Yesterday, Craig and I celebrated 9 years of marriage! Where has the time gone?!?!?! In those 9 years we have owned 2 homes, lived in 2 apartments and one rental house. We have lived through major job transitions, a season of infertility and spousal heartache.
We made the decision, upon feeling the Holy Spirit guiding us, to quite our full time and secure jobs and sale our home to move to a city we knew nothing about and thought it would be a short lived stay... You know, just to go to school. Oh and did I mention we had a 15 month old! Talk about believing and expecting to see the Lord's Word come to life! Ha, that's an understatement.
On the flip side we have celebrated the Lord's faithfulness to us in birthing 3 beautiful and active, smart children and have had the privilege of continuing to watch them grow. . . Not just in stature, but in brains, in temperament and mainly in The Lord. Their spirits of sweetness and tenderness are a reflection of the Lord's grace that He extends to us as parents and also as followers of a one true God. They are also a reflection, a look in the mirror, of our insecurities and flaws. Want to know in what areas you struggle or where you sin the most, look at your children's actions and you'll probably see a thing or two!
So, what's in store for year ten? Let's just say ALOT! At least it feels like it in my head.
Everett turns 1 (July), Elliott turns 5 (July) and Evelyn turns 3 (November).
We will be homeschooling Elliott for first year kindergarten and Evelyn starts preschool two days a week! Everett will continue to stay at home with me mostly and with Ms. Ana on the days I work. Oh Ms. Ana, that's a whole post in and of itself. We LOvE Ms. Ana and she adores our children!
Craig will continue to grow in his role as a Groups Pastor with our church Chase Oaks. If your in the area or looking for a place to call "home", come check it out! www.chaseoaks.org. We even have a Live service!
I thought I would be done with work for good once Everett arrived, But.... That's not the case. I don't think I could ever give up my job completely! I can't help it, I LOVE what I do and I do what I love. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOve being momma to my three littles and love teaching them and growing them in The Lord. For some, this is a full time job. For others it's not and they crave more and need more as an individual and that's OKaY! I'm part of the latter group. I continue to work part time for a hygiene school and continue to grow and learn in my field of work! I enjoy so much my relationships with my ladies at work and I love the mission field The Lord continue to provide for me with each group of students I encounter. What a blessing it is to see a task complete when the students graduate and pass their boards. To be able to look back at the progress they make and to remember the stories of why they are where they are! Such. A. Blessing!
I think this is long enough. I wait so long to write and then I just can't shut up! Oh if time would allow I don't think I would ever stop writing. It's a good thing for my soul.
Til next time, I leave you with this. One of our awesome communicators doe our 5 yr old Kids Zone class posted this on Facebook last night.
"When I asked the kids what was sin, I heard the common answers you hear from 5 year olds. Then one child said,"
"LOVING BADLY". Think on that for a while.
"God commands us to love, so 'Loving Badly' wraps up all the sins in 2 words. My prayer for all of us is that we 'Love Well'"
So, blog friends.... Can you LOVE WELL?
Selfies aren't as easy as they once were. Selfie stick is in our future!
Ms. Ana being Ms. Ana
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