Summer Recap & Fall Plans

This summer flew by throughout July and August my now wife Kelsey and I were planning our wedding, getting married, and honeymooning until about the beginning of September.


Being married has been the greatest experience of my life, Kels and I have now been married for 2 months and are learning, loving, growing, and cherishing every day that the Lord God has given us. We are learning so much about His love for us and how what we think of Him affects every aspect of our lives. He is teaching us to answer the question “who do YOU say that I am?” every day. We delight ourselves in Him and seek comfort and love in His presence in every aspect and realm of our marriage and because of this we feel as though He delights in our marriage. If you would like to see pictures of our special day you can check out this link…..OurWedding: FacebookAlbum


Earlier this summer amidst the hectic wedding planning, in the month of July, I had the wonderful opportunity to speak before the high school youth group in my home church (The Chapel) in St. Joseph, MI. if you would like to hear some of my messages (topics: temptation, who we are, & stories of God’s power) you can click this link….. AB Sermon Dropbox



Lastly and most currently Kels and I are beginning pursuit of a personal dream of ours, to open and run in downtown St. Joseph, MI a christian bookstore/art gallery/cafe/ freedom center called “Bound For Freedom.” The goal for this bookstore is to be a non-profit organization that portions of purchases (from: books, art, music, movies, coffee, and many other items) go to supporting missionaries, and organization around the world and in the US that are bringing freedom to people found in slavery of sorts. Some causes we would like to bring freedom to are ones such as world hunger, orphanages & adoption, the abolition of abortion, the ending of sex slavery & pornography and many many others, as many as we can find and pour into. If you would like to know more, show your support or get involved please contact myself or Kels, we would love to share more with you and brainstorm any ideas you may have



That’s it for now keep checkin back and stay alert for more details & updates

Big Day Draws Nearer

So this may or may come as a shock to some of you who only stay in touch by reading my blog, since i haven't updated in quite a long while, but in a matter of two weeks to the day, I will be marrying the love of my life Kelsey Masuda, since my last post back in May, Kelsey and I have gotten engaged and have planned relentlessly for our Big Day on August 18th, 2012. If you would like to hear and see more of our stories check out our wedding website here at http://www.mywedding.com/kelseyandaustin/ Our desire to vow to a lifelong journey of commitment, friendship, love, good and bad times, happiness and hurts, sickness and health comes directly from our individual love for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We desire to become more like Him through the continuous shaping of marriage and the commitment to one another through all seasons of life. He is our one true desire, our one true goal in life and when we come together for a life of worship of Him we hope that He will mold us and shape us even more to look like Him and increase our love for each other everyday as well.

My Testimony - Shortened Version

---Last night I had the opportunity to share my testimony in the Lord with the high school youth group at my home church in St. Joseph, MI, The Chapel. If you would like to listen feel free, click on the link below and enjoy.
---Afterwards the high school leader all went to eat at Cracker-Barrel and what a night, we met, Serena an 18 year old waitress, and got to share the love and power of Christ with her,  I had the opportunity to pray for her and she experienced God's miraculous healing touch and instantly her back was healed of pain.
My Testimony - 30min Audio