Quick Recap

Well its been a while, hasn't it? Just a quick update on whats been happening in my life the past 2 and a half years.

In October of 2013 I started dating the most amazing man on the planet. From the start we knew that we were going to be together for the rest of our lives and let me tell you, that is an amazing feeling.

In May of 2014 my best friend since birth got married. It was so amazing getting to see my childhood best friend get married to the man of her dreams. Her wedding was all pink and sparkles which is completely her style, but not mine ;)

In July I had the amazing opportunity to serve at Camp Blessing. That place will forever hold a special place in my heart. I left that week completely in awe of God and in awe of the way that He uses such small things to show you how awesome he is. Camp Blessing is a camp for kids who have Special Needs and that week I had the honor of being the buddy of a little girl named Dani. She was such a trooper throughout the entire week and she showed me that no matter your disability, you can still worship God, which is exactly what she did. In fact all of the campers showed me that. It was amazing to look around the room during worship time and see all of the kids and counselors just worshipping God in their own personal way.

  In August I moved to College Station thinking that I would start school to become a Special Ed teacher. I ended up just working the entire first semester that I was living there. I was just a housekeeper for a Jewish couple in their 70's and I babysat part time. I lived with a sweet lady and her granddaughter from that August up until June of 2015 when I moved in with the people that I was working for at that time.

That December on Christmas Eve my boyfriend(Dallas) asked me to marry him and he made me the happiest girl in the world. We went to a place near my family's house where they set up a HUGE display of Christmas lights every year. We stopped to take a picture(because I LOVE pictures) and as I started to walk away when we were done he pulled me back for "another" and when I turned around he was down on one knee and he asked me to marry him. I said "Oh my gosh are you serious?!" And he said yes and showed me the ring, which I couldn't even see because I was crying, and of course I said yes!!

July 25th, 2015 I got married to the love of my life, whom I love more and more every day. It is true when they say that the whole process of wedding planning goes by so fast. It is even more true when they say that your wedding day goes by so fast. The anticipation throughout the day was incredible. I had never been so ready to stand in front of a bunch of people in my life. To be honest though, once I was up there I didn't even notice them. All I could see was the man I was about to marry. In my opinion, it was the most beautiful wedding ever ;). I was told that I was too aggressive on the first kiss. Oops!     Apparently I leapt at him, I disagree. I still haven't lived that down.



We honeymooned in Colorado and it was my first time to see the mountains. THEY ARE GORGEOUS!! We stayed in a secluded cabin just outside of Telluride for the first few days and then we stayed in Manitou Springs for the last few days.






September 19th my brother and sister in law welcomed their first born son into the world. He also happens to be my very first nephew. He's absolutely adorable.

Currently my husband and I rent a two bedroom apartment in College Station while he attends school full time to be a civil engineer. I work full time as a nanny/housekeeper which keeps me super busy, but I love it! My school plan has changed however and I am now planning on going to school in the future to become a pediatric Occupational Therapist. I can't wait to see what God has in store for me in 2016!

Now we're all caught up on the biggest moments in my life these past couple of years! Hopefully it won't be quite so long before I make another post ;)

If you have any questions/comments feel free to email me at 29sarahelisabeth@gmail.com.
Or, ya know, just leave a comment below this post ;)

Sarah Chute

For My Friends and Their Parents

   I'm going to talk about something that God has been laying on my heart a lot lately. It's a bit of a touchy subject for a lot of people that I know and have been close to over the years.

   In case you don't know, I was raised in a Christian home by the greatest parents in the world. Up until I was 15 we attended a church that was fairly legalistic. In my younger years I didn't know that. I thought it was normal because I had been going there my whole life. I thought it was normal for your pastor to tell the congregation what you should and shouldn't wear. I thought it was normal to go to conferences where all they did was tell you what you were doing wrong and why you shouldn't wear jeans(because that causes men to lust after you). I thought it was normal for your parents to be too afraid to let you spend the night at a friends house because they were scared of what "the men in the house might do to you as a young girl."(No it wasn't the men in a  particular family, it was men in general.) I was taught that girls couldn't do certain things. I wasn't allowed to play sports past T-ball. I wasn't supposed to do a number of things because I am a girl. Now, I can't even remember what those things are, but at the time that really upset me. I literally could go on about all of this all day, but I won't because that's not what this post is about.

  Growing up in that church I never resented my parents for what they made me read, what they made me do, or what they made me wear. However I did begin to resent the leadership in the church. As I got older I began to see a lot of it as ridiculous and over the top, but that was what I was used to. I had grown up in that. My parents, as well as all of my friends parents, were very strict with their kids. This caused a bunch of rebellion as my friends older siblings began to get old enough to drive and start going to a different church on their own. It has caused many of the people that I know to become bitter towards their parents, the Church, and even God.

  The point of this post is not to show how wrong this church was or how wrong our parents were. It is to show that my parents, and the parents of my friends, only did what they thought was best for us. I don't have kids of my own yet but I've gotten to see enough parents with their young children that just want the best for them. They just want them to know that they are loved. They want them to know what is right and wrong. They want them to be safe and most importantly they want them to love God. I've seen that it is incredibly difficult to be a parent in this crazy world, and even more difficult to raise children in the ways of God.

   I truly believe that my parents did what they thought at the time was right. I can't tell you how many times my mom and dad have apologized for everything that they put me and my siblings through growing up. They wish that they could do it over again. I feel that it would be wrong of me to be bitter towards them for just trying to raise me right. Can I just say how happy I am that my little siblings get to grow up in a church free of judgement and free of the constant belief that you can never do anything right in God's eyes? I truly praise God that they get to grow up in Southwinds Baptist Church. I don't resent the fact that my 9 year old sister was allowed to wear jeans her whole life. I don't resent the fact that my younger siblings get to have sleepovers. I love that for them. I love that they have a good relationship with my parents and they have a relationship with God that is their own and wasn't forced upon them.

   I always find it so sad when I hear some of my friends talk about how mad they are that their younger siblings are getting to do something that they never had the chance to do, because of our background. They are so angry towards their parents and I hate that for them. They can't see that their parents only did what they thought was best for them(or maybe they don't want to). It's even more sad though when my friends parents say something about it. I hate hearing how broken they are when they were just trying to do the right thing. I know they would change a lot if they could.

Dear friends, please forgive your parents. You may never know how much they need you to. So please let it go. They only did all of this out of love for you and for God.

Dear parents, if you haven't already, please ask for your children's forgiveness. You never know how much they may need you to ask.


Sarah (formerly Stephens) Chute