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An End of an Adventure

Grace and I both felt our courtship was distracting us from our most important relationship, our relationship with the Lord. We have decided to call our courtship off and refocus on what God has for us as individuals. We are still friends. The main purpose of courtship is to glorify God and draw us closer [...]

September 3rd, 2008 by Thomas

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7 Challenges to Middle Distance Relationships

Grace and I live about an hour away from each other. Grace works in Austin an hour from her home and mine forming a giant one hour triangle of doom. I call this triangle of driving "a middle distance relationship." We are to far to see each other daily and to close for week long [...]

June 3rd, 2008 by Thomas

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What is Courtship?

So, what is courtship anyway? How is it different from dating?

April 25th, 2008 by Thomas

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Ecuador Reflections

Things I miss about Ecuador: The cheap food. The beautiful scenery The “I’m in the southern hemisphere feeling.” The mountains The clouds The excuse not to carry a cell phone. The flowers The people The taxies – no really, taking a cab is fun. Things I don’t miss about Ecuador: The bacteria. The trash everywhere. [...]

March 25th, 2008 by Thomas

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A New Adventure

I am setting of on one of the biggest, most exiting and dangerous adventures of my life. And I am not talking about my trip to Ecuador. Grace Chambers and I are now officially courting. And by official I mean Facebook official. After several meetings with her dad he asked her if she was interested [...]

March 15th, 2008 by Thomas

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