PART ONE - God’s Provision Can I just say that I have wanted to visit PNG, for at the very least, 13 years? For Rick and I, our hearts have been pointed towards missions and ministry since before we were married. So, this missions trip was an answer to prayer in [...]
WHERE IT STARTED: I remember when someone messaged me to know that God laid it upon their heart to give me the software and midi I would need to create sheet music for my music. This was not the first time God had moved someone to push me forward. This is how my [...]
In these last days of pregnancy I wanted to write a little bit about how Colton's story came about. I hope it is something he can read as he grows older to see how special his life is to God and us. His story probably started in 2010. I had had Charlotte that year [...]
It is an intimidating thing to go from no children to that first child. Essentially living with no children (from retrospect) is like two freedom loving young adults with very little responsibility and more money than you realize. You only have to think about yourselves and your decisions don't affect many people.But then that [...]
Lily, Lily, Lily. She is the girl with the curl. When she is good; she is very, very good. When she is bad; she is very, very bad.We were pregnant and the thoughts were still very fresh of giving birth to Kiera. I got pregnant when Kiera was a little under a year. I was terrified. I wanted this baby, but I DID NOT want to give birth to another baby.
Charlotte's story is unique in that she was the only child that we tried to "stack the odds" concerning her gender. At this point we really just wanted four kids and it would be ideal to have two girls and two boys. So we read and tried ... and failed. Really, what is failure though? [...]
I hesitate to refer to Silas as the "Golden Child" publically, because it is more of a joke Rick and I pass along. Because how can you not struggle with some form of favoritism when you have hoped for a boy for three babies and have gotten three girls. Finally, we gave up. We just assumed [...]
Well, who would have known when I typed, "Today would not be so great to have a baby. Too much to do and snow on the ground. Still ... I wouldn't complain." that Wednesday, Feb 5, 2014 would be the day? The night before I was praying and asked God to give me a [...]
A lady who went through a similar experience with her young child, as we just did with Colton, recommended that I write it down so that while it is still fresh I could recount all God did. All my children are amazing in so many ways (and you can read their [...]
Here’s the lesson on leadership that I gave Lily on the way home. I made her repeat it several times as we rode together, and I thought you might appreciate it as well: