My name is Amy, and I feel so privileged to be a daughter of the High King. My heart’s desire is to love the Lord with all my heart, soul, and mind. I am unable to do this apart from His grace and mercy, for I am a fallen sinner. But by grace I have been saved, through the cleansing and powerful work of His Son, Jesus Christ, He has enabled His people to live with Him in eternity. He truly is a good God, and has given me so much more than I could ever ask for or think.
I grew up in a Christian home in northern California, sandwiched between my older brother and younger sister, under loving parents who sought to make God the first and foremost in our lives. It was childhood of blessing, and yet, God wanted us to grow closer to Him. Funny how growth usually comes from trials 
When I was fifteen and a half, my dad publicly confessed that he had been having an affair with another woman. This news devastated our little family, and for the next two years, life was turned upside down. I withdrew myself from all those who loved me, and turned against God in my rebellion. But He faithfully protected me from myself during this time. He blessed me with a dream come true, a horse of my own – something I had always wanted, but never thought that I would have. My parents eventually divorced when I was 17 and getting ready to graduate high school. Shortly after the divorce was final, through my Aunt, my mom met a man who was from Texas and they began a relationship long distance. This was unsettling to me. I reacted bitterly, and angrily. I had felt so wounded from my dad leaving, and the last thing that I wanted was to have another person in my mom’s life. But God was opening the doors through this new relationship, even though I didn’t want to see it. After about 7 months, my mom and Charlie from Texas got engaged, and suddenly, life again was changing. We found ourselves getting ready to move to Texas. Mom’s remarriage meant some major changes. We had to put the house my great grandfather built on the market, and say goodbye to our dearest family, friends, the church who had cradled us through the pain, and all the memories. I had to sell my horse, Zorro, who had been my therapy for two years of hard times. That was 18 years of life for me. We drove from Santa Cruz, Ca, to San Antonio, Tx – my mom, sister and I crying off and on the first 2 hours as we left it all behind.
Something that mom said on that trip has impacted my life to this day. She said that God had told Abraham to pack up everything and leave the land that he had known to follow Him into a land unknown, foreign. God had a plan in mind, and Abraham went, not knowing where he was going, but trusting God all the way.
We started a new life in Texas in the summer of 2001. It was a strange time at first, getting used to a step-family, and then, my mom’s approaching re-marriage. But God’s hand never left us. On the night before my mom and Charlie got married, I remembered staring out the window of my new room and looking at the dark scrubby oaks against the most beautiful sunset that I had ever seen, and God was giving me peace. He was telling me that everything was going to be alright, and that I had a future and hope ahead of me. In fact, that summer was busy with my preparing for college. That fall, I left for Idaho, where my college adventures began. 4 years went by, each getting better and better with adjusting to my new family. College experiences were awesome, and God was teaching me a lot. I really wanted a relationship, and I didn’t act in a patient manner at all times. I learned some hard lessons of waiting on God, through some personal disappointments. But, even through this, His blessings were endless and He kept turning me back to Him. He was faithful – He knew my heart and how much I desired to marry. He answered – in my junior year, a man that I barely knew and yet admired sought to win my hand. We courted through the end of our time at school and, the fall after we graduated, we married back in the church where I grew up, in California.
This wonderful guy, whose name is actually Haven, which means safe place has been the most precious gift that God has given me thus far. We have been married for 2 1/2 years, and we have been through some good times and some hard times as well. Through financial strains, long distances apart, and a heartbreaking miscarriage early this year, God continually gives us every reason to cling to Him all the more. We know that our marriage would be lost without Him as our God and foundation. We look forward to the adventures ahead!
1/14/09 – Addition -
And, I am happy to announce, that after 2 1/2 years of trying, I am now 20 weeks pregnant with our first little one, due June 1st, 2009. God has been very good!!! We found out we were pregnant the day after our 3rd anniversary. God’s timing is always perfect, never doubt that!!!
Whew – that is my life in a nutshell
