Our growing family

Our growing family
Just the three of us

Monday, February 21, 2011

More change!

As we begin to expand our family and our ministry, we want an easy way to keep our friends, family, and supporters updated. Here is a little bit from our latest newsletter. I will add more soon!

One of the many snowstorms we had here in TN
1st pregnancy picture!

20 weeks

19 weeks
21 weeks

22 1/2 weeks

                                           

What’s New?

A lot has changed since our last newsletter, so it is time for an update! As many of you may know, we spent the first couple months of our marriage in a small bedroom upstairs in the main building of our campus. We are thankful to report that we are no longer staying there! We moved into a larger house on Halloween. We share the house with another couple, but we have our own bedroom, “living room”, and bathroom. Still not ideal, but after living in our one bedroom suite it feels like a mansion!

 

First Christmas

Christmas was very quiet on the base as most people went home, and it was even quieter in our house. We had the whole place to ourselves, which was a perfect way to spend our first Christmas together as a married couple! As we exchanged our gifts, we couldn’t help but think that this would be our first and last Christmas with just us! Liam Christopher will be here in June!




Growing Family!
The last year and a half has brought many challenges, highs, and lows. As a couple, we have walked through the heartbreak of death, the newness of marriage, the chaos of moving, and the faith building task of walking out God’s will. It has been exhausting at times, but we believed that the Lord was telling us that with the close of court, He was going to be walking us into a new season and chapter of our lives, a season of joy and new life. About a week after court finished, we found out that we were pregnant! As shocked and surprised as we were, we believe that this baby is a sign of God’s promise to us. What a blessing! 

What’s Next?

As a base, we feel that we are supposed to keep our training campus in Adams, but also have a ministry focus in Nashville. After a lot of prayer, we feel that we are supposed to be a part of that pioneering team. As we continue to pray and seek God’s timing, along with more vision and clarity, we ask that you would join us in seeking God’s direction. We believe that as a team, we are supposed to move into the city around June. As a family, we will need to raise more monthly support for this to be possible. We are trusting that this is the direction that God has for our family at this time and we are looking for people to partner with our vision to change the city of Nashville. We cannot do this alone. God has allowed us to be in a place of humility, causing us to fully trust Him to bring His will into fruition. In order to achieve this, we are in need of one-time financial gifts and new monthly supporters. We are asking you to prayerfully consider partnering with us to help expand His Kingdom! Any bit will help!

2 comments:

  1. I hope you know we are always praying for you guys and for your ministry. I know how trying full time ministry can be. My prayer for you is to keep your eyes on Jesus and be obedient to His calling on your lives.

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  2. Lauren, thank you so much for support, encouragemnet, and prayers!

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