Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover~

Well, here it is...Steve's thesis...thank you, Lord for this blessing!  

The title, in case it's hard to read, is Synthetic Studies of (+)- Nodulisporic Acid A:  Development of an Efficient Route to the Eastern Hemisphere Sub-Targets.  I only have a faint idea of what that means.  But to me, this picture means the end of our time as a graduate school family...it's an ending to a very hard, very difficult journey.  But even though the journey was way harder than we ever thought it would be, it has been one of the best experiences of our lives...and that is because our Lord walked with us through the dark and difficult times, brought friends and family along side of us who ministered to us and continue to do so, showed us more of Himself than we could imagine, and grew us in ways that have been wonderful.  We are changed because of coming to Philadelphia, going through graduate school, being part of Covenant Fellowship Church, and the amazing family and friends God has used and brought into our lives.    

The handsome PhD~

We picked up his bound copies this week...what a great feeling.  There's not really much more to say other than we are so very thankful that the work required for his PhD is completely done...done, done, done!

And, in true family historian fashion, I had the camera to capture this moment.

A week or so ago we drove into an interesting (read: keep the doors locked) part of Philly to this old warehouse to drop off the copies of Steve's thesis with the bookbinder.  

Warehouse in Philadelphia~

Old warehouse~

The bookbinder~

Copies of Steve's thesis...ready to be bound~

On Monday, we got to pick them up...exciting times!

One happy man!

We know that it is only by the grace of God that Steve finished this achievement...thank you, Lord~

Hoping you know His grace on your life~
Rach