She says Yes!! YEEHAWW!

Here is an update on everything. This first paragraph is for all those who don't like to read the details. I have had a great week with Dex. Basically I finally asked her out on Tuesday night and then on Wednesday she said yes and then on Thursday night she said yes and then Sunday morning she left for Mississippi. I am very excited about this new relationship because this girl is so freaking awesome. I plan on having our first official real date on Tuesday June 7th when she gets back from Mississippi. I really like her a lot so I am very excited about having a possible future with her. Anyway that is the brief version, and by the way her real name is Amber.

Bringing us up to date on the rest of our time since the last post starts here. This could take awhile because there is a lot of stuff that needs to be written about. The Monday after the Bluff evening I think it was that she came to the Healing Rooms but she didn't want to come hang out afterwards because of tiredness. I could tell that there was possibly something else going on there so I called her on the way home and talked to her for like 45 minutes. She was having some personal struggles and I trying to assure her and tell what an awesome person that I thought she was. I did my best to encourage her about it.

The next day Tuesday we didn't hang out because I had to work until close and she had some stuff to do but in between my two jobs I was going to call her and leave a message because I thought she was still at work. When I called she answered the phone and I was kind of startled because I wasn't expecting to hear from her but I was glad that she answered. She got off work early and was about to go for a run. She was going to see if I wanted to go and I said sure but that I had to work so I couldn't. I just wanted to call and reassure her some more about the stuff we talked about the night before. It was a good conversation but I had to cut it off because I had to work, that sucked, because I feel like I could talk to her forever.

Wednesday, for once I actually don't exactly remember what happened. I can't remember so please forgive for forgetting but it has been awhile since I last posted and a lot of things happened since then. Thursday we were not able to get together because I was working till close at Zeeks for the last time. I really wanted to call her and have her come celebrate that I was finished with that job but I didn't because it was late and I wasn't sure if she would have been in bed yet. It was fine though.

Friday, I went to visit her at work like usual. When I got there she sat down with me and had lunch. It was very pleasant and I enjoy her company more and more. She said that she was getting off work early so I was thinking how can I get her to come spend time with me? I was like hey do you want to go to Goodwill and help me pick out an outfit for the races and then maybe get some ice cream or something? She was like yeah that would be fun. So after I got off work I went down to her work to pick her up so she didn't have to ride the bus. We went to the Goodwill and had a great time looking for something for me to wear. I really had fun and it was great to hear her laugh I think that she really needed it. It was a bunch of fun. We ended up being there quite awhile so I just took her home to her house. She invited me to come in and I was like Heck ya spend more time with this woman who is capturing my heart yeah you bet ya. She got me some green iced tea and a pink frosted sugar cookie. I was blessed to hang out with her some more and stayed as long as I possibly could. She had a party for her friend Ruth to go to and I went to Night of Worship.

Saturday was awesome. The Healing Rooms team went to Canada to speak at a conference for Korean people and students. We had an awesome time and God really showed up it was super cool. We left at like 7:15 AM for Canada only 15 minutes behind, we finally left Seattle area by 7:45 because we had to make a stop at Laura's for something for her. We got to the Canadian border about 9:30 and promptly sat for 1 hour and thirty minutes to get across the border. So we started off 1 hour delayed in our teaching. When we fianlly got to the church Jeremy was a little stressed out because he didn't want to be late. I thought he was going to speak for like an hour and then we were going to have lunch but that didn't happen he spoke for like 15 minutes and then handed it over to me which was fine but I was totally scrambled because I thought I would be talking after lunch. I got up there and spoke for like half an hour but forgot to do half of my sermon. I ended up doing the other half of my sermon after lunch.
For lunch we went to this sushi place and everyone from our group all headed to one table, I didn't really want to stay with the group because I wanted to be with the people so I sat at a table with all Korean people and me and basically ended up preaching to them the whole lunch time. I had a blast and felt like the center of attention, but it wasn't about that it was fun to get the people to myself I had fun speaking with them and encouraging them. After lunch I did my other half hour and then Jeremy got up and spoke for like an hour and 15 minutes and then Chris came up after him and spoke for like an hour or so. It was really good to minister with my good friends and I really hope that we will have many more opportunities to do stuff like this because it was super fun except next time I hope that Amber will come. After the conference we took a lady home to Bellingham. When we got there they basically bought us dinner because they felt bad because they didn't get to bless us the night before. I was like cool I come to speak in Canada get two free good meals and then later we all got 20 bucks from Jeremy as part of the honorarium. That was fun. On the way home I called her because I really just wanted to see her so I invited her to come over and watch some more Freaks and Geeks. She came over and had bought me like two pair of jeans from the Goodwill and one really great pair that were perfect for my cowboy race outfit, i really liked them even though everyone made fun of me I didn't care. She stayed till pretty late which was cool and then ended up going for a drive with Laura where I basically figured out that they probably were talking about me.

Sunday was church and she and I were both on worship team. I was playing percussion because Tom wasn't there and she was singing, the only singer I think. She is so anointed and talented with her worship and singing ability, it is awesome. I told her that I was taking her out to lunch because God gave me twenty bucks and I wanted to spend it on her so I did. We went down to the Folklife festival with Chris and Laura. We ate African food and then went and listened to some African drumming. It was a lot of fun. We had to leave at like 4:30 to get back to my house by 5 so we could get to the races by 6. We ended up taking Ben and Jessica with us which was a lot of fun actually, I really like the two of them alot. Amber was really tired because she only had about two hours of sleep from the night before. I offered to drive but she said she was OK. We got to the races and that was a blast because it is a fun time. Bus figure eights and racing and such it was fun. The first time she has ever been to something like this and we were both wearing our hickey getups which were fun. Of course we ended up being the only ones who actually did dress up but that is OK. I really wanted to put my arm around her or something to show her my affection for her but again GOD said to wait until June 1st. So I resisted. She was very tired when we left and I could see it I offered to drive but she still wasn't ready to give in. We got like a quarter mile down the road at a gas station to fill up her car and I went into the store and asked her if she wanted anything she said no but I got her some sour punch straws because earlier in the evening she said her favorite candy was something like that that was sour. She came into the store and asked me to drive. I was relieved because I knew she was tired and I was fine myself. She fell asleep soon after we got driving back, she was out for like thirty minutes. She slept all the way home. When we got to my house I offered to drive her home because I knew we were hanging out the next day so I offered to take her home and then pick her up the next day. She agreed. I had some blankets from the race and I offered them to her as a pillow, i thought she would take them and lean against the window but she just plopped down in the middle right next to me. I put on some soft worship music and sang along and she slept until I got her to her house. I think she was grateful that I did that.

Monday, I picked her up at like 11:30 and we went running at Green Lake. We ran for about 1 hour or so, it was fun. We went to 7-11 to get slurpees. I was really hungry so i suggested that we go to Subway so I could get something to eat. On the way there I got I good idea, i asked her if she wanted to go to the Locks and eat our sandwiches and she was into that. We came back to my house and grabbed a blanket and a sweatshirt for her to wear. I also grabbed some pictures from my mission trip to Paua New Guinea and showed them to her. We sat and talked and had our lunch and before I knew it is was like 5:00 and we had to be to the Healing Rooms by 6 so we had to get going. I didn't want to go because I was with her but I knew I was supposed to. She also ended up there because she was worshipping during our time of prayer. Afterwards I was like struggling to find people to saty so that her and I could hang out together but not alone. Laura ended up coming with us back to Ballard and we watched a couple more Freaks and Geeks episodes.

Tuesday was the big day. I was going to tellher at midnight because technically that would make it the 1st of June. I called and was trying to get her to come hang out but she went to visit Abi and the family down in Kent and so I was going to let it go until Wednesday but Jeremy was like whatever we will get her here you just get yourself ready and I was like OK. So Jeremy called her and told her to come to our little ritual of jumping in Green Lake when someone gets laid off. He told her that we all had a big surprise for her but couldn't give it to her until later. When I found out Jeremy got her to come I was surprised but ready because I knew what I wanted to say. We all went swimming and everyone got out of Green Lake and then Jeremy told her to stay and that all of us would go and get her when it was ready. After we got around the boathouse I walked back and told her that they sent me back to stay with her. We waited for like 10 minutes and then I was like it shouldn't have taken this long we should go find out what is going on. We walked up to the parking lot and none of my friends were there they all left. She said what's going on? I said I don't know but I have my keys to the truck so we are OK. She was hesitant but OK, I walked up and opened her door for her, my friends had planted the banner saying "Amberdextrous"; the poem I wrote for her; and the dozen roses I bought for her. She was like what is all this and basically I said surprise. She was actually pretty flabbergasted I think she wasn't ready to answer me yet. She was actually pretty speechless but we drove around for over an hour just talking about things and actually it was a pretty good and fun conversation. She wasn't ready to give a response yet.

I was agonizing because I was really hoping to get an answer quickly but that wasn't the case. I talked to her for like eight minutes on the phone on Wednesday and she basically told me she wasn't coming to church Wednesday night, she wanted to spend time with the Lord. I later found out that she read my blog and all that this night also. Thursday came and I was like Oh man she isn't going to answer me until she gets back from Mississippi, that is going to suck but I will be patient. I wanted to call her all day Thursday but resisted. She finally called me at about 9:15 that night. I thought she wanted to meet me at the Locks so I went down there but she said the Bluff so it was delayed a little bit of time. When i finally arrived at the Bluff she was waiting for me. I brought a blanket and a sweatshirt in case she needed one. She did. I could tell it was going to end up good as soon as I got there because she was happy to see me. We walked over to a bench on the bluff and talked. She started out by telling me about her past relationship with a guy she met in the u district and told me about some of what happened with that. She basically told me that she was ready to go for it and said yes and I was so Happy and relieved and excited because God gave me peace about this whole thing I was having a great time with it. We had a great conversation and I told her that I should let her go because she had to leave early the next morning for Mississippi. I could ahv sat there all night and talked to her but she had to go. I walked back to the car with her and put my arm around her, I felt so good, i could finally do that without worrying about it. I really am blessed! Thank You Lord for your awesome woman of God that you put into my life. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!

Love
The Toph