Last week, I was reminded why I am happy to live in Texas – I spent a long weekend in Wisconsin to celebrate my nephew’s wedding.  While I loved the occasion, and it was an exceptionally joyful weekend with family and friends, I was happy to return to warmth.

That being said, I am so blessed to be related to these two amazing people.  So I wanted to share a little bit of this part of my life with y’all here on this blog.  My nephew and his new wife (Ben & Renee) are awesome, faithful, selfless people who both do the work of ministry as their vocation.  Ben is a youth director in Minnesota, and Renee works with at-risk youth.  I’m extremely proud of both of them, and was honored to preside at their wedding.