Prayer works. A couple of weeks ago the following was put onto the Prayer Network..

 

"Pray for Lisa and Neil as they get married on Saturday. Pray they would love the day and their friends would be impacted by the service. Pray that they will find a house in Sheffield and Lisa would find a great job".

 

Here's the latest....

 

Let me tell you just how good God has been to us over the last few weeks!

Everything seemed to be going wrong before the wedding; I got made redundant a month before (which was a bit of a blow with the wedding to pay for!), I still hadn't found a job in Sheffield, our house fell through 1 week before the wedding, then another house fell through 2 days before! I was like, 'what are you doing God?!". To make things worse my wedding dress didn't fit a few days before!! I just kept reciting this verse to myself: "May the lord bless you and keep you; may he make his face to shine upon you. May he look on you with favour and give you peace" Because I believed that's what he'd promised.

 

A day before the wedding, thanks to a lot of help from family, we managed to sort out a flat in Sheffield! Obviously we couldn't see it or move in till after honeymoon. When we got back to see it it was perfect! It is small, but so homely and it's literally just next door to the uni so very handy for Neil! It's on one of the best streets in Sheffield- and everytime I walk up our street I think it's hilarious that a year ago I walked up this same street and said to Neil 'imagine living on a street like this?!" Our flat is also fully furnished which is such a help. On the first night back we didn't have any bedding (as obviously all our stuff was in storage).. only to find that the flat already had some bedding and towels provided!! It just made me laugh at God's provision.

 

I had a job interview the week before the wedding for a graphic design job. The interview went really well and I thought it'd be a great place to work, but they told me that second interviews were the next week (I was going to be away on honeymoon), so they said they didn't know how they'd work around that.. but heard from them the next day saying 'We'd like to see you as soon as you get back!). Had my second interview today and it went really well, and although i don't know if i'll get it I know God has been so good up to now! (and, oh, by the way, I was thinking "how on earth will I get a job and go to interviews if I don't have a car- and we got given a car by Faith and Tom soon before the wedding!).

 

Neil is also on work placement soon and had one in Lincoln for a month which was far from ideal as he would have to commute everyday or find accommodation, both of which would be inconvenient and costly! Neil had been trying to swap it for ages... got an e-mail today saying one had come up in Sheffield!

 

The wedding itself was amazing- everything went according to plan. Our non christian friends and family said it was the best wedding they'd been to and were all touched by it. Plenty of God chats going on. The best thing for me was seeing two of my old school friends who had fallen out and not spoken for years- they made up that night and all my friends are so much closer.

 

Neil had a few nightmare's sorting out the honeymoon too, but it was amazing- we had the most luxury holiday, yet without paying above our budget! Neil's Dad makes a lot of business trips to Marriott hotels and because he was a gold member we ended up getting the hotel for free!!! It was amazing- we were treated like celebrities!! The hotel was like a palace- and we got free upgrades of a luxury room and free breakfasts! And there was a note left on the table in our room sent from Neil's parents:

"May the lord bless you and keep you; May he make his face to shine upon you. May he look on you with favour and give you peace"

 

love Lisa x