After a few hours of editing, I have pieced together a 7 minute movie that has clips taken at Lifeword Studios of many of the songs we have been working on. Make sure to watch to the end for a preview of the new recording of "Great Is The Lord". Hope you enjoy!

These last four months have been amazing, but so trying. In the middle of our move, I had a song idea for the piano. Unfortunately, I quit playing piano more than ten years ago, so it was slow going. It is a simple piece that puts into music a lot of the emotions I have faced during this time. It is so difficult for me to let go of the things that I have no control over, but it simply has to be done. One of the hardest things is to be hurt by someone, and to have absolutely no resolution. And it is even harder to give that over to the Lord. Certainly most if not all of you can relate. If you are facing something similar, I hope this can be an encouragement to you. You can listen to it below.

Hello, everyone! For those who don't know, I'm Hannah, the woman who has the privilege of being Jeremiah's wife (sorry ladies :-D). Despite being married for over a year now, this is regrettably my first post. Hopefully I'll have the time to make posts more frequently in the future.

What an interesting year it has been! So much has happened, and Jeremiah and I have both grown in many ways. It has been fun to see God's work in our lives, especially with the advancement of the music ministry. He has provided for our needs through the financial support, encouragement, and unwavering love of friends and family, and we are grateful!

The new album that Jeremiah is currently working on has been a huge part of our lives this year. It amazes me how much has been accomplished already! And how incredible is it that Jeremiah gets to work with people like Lendell, Mark, John, Matt, and Nate??? I must say that one of the highlights of the year was getting to go in to the recording studio for a day and listen to the music come together in the skilled hands of these men. Wow! I am so excited about this album being completed, so all of you can hear it! I truly believe that it will be a blessing to many, as it has been to me.

Right now I am on an island off the coast of Washington, taking a couple classes from Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies. It is just beautiful up here, and I love being right next to the ocean. I am growing more and more fond of the salty smell of the sea the longer I'm here! Below is a picture of my "backyard." This is a very special experience, and I'm glad I get to participate in it. The program I'm in goes for five weeks, three of which still lie ahead. Your prayers would be most appreciated, as I am missing my husband sorely! Hard as it is, I know that God will provide me with the strength and perseverance I need to get through.

Thank you all for your support, and for taking the time to read this! God bless you guys.

I know it has been mentioned a lot as of late how difficult these recent months have been. Hannah's being gone has not helped, but has shown us just how deep our love is for each other. We are blessed to be able to keep in contact every day by phone. So we are still able to actively support each other, even over the long distance. I cannot imagine ever having to be apart from her this long ever again.

It feels as if these last few months I have been running a marathon. Putting all of this stuff together takes a ton of work! It has not been uncommon for me to sleep 2-3 hours a night for a week, and still be behind on things.

About a month ago, I found out that my single remaining grandparent, Ernest Kratzer, was having heart trouble. I remember this very well, as I was on my way to the storage unit on one of my countless trips. The scary thing was that it reminded me of the phone call I received a year earlier, going to the same storage unit, about my grandmother, and she passed away just a few days after. So it was a reminder of the events of the last year, not to mention a reminder of the fact that I lost my other grandfather a year before that.

On July 1st, our first anniversary, I changed the alternator in the Honda. This was our last day to finish moving out, and we were in a rush to get out the door to celebrate our anniversary. We had driven less than a mile, and started hearing a thumping sound. We pulled over, I inspected everything, but it all looked fine. So I shut the hood, and turned back around to go home and switch cars. We pulled into our complex, slowed to 5 mph, and all of a sudden, the front left tire fell off! Funny thing is I distinctly remember tightening the lug nuts very securely, so I am still not quite sure what happened. I collected the lug nuts, tightened the tire (extra tight this time!!!), and drove it back to our parking spot. Needless to say, we chose the other car to go out to dinner. But everything appears to be in working order, as nothing seems to have been damaged.

We left for Chicago on July 2nd, after dropping the Honda off at the school. Sure enough, a week later I received a call that it had been towed, as I forgot to let them know I was going to leave it. I was preoccupied with the news of my grandfather, and just the stress at the time.

Many of you know that I have spent this time in Chicago working, picking up any jobs possible. This allowed us to save money on rent for a month and a half and let me spend some much needed time with my family. Even though I have been busy, it has been a break from the recording process, and I have been able to sit back and reflect. It feels to us as we have been hit with a ridiculous amount of stressful circumstances and things beyond our control. The funny thing is, both Hannah and I feel more confirmed than ever, despite our circumstances, that we are exactly where we should be RIGHT NOW. It would be one thing if we felt discouraged, or that these were signs we needed to consider another path. But the Lord has really shown us the way and made the path clear, both to us, and to our families and close friends who have confirmed this.

The most difficult thing in the world is to feel so confirmed, but to not see the answers, to not know how God will provide, and to know I am doing my best as a person and as a husband to provide for our needs, and it still isn't enough to quite meet them. It is not a secret that we are strapped financially. However, we know this is beyond our control, both with the circumstances I mentioned and many others. Perhaps the enemy is at work. Perhaps the enemy does not want to see us succeed. Those are givens, but to what extent I do not know.

I am learning to trust God. To not rely on myself to provide everything, because ultimately it is God who even provides my basic abilities to work! It feels that He has been testing us; allowing us to go through hardships for a time to really see if we trust. And this is not to say I am doing a wonderful job. Far from it! I have certainly been experiencing the most stress of my life. But we are pressing on, and waiting on Him.

And here is the crazy thing. He provides, even if it is "just in time". Last night was an example of this. A friend (who will remain nameless) approached me and wanted to help us through this time. Not a loan, but flat out wanted to help. It will be enough to help us move into our new place, at which time I will be picking up a full time job, or two part time jobs. The humbling thing is, this person isn't rich, this person has worked hard for what they are helping us with. It's not someone who can easily and readily do something like this. And more humbling still, is that this kind of thing has been happening over and over these last few months.

Sometimes God provides through certain individuals to teach us humility, and He is certainly doing so in this case. We don't yet know how the project will be completed, but we really are feeling it will be this fall. We don't have the answers yet. We don't know how all the pieces of the puzzle will fit together, but they will.

This evening I was sharing the studio video with my uncle, and mentioned something that I had been thinking about a lot. When I watch the video, I love the music aspect of it, and seeing the project come together. But even more, I am reminded of all the people who have helped make this project a reality. Sure it is not completed, but there would be no way that we would be this far without all of you. Many of you have made personal sacrifices to help, and it is humbling, and your support means more than these words can express.

I am an imperfect, broken individual. But you love me despite my flaws. And Hannah does. And my family! That is blessing enough to keep us going. Thank you all for your support both financially, and more importantly, by prayer. I am sorry we have been unable to meet our original goal of a May release, but I hope that when it is finished, you will all feel it is worth the wait. By giving it more time, it has become something so much better than originally anticipated, and I think you will see this as well when it is released.

Thank you all for your love and support, and for your prayers. God provides, we are keeping the faith, keeping faith in the project, and holding on to hope.

Hey everyone! Seeing as it has been awhile since my last post, I figured this was overdue. I left Chicago on Wednesday morning, and spent a few days in St. Louis visiting friends and taking a bit of a break. This morning I headed down to Bentonville, Arkansas, to check out a house. Hannah is still in Washington State, so it was interesting to make this sort of decision over the phone. To make it more complicated, I wanted to send her some pictures so she could see what we were getting ourselves into. Of course we do not have an internet connection here, so I fired up the Internet through my phone, and 30 minutes later, Hannah received the photos.

So long story short, we now live in Bentonville, Arkansas. (When I say our house, I do mean the house we are renting, not buying). It is a very beautiful neighborhood with many trees, and is very quiet. However, it is within a couple of blocks of downtown and Wal-Mart headquarters. We have a Starbucks and Panara Bread Co within half a mile, and a bunch of restaurants. Our neighborhood has a small town feel, with the convenience of a larger place. We are within 15 minutes of the airport, and 5 minutes from the main highway. It really is the best possible place for us, both with work opportunities, and for travel.

Hannah gets back on Saturday, and we are going crazy to see each other. When she arrives, it will have been 5 weeks since I said goodbye to her in Chicago. It will be fun to set up a new place together.

Now regarding the CD... We are continuing to move forward, and I hope to put in some more work in the next week or so on it, in between hunting for a job and setting up house. This last week I also made a bit of a difficult decision on the CD. For the last few weeks I have been really wanting to add two more songs to the album, and felt they needed to be included. However, with the financial situation being how it is, I just was not sure. After much thought and prayer, we have decided that the album will now be a total of 14 songs. The two new songs with be my recently written piano piece entitled "Letting Go" and a new song called "Afraid Of This World".

Afraid Of This World was a very difficult song to write, and details a lot of thoughts and feelings over the last couple of years, and I recently completed the final verse during the last couple of months. This was a hard song to add because it is a very vulnerable song. On one hand I love meeting new people and am very relational, but on the other hand, I am becoming more and more of an introvert, and these things conflict. I am scared of being hurt, scared of opening up, so this song is very near to my heart. I'm sure most if not all of you can relate to that.

I hope to have some news about how this project will be completed soon. We are praying God will provide and in His time. Thanks for the prayer and support, we could not be doing this without you!

It has once again been a little while since my last post, but there is good reason for this: there is not too much to report at the moment. Hannah and I have been busy setting up house and looking for jobs. I will be interviewing tomorrow for a position at Starbucks, and will hopefully get the job. I will also be starting to do some video work for an organization called M-dat. All this is keeping me very, very busy.

Okay, so on to things related to music... You may have noticed the new look the site has. We have been thinking a lot about the best way to really finish out the look, and I am very pleased with the results. Hope you like it!

In addition to this, the Forum is now working as planned. This also means that we are beginning to put together the Street Team! Several of you signed up to the mailing list that I mentioned a few months back, so be sure to check your email for updates regarding this.

To be a part of the Street Team, you will need to sign up for an account on the Forum. You may do so by following this link, or by choosing "Interact" from the menu up top, and selecting "Forum". Once you have joined, you may either find the group called "Street Team" and request to join, or just send me a message from your account requesting to be added.

We are currently appointing "Officers" to be in charge of various regions, so expect to hear more about this soon. Please make sure to get in touch if you would like to be a part of this.

Well, that is all for now. Hopefully I will have something to report about the job situation very soon. And thank you for all the prayer, we sure appreciate it.