Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Expecting!!!

I haven't blogged in awhile. Not because I ran out of things to say, but more just because we've been in a quiet, restful place as a family. We've spent a lot of time in the pool, at the park, and just playing at home together. It's been a nice reprieve after the tumultuous mid-summer changes. 

We're in a new, healed place now and we  are expecting-in multiple ways!!!

- We are expecting, literally! Yes, in the good, old fashioned, we're having another baby way!!! Yay! We are thanking God for our newest blessing growing inside of me now! I just entered my second trimester, which is the other reason my blogging has lapsed...let's just say fatigue rules in early pregnancy! 

- We are expecting God to use us through adoption again. His word says that "He sets the lonely in families", and we are a family willing and ready once again to share our home and hearts with the little children that Jesus loves so much. We are excitedly waiting for God to bring the sibling group to us that he wants to graft into our family. 

- We are expecting to see much fruit in the lives of our children through our decision to homeschool. B is just starting PreK this year, and we are loving that he is learning at home! I plan to post soon about why we chose to homeschool, as it is a topic dear to my heart. We also joined a co-op, a group of 34 like minded families who are living this homeschool journey together by meeting weekly and supporting each other daily. They have already been such a blessing to our family. We are loving the new friendships that have come through this group, and the God honoring, encouraging fellowship is exactly what our family needed. 

- We are expecting God to lead us into a new adventure. We have no idea what is in store for us, but we have been sensing the Holy Spirit in fresh way, and we are excited to watch God restore what has been taken from us. We've struggled with our place in ministry since our return from Vegas, and God has been reveling to us the lessons we learned through those trials and the new path before us. We couldn't be more thrilled with what he is doing. He does so much more than we can ask, think or imagine when we open ourselves up to his way, and his time. 

Hopefully I will keep up with our blog a little better now. It's been on my mind the last few weeks to post, and I've not followed through. I'm looking forward to documenting more of our lives as time goes on!