We are registered at REI!

Hi Friends and Family,

Paige and I are smiling as we passed another pre-wedding mile-stone today! We registered at REI this afternoon for all those modern camping necessities we need to have a happy and successful marriage! Right? Ok, I know they are not necessary, but man we like to play in the great outdoors! What fun we will have camping, hiking, canoeing, etc.

So if you want to share in our love for the great outdoors just buy us some killer gear from our REI Gift Registry

http://www.rei.com/GiftRegistryDetails/GR1731729

and we'll see you on the trail.

Much Love,

Zack and Paige

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Registrant(s): Zack Stroup & Paige Portell Log in to your registry.
Event Type: Wedding
Event Description: Zack Stroup and Paige Portell's Wedding
Event Date: Aug 30, 2008
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Registry Number: GR1731729

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We're Registered!

It's true! On Monday, we spent 4 1/2 hours at Bed, Bath and Beyond picking out everything for "our house" it was crazy. We had so much fun and Zack was so helpful with everything. It's really starting to sink in that we are actually going to live together so soon!

Going Abroad

Hola, For the past two years I have been mentoring youth with Fellowship Student Ministry and have spiritually discipled 10 young men who are high school students at my church Fellowship Bible Church Nashville. On July 19-28, 2008 we have the privilege of participating with a team of leaders and students on a short-term mission trip to Comas, located 30 minutes north of Lima, Peru. I will be in a leadership role on the trip and three of my courageous students Brandon, Collin, and Clayton are going to Comas, Peru.

Comas is a rapidly growing area that has tremendous needs due to its poor economic and social conditions. It's one of the most populous regions in the country. Fellowship Bible Church has a strategic long term partnership with the Comas Church to plant several churches in the area. This trip is an opportunity for us to practically live out the call Christ has on our lives to seek and save the lost.

Our team will have the opportunity to impact the local community in many ways and encourage the work of the local church that is already going on. Our team will be working alongside the Comas Church to feed children in impoverished areas while visiting and working on some of the homes in these areas. We will be building relationships in the local neighborhoods as we work with their street evangelism ministry to attract people and share the gospel. Encouraging the children who are apart of the Christian Missionary Alliance is also a key objective of our trip.

Thank you friends for your prayers and support for our team and the people of Peru that we get share Christ with.

If you wish to help, you can donate online at the link to the right, or send check to Fellowship Bible Church,1210 Franklin Road, Brentwood, TN 37027, payable to “Fellowship Bible Church,” note my name on the memo line.

Peace and Joy,

Zack Stroup

Our Life Together

The past 2.2 months have flown by with wedding planning almost every spare moment. This is a fun, challenging, and adventurous season. I have learned that this is not an exercise for the faint of heart! The highlights of these exciting days are dreaming and planning our big day and the life together to follow.

Cindy Portell, is Paige's mom and our wedding coordinator (we fondly call her our wedding moordinator, when you put mom and coordinator together you get an amazing explosive combination of wedding planner and love! Cindy has been a great alley and resource for Paige and I to bounce our ideas off. It is so much fun working with her! Thanks for walking so closely with us!

More fun wedding activities include sharing our engagement story with family and friends, address hunting, booking our honeymoon, deciding the fun things to do at our reception ie. DJ or Band, attending Singarama with Doug and Cindy to see Ashley's super creative award-winning choreography (way to go Ash!!!), collecting more addresses, pre-marriage counseling at Fellowship, our annual Easter Party with the Wheelers, meeting Don & Chris and their stellar families and energetic grandkids, wedding band hunting, and working on our blog.

The spring weather is finally here making every tree and flower burst forth in fresh glory. We are learning how to work together as a team and searching our hearts for what makes Zack and Paige together so special.

What a gift it is to work so close to a woman who radiates so much joy and love. She is so good to me. I am so thankful for her encouragement and wise words. I love seeing her come alive as we struggle and make the most out of every moment of our engagement.