2010 the year everything changed!

I bet that’s how i’ll remember it.

lets see…

I started this year in the middle of planning a wedding and also in the middle of traveling with my Jenny to interview for jobs. I was also moving in and setting up the Long Beach Ocean view apartment (I don’t know how you pulled that one off God)

my birthday hit on Jan 30th -Jenny wasn’t with me, I wasn’t even home, i was leading worship for the weekend.

one week later Jennifer showed up. We had to finish her dress get the apartment ready for her family and friends to come in and buy decorations for the apartment

Feb 14th- The first day of the rest of our lives as Mr. and Mrs. Snyder! so great

Feb 17th- we pack into a van full of teenagers for a discipleship weekend at Lake Champion! (we stayed alone in the super sweet cabin)

Feb 23rd- we spent a week at a special secret location in vermont for skiing (thanks FRIENDS!). we were snowed in 5 straight days 40 inches of snow!

sometime between then and april 24th i kept running YL Club the sweet Long Beach YL Squad THUG LIFE (yea right) and also went 5 times to the DMV for licensing

Spent a week in Haiti with my wife. was blessed heavy. met more of the body. grew a ton

march 15 found out we are moving to washington

May- bought a van, said goodbye, led worship for work week at lake champion

June- 2nd drove to D.C., Chicago, Omaha, sioux falls, wall drug, bad lands, mt. rushmore, crazyhorse, tetons, yellowstone, old faithful, spokane, yakima!!!

Since the road trip started i have:

become a member of AAA

lost a cousin to the angel of Death

moved in with my in-laws

leased an apartment

applied for jobs

successfully acquired a legal drivers license

given my bicycle away

Prayed a lot!

boarded a flight to NYC

Hopefully that wasn’t too overwhelming to read through. I may have mixed up some of the dates or order of things.

Ohhh… i also watched USA pull a draw on the pitch vs. ENG… hope i get to watch some more of the World Cup

so here’s a recap of what changed this year (mostly for my own sake)

-I was single, now i’m marrieid

- i used to live in NY, now i live in WA

- I used to have no license, then i had a restricted use license, now i have a WA license

-i used to live near my parents, now i live near Jenny’s parents

One thing Jennifer and I keep saying to each other is “look what our God has done!” These past few months have been full of blessings. Hard and easy blessings, but i’ve been met by God and driven to His feet so much through all of it. I’ve also been inspired to worship more than I have in a long time. To

“Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;

bring an offering and come into his courts.

Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness;
tremble before him, all the earth.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns.”
The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;
he will judge the peoples with equity.

psalm 96:8-10

I feel that some time this weekend there will be a post on the more philosophical things. Lots to process when you drive across America with no radio and your best friend and wife as your co-pilot.

Once i’m not in an airplane and can turn on my BB, i’ll upload as many pictures as i can from the road trip and the past 6 months.

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