Forever Grateful

I haven't written in quite some time. I am very sorry, as you can imagine life has been flying by with great fervor. Allison and I have been married now for a little over 61/2 months. These past 61/2 months have been the absolute best of my life. I could not have asked for more in a wife. Allison is kind, generous, caring, loving, intelligent, selfless, serving, she encourages my leading as the husband should. I could go on and on describing how wonderful my beautiful wife is but I have work that must be accomplished. I basically wanted to catch everyone up to speed.
As of October I am 26 and beginning to understand that life really is fleeting. I want to hold on to each moment as long as I can. I have had a sometimes overwhelming fear that one day I'm going to wake up and be 50 and wonder where my life went.
I am now also the full time director of Children's Ministries at my home church, New Georgia Baptist Church. I work with the Children specifically and with the youth as well. I love the people and truly feel called by God to serve them and most of all to serve Him at NGBC. I also found out that I will finish my graduate degree (Master of Divinity) from Luther Rice Seminary in Lithonia, GA in December of this year. I am super excited to see how God will use Allison and I. Christmas flew by but was very different than any other. Many things have changed in my family (besides me getting married and moving out). I long to spend time with my family more than I realized I would. It is hard however now that we have to divide time we spend between two families. I have really had to learn how to adjust to that dynamic of being married, but I have learned to enjoy it. Most of all, I love just spending time with Allison. Talking and growing more in love. I am forever grateful to God that He would allow such a thing as marriage and that He would give me such a wonderful person to be married to. What impresses me most is Allison's love for the Lord. I hope to write again sooner than it took this time. However, I'm not making any promises because I am taking 15 hours of classes on top of working full time at the church.

In Christ Alone,
Derrick S. Fielder