About Us
Our Greatest Accomplishment so far has been purchasing our home. We love living in West Virginia in our small town!
When We Were Kids
Chris loved going to the Braves games with his family.
Raelene loved (and still loves) crafts, crafts, crafts and more crafts!
Laughter
Chris often sends Raelene memes, which always make her laugh!
Our Favorite Playlist
- It is Well with my Soul
- Even If
- I Can Trust Jesus
- My Redeemer Is Faithful and True
- Trust in You
Surprising to Others
Raelene is under 5ft.
About Us
When We Were Kids
Chris loved going to the Braves games with his family.
Raelene loved (and still loves) crafts, crafts, crafts and more crafts!
Laughter
Chris often sends Raelene memes, which always make her laugh!
Our Favorite Playlist
- It is Well with my Soul
- Even If
- I Can Trust Jesus
- My Redeemer Is Faithful and True
- Trust in You
Surprising to Others
Raelene is under 5ft.
A Piece of Wisdom That Has Stuck With Us
God is faithful, and good, no matter what. Chris has had some health issues, and his parents have always taught that to him. Raelene’s parents have always taught her that too!
Also, something that pertains specifically to children, ” You can never have too many people love your child”. This has stuck with us, the more people that love your child, the better for that child, and adoption is a perfect example of that!
Our Weekends
We normally spend Friday nights relaxing with a nice dinner (made by Raelene) and a movie.
Saturdays include lots of things from going to garage sales, going on a hike or shopping, or possibly riding side by sides, and ending the day with a Diet coke from McDonalds for Raelene, and a Fanta for Chris.
Sundays are church day! We start off with teaching Sunday school to our Primary class, then going to the main services, and out to lunch with Chris’s parents (most of the time) and night church, and then ice cream at the best place in town (its that good!)
Challenges
We have struggled with infertility and loss. We have dealt with the waiting as a couple, leaning on Jesus the whole time. It definitely hasn’t been a short or easy walk, but it has led us to where we are and who we are at this moment, and we are grateful!
The best advice for someone who has gone through what we have is that God is faithful and to lean on Him, and your support system (for us it was each other and our families).
Romans 8:28 tells us that its all going to work out, we just need to trust Him.
If we could go back in time…
We would go back to the 1940’s. There is some indoor plumbing but time was slower, and at a simpler pace. Chris also would like to see what America was like during the WWII.
If we could take 3 things with us on a deserted island…
Chris would take a Bible, a knife, and a water filter (and his pillow 😊)
Raelene would take a Bible, a diet coke, and a comfy blanket/sweatshirt 😊
If we could also take 5 movies with us to the island…
Hopefully there are 2 TV’s on the island, because we have different movie tastes, and we switch off on who gets to pick on Fridays! 😊
Chris’s top 5 are
- Gladiator
- Patriot
- Emperor’s New Groove
- Woodlawn
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Raelene’s are
- Harry Potter (the Whole thing)
- Emperor’s New Groove
- Psych (the Whole series lol)
- The Wizard of Oz
- Despicable Me
A perfect day…
To us, a perfect day would be sleeping in until around 8, then going to Starbucks.
Driving by garage sales to get to the local farmer’s market. Picking up some snacks there, for us and the dogs, then going to the lake and fishing from the kayaks. We’d end the day with more snacks, and a bonfire/movie with our friends or family. 😊
