it off, across the street from the park, is Vintage Faith Community; an Acts29 church, planted just three years ago, using space at a lutheran church to have a time of worship on sunday evenings. we feel so blessed to have found a church to call home while we are here in spokane, in so short an amount of time.



i fly to Portland on sunday for a week of Ground Service Agent training for Horizon. and then online classes start in under 2 weeks. megan is having a friend stay with her while i am gone. i cant believe she has been in school 3 weeks already. and we have been in spokane over a month! that just shows you how time flies... when you're happily married :)

to see the inside of our apartment, click on "apartment slideshow" over on the left column, under "pictures and videos"

-aaron

it's always better when we're together...

 | sander's mansion | 07.20.07| auburn, washington|

getting ready...


the wedding party...

"you may now kiss the bride..."

mmm...we had cupcakes instead of a cake

well we finally tied the knot on july 20th after 5 wonderful years of dating. it had not rained on july 20th in 120 years. what a record, huh? despite the weather, the wedding was beautiful... God is good! the dessert was amazing, the dancing was fun, and we enjoyed having our friends and families there to share in our special day. 

if you would like to see more wedding pictures...go to www.ryanpflynn.com. choose "flash" if you have high speed internet or "html" if you have dial-up. then click on the "clients" tab on the bottom. the password is "spokane." hope you enjoy looking at them! contact ryan to order prints... 

its been a while

what once use to be a way for me (aaron) to tell about all the happenings of my time at bible school, has changed since getting married over a month ago to me lovely bride megan! so now the story continues with the both of us, starting off life together in spokane. it has been busy since the last post, but we will try and catch up here in the next week or so... stay tuned :)

coming home

here is a picture with the team that went to Romania. It was a really good week, God's love is unconditional and was evident in many people i came across. Im at a hotel in vienna, my plane leaves on sunday... and the business begins right when i step off the plane. wedding countdown is 27 days and counting... gidee up!

romania

im in romania right now, and turns out we got a sweet pension with high speed internet... i have posted some pictures from the trip so far on an online photo album that you can check out. there is a link under "links" on the right column of this page.

im home in 5 days!

today was the last day of bible school... it has gone by so fast, but it will be good to be home, and get married, in 5 weeks, 35 days, from today... :) i leave for romania in the morning, its a 10 hour drive and then we are going around to different villages etc. for 5 days and then head back home on friday. i fly out of vienna, so im going to get dropped off on the way through... and then i will be home on the 25th. pray for me and the team, that we can put some of the stuff we have been learning the past 8 weeks into use to the gypsies, kids and at the orphaniges. thanks. see ya in 10 days!



this is me and luke (who is from idaho, also going to romania) battling in the sandpit... i just grabbbed a scoop full and am about to attempt to get some on luke :) i had a difficult time getting the thingy to swivel...






these are the roomates, jeremy and gustav... striking a pose after cleaning our room. i was fortunate to have one of the cleanest rooms at tauernhof, which allowed me to sleep good at night (i also found a fan laying around, which didnt hurt either)

bible school is full of surprises... the most recent came last friday, the theme for our "social night" was ninjas and pirates... apparently this is a well known thing that if someone comes up to you and says pirate or ninja you are suppose to claim your allegiance to one or the other. so everyone was suppose to dress up for dinner and an evening with festivities. now i am about to get married right, so this whole charade seemed a little childish to me, but to disprove that i was not to cool to participate i gathered together a costume with what i found laying around (i didnt see ninja and pirate attire on the packing list). im not going to lie, it was entertaining for about 5 minutes :)

ummm, our speaker this last week, svekter weissglas, spoke on christ as life... a refreshing perspective from a guy who has been a missionary for 20+ years in greece and romania, doing mostly evangelism and speaking engagements, some paid, some not, but all for the glory of God. he talked about how we are no longer under the law, and how the church often acts like we are. i have a deep respect for svekter, not because i agree with everything that he says, but because he has a genuine passion and love for people and for the gospel. his zeal for life is contagious, and probed me to think. more than anything, i have done a lot of thinking these past weeks, critically about what i read and hear, and it has been so good.

sunday afternoon after lunch i tried to find chappy's "spot" where he would have his time with god while at tauernhof... i grabbed my pack and bible and headed up the mountain behind the school. 10 minutes turned into over an hour and i found myself half way up the mountain, and tired. chappy, i dont think i found it... :) i just couldn't stop though... theres a skt lift that just started up last week for the spring for tourists to ride, that i planned to take down once i made it to the top... and to make a long story short, i ran out of water, but came across a cabin where a guy offered me a glass of water, and i got to the top but the lift was closed! i was perched, but found an unopened bottle of orange soda beside a bench...thank you God, hit the spot! i was contemplating sleeping up there and taking the lift down in the morning, but then got cold after sitting on a bench for a while, my shirt drenched in sweat, decided that i needed to get down. then came across a gal that worked at a restaurant near the mountain peek that gave me a ride back to town. i missed dinner so i walked down down and got myself a kebab... something you must have if you are in the area... it was a crazy afternoon, but exciting and scary at the same time :)

im enjoying my time here, my appreciation and love for gods word is growing, even though it is easy to say that now. this is something that i have wanted to do since high school, but it is amazing how God's sovereignty has lead me here at this time in my life, it is so perfect. thank you to those who have prayed for me while i have been gone. it has truly been a rewarding and growing experience. 2 weeks left, followed by a week in romania.

shout out to CBC Youth! miss you guys!