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Honeymoon in Savannah, GA

We are home from our honeymoon in Savannah, GA. We fell in love with this historic city and wanted to share a little bit of our adventure and what we learned :)

We stayed 2 minutes from the Atlantic Ocean... we got up real early to watch the sun rise:)

Take a look at these mossy trees! This is what we think of when we hear about Savannah. We learned that the moss is actually an air plant that doesn't grow from the tree, but is drifted through the air and builds up on the trees.

When we arrived in the city we saw a lady making these flowers out of palm leafs. We were amazed as she weaved to create a rose! Being new to the city, we gave in and bought one not knowing we could find them throughout down town.

We ate on the roof of the Bohemian Hotel, and this was our view!

We ate at many great local restaurants. Uncle Bubba's is one of the Paula Dean restaurants. It was very good... we had shrimp, scallops and crabcakes! Other restaurants we ate at were: The Cotton Exchange & The Pirates House.

DeWayne had planned for us to take a carriage ride through down town. We trotted through the stone roads of Savannah learning about architecture, where certain movies were filmed, which places are haunted, etc.

This is the steeple that the feather flew by in Forest Gump. The part where he was eating a box of chocolates is also in Savannah. The bench isn't there, but the memory is...

If you went to our wedding, you would know that we love honey! We gave away honey as a wedding favor. In the city one of our favorite shops was called 'The Savannah Bee Company.'

There you could sample 6 different types of honey. They have two stores down town and one on the island.

-Shelves full of honey

Meet the waving girl. This statue is of a lady named Florence Martus who used to stand at the entrance of the harbor and wave ships in with her handerchief in the day, and a lantern at night. She did this for 44 years and it's estimated she welcomed about 50,000 ships.

The weather was perfect; in the 70's. We celebrated DeWayne's birthday on the 14th. We really had a great time. We have lots more pictures and memories to share if you'd like to hear them. Love, The Bunch's!

Short Update!

We have been busy planning a wedding and planning a trip to Africa. These next 6 months in our lives will be extremely crazy (crazy=good/busy). We get married next weekend (What?!) We are thrilled in God's timing and have seen extreme growth come from waiting on Him.

We will be taking November and December to travel ( 7 states total!) We will be visiting family for the holidays, and are looking for opportunities in between adjusting to married life, to meet with people and share our heart for Africa.

God has been faithful and our hard work has payed off. We are half way there! We have BOUGHT our plane ticket to South Africa and now need 2 round trip plane tickets to Zambia and need to cover living expenses when we are there. We will be doing a mixture of ministry, visiting friends while there, and honeymoon to Victoria Falls.

We arrive back at YWAM after our holiday travels to live for a month from Dec 27th- Jan 20th.
We fly out to Africa on January 20th- March 7th.

Thank you!

"Who's gift is this?" This is a picture of me (Tara) taken at the Bridal Shower that my mom threw me in Wisconsin. I had a wonderful time visiting with all of my friends who could come. Thank you again for all the gifts given! I know DeWayne appreciates them too, and we can't wait to have a cozy place to call home where we can use some of these gifts!

I also appreciate those of you who take time one on one with me, to really prepare me to be a godly wife. Who pray for me and give me advice and answer my questions. This season in life is the most transitional I've ever experienced, and it's a beautiful time as we watch as God prepares us to be ONE. It's not always easy, in fact hard work at times, but who said it would be easy? Please continue to pray for us as God prepares the way.

5 years and counting

It has been five years now since I (Dewayne) have joined staff at YWAM Nashville. To celebrate, the staff went down to The Old Spaghetti Factory and had dinner and a time of reflection.

We as YWAM Nashville have traveled to16 countries, led 208 people to the Lord for the first time, seen 20 people healed, ministered to 6,267, and had 76 students at the Adams YWAM campus all in the past year. I also got encouraged by fellow staffers and received a nice YWAM hoodie.

Step into Africa

Last weekend we were transported to Africa! Well, not completely but in a sense. World Vision put on an African exhibit at a church in Nashville. We got to walk in the shoes of an African child living in an AIDS affected community. In one way it was a little piece of home to us, in another way it was an eye opening experience of the heart break that can go on in children across the globe.
Room by room we were led by an audio story describing our child's life. At one point we were in the hospital waiting to get the results if we were HIV + or - because we had been taking care of the family member with AIDS. At the very end we got to pray for our child.

This exhibit made us miss Africa even more and we anticipate going on our first trip early next year. Please continue to pray for the remaining details.... like when we should go, pray for the Lord to provide finances, pray for the Lord to unite our heart with details for long term work in Africa.

Preparation for Africa;)

Record high temperatures here in Tennessee!
DeWayne took this picture while having to work outside for Maintenance. Tara's air conditioning is out in her room...

It's just God's way to prepare us for Africa:)