Today four years ago I went into hospital early in the morning to deliver my third baby. I so clearly remember all the thoughts, feelings and emotions that are part of such a special day. Will my baby be a boy or a girl? The Lord had clearly told me NOT to find out the sex during my pregnancy. Will it be the girl that the Lord had promised me? What will he or she look like? My heart was so full … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2008
A new day
The little counter on the right hand side made me smile this morning. Finally it says "two weeks and 6 days". It seems like yesterday that I put it up there and it said two months! My word, the days are flying by. Can you believe it is almost September? Is it just me, or does it feel like God is speeding up time? We are so enjoying the last days of summer. Fall comes early to the mountains … [Read more...]
Only for today
1. Only for today, I will seek to live the livelong day positively without wishing to solve the problems of my life all at once. 2. Only for today, I will take the greatest care of my appearance: I will dress modestly; I will not raise my voice; I will be courteous in my behavior; I will not criticize anyone; I will not claim to improve or to discipline anyone except myself. 3. Only for today, I … [Read more...]
Her heart in HIS hands
I wanted to share with you a beautiful vision the Lord gave me yesterday. As I was praying for Haven the Lord showed me these huge hands. Cocooned inside them was a heart, nestled safely and protected by the strong hands that surrounded it. "I have Haven's heart, I am protecting it and shielding it until you get to her. I am preparing her heart for your arrival" said the Lord to my heart. I … [Read more...]
Treated!
I have to say that our friend, Chris, gave his wife the BEST birthday present ever....a trip to the spa....with ME!!!!! Today Elizabeth and I spent the afternoon at the spa getting pampered. It has to be one of my favorite things to do, but something that I hardly ever get the chance to do. What a blessing! I had the best massage ever...and my kids love my funky blue nails :)Thanks C and E, you … [Read more...]
Football Fever
Life seemed so much less busy when our kids were babies :) The odd play date was pretty much the entertainment. My goodness, now that Connor and Kellan are getting older, they have discovered sports! Gone are quiet evenings at home. The latest is football. Between the two of them we have football on every night of the week, and on a Saturday morning. This is Kellans first year, he is playing … [Read more...]
A mustard seed…..
Isn't that what Jesus said we should have? Faith the size of a mustard seed. I have never seen a mustard seed, but I have heard that it is TINY. Today I sat looking over our finances for our trip to China, wondering if we had enough to cover all the costs. There seem to have been so many unexpected costs that we never budgeted for. Just last week while getting ready to submit our passports for … [Read more...]
Another change
It seems that we have finally sorted out our flight dilemma. It turns out that Monday the 15 September is some festival in China...Autumn Day (or something like that). Soooooooo our gotcha day can only be the next day, Tuesday 16. Another day to wait :) Actually, it works out okay as this means we can overnight in Beijing and get to Nanjing on Monday instead of some crazy hour Sunday night. … [Read more...]