The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind. We rushed home to KY with the privilege of spending the last few days with Chris's mom, Connie who passed away last Monday around 10 a.m. The experience was difficult, but in some way Chris and I were able to draw closer to each other, our family and the Lord during this time. We have never had to deal with death while married or as parents so we did the best we could.
On a lighter note, right before returning to KY we were able to sneak in an ultrasound visit and found out that we are surprisingly having a girl. Most of you probably know that Chris is one of five boys which left me with little hope of having a girl of my own one day, but God knew the desires of my heart and blessed us with a girl. My mom had been having a dream that we came home, dressed in all pink, to surprise her with the news and so to make her dream come true we did just that. But unbeknownst to me, I was in for a surprise as well-- a 3oth birthday surprise. While I was standing in the driveway blindfolded my mom and sister were looking at my pink shirt with tears in their eyes and being hushed by the surprise party crowd that didn't know why they would be crying. Surprises all around!
This week we are back in S.C. to get back to routine and refocus our attention on the reason we are here in the first place--reaching lost people. Please pray that I will find ways to meet and befriend women and families in the area and likewise for Chris to meet men here too. So far that has been a little more difficult than we thought. I work from home and stay at home with Joshua and while Chris meets people all the time, it is just for a short time and hasn't had as much friendship building time as he would have hoped. I better go, but stay in touch. Jenny
