Hi Friends!!

I have to tell you about some of the beauty and the love that is going around right now.

Back last year My brother Samuel and I met a beautiful girl named Jessica Cortez over myspace/facebook and soon after that Samuel met her in Israel during his 2 months with the Fulfillment Fest. When Jessica got back to the states I met her in Joplin, MO for an afternoon. And the Lord started knitting our hearts together. We became best friends.

Around Thanksgiving time I went to go see her in Grove, OK. And I found out that she was in love with my brother. (who knew!?) So to make this a short story on her Birthday in December (the day she ended her 1 year Nazirite Vowel) Samuel sent her flowers and asked if he could pursue her heart. They began their relationship via skype. She’s in Redding, CA as a 1st year student at Bethel School. Samuel is living in NC.

They have been falling in love for the last 4 months or so…

So last Saturday Jessica boarded a plane to Israel on a mission trip w/ her school. Little did she know that Samuel boarded a plane and arrived 3 hrs before she did. On Wed March 11th her team took her to the beach in Caesarea. It was a special place for her because in Oct 2007 She had an amazing encounter with the Lord at that spot. Below is the video… it starts with Jessica telling why this beach is so important to her. And then Samuel comes walking down the beach and surprises her.
He’s holding a pomegranate… which is a symbol of “love” for both of them.

Please watch the video.. and cry if you’d like. My brother is a hero!

CONGRATS SAMUEL AND JESSICA!!!!

Hi friends,

I wanted to tell you about our friend Kristene Mueller. She was my (Beka’s) bunk mate in DC during the JHOP days, and we’ve had season’s of being very close. She has a powerful anointing on her life to lead people into worship.

A few years ago Lou sent a team to San Fran to start a Justice House of Prayer. Kristene went with them and spent 3 years pouring her heart into the city in prayer and fasting.

Recently she just finished a CD done with Jesus Culture in Redding, CA.

I highly recommend ordering this CD. Kristene is a DEEP well, and I love this woman dearly.

Or order CD click on link  http://www.ibethel.org/store/product_reviews_info.php?products_id=2175&reviews_id=145&osCsid=7b9971284ff9df7c2e80a17532df34dc

Hi friends,

Recently we had a chance to do a photoshoot with a friend of mine that I met like 3 months ago. She had been a part of IHOP for a bit, and then moved back up to MN. We met through facebook, and mutual friends. I got to shoot along side of her at TheCall and she’s been taking time to teach me a lot about photography. I am amazed at how much I’ve learned, and what I’ve been trained to see in pictures through the time I’ve gotten to spend IMing and talking to her.

When we went on our photoshoot, we decided to dress up like we had for our wedding. I put my amazing Melissa Sweet wedding dress on that the Lord gave me, and Brandon rented a tux from the store I work at.I also didn’t wear a veil at my true wedding, so I borrowed a few from the store I work at as well as some earrings and such. I got my dress steamed, got Brandon’s tux and we went to Lee’s Summit where I had found some really cool places to take pictures.

The evening was beyond perfect. The sky was incredibly blue and the flowers against the sky were just amazing. Shelley captured our love for one another so beautifully. I cried. How we are ever going to be able to decide what to print is beyond me. I’m so excited. To see our slide show of the evening click here..

For those of you who may be looking for a photographer. I highly recommend Shelley. She is amazing.

www.shelleypaulson.com or you can visit her blog at http://blog.shelleypaulson.com/

Thank you Shelley!!

another new fav….

oh man! wow.. powerful stuff. LOL!

I found my most favorite video for this week…

I totally needed this!

HAHAH!

My brother recorded this album back a few months ago. And he is trying to get it into peoples hands. This CD is so life changing. It unfolds the whole story of Hosea in a beautiful way…

Samuel spent a few years studying the book of Hosea, and then he wrote the album.

Click on the album above to download it. He’s giving it a way free till Nov 1st.

It is amazing!