We forgot to add a prayer request to our most recent post.
We have made it a goal and are planning to make a trip back home to the states next year for Christmas. We've been praying for the past year about going back to visit, especially once we found out we were adding to our family. It's not the easiest thing to save up for and to be able to do with work and the church, but we know it's going to be possible with God. We really feel the need to make trips back.
So if you could join in prayer with us, pray for wisdom and diligence in saving and planning, that timing would work out with Eder's English classes, and everything else that goes along with making an international trip.
Aslo! We were lent a baby-seat bouncer (not sure the exact name you would call it) to use for our baby! Praise our Lord! It is a blessing to have so many loving brother's and sister's in Him out here serving together.
God bless you!
Friday, August 10, 2012
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
The Third Trimester: battling humidity, seeking God for vision, and preparing for the future.
This past week officially started the third trimester of our
pregnancy! From this week, it’s only 10 weeks until the Baby is due to come. We
are so exciting (and getting more and more excited daily), but also trying to
prepare (at least as well as we can mentally and physically) for the Baby’s
entrance into our lives. It’s an amazing thing that is about to happen, but it’s
also a really big thing.
Our prayer is for God to prepare us every day, because we know He can do that better than any class or advice we will get (though those things are a blessing).
The past few months have been extremely busy for us, especially July. We had two youth beach events, an afternoon picnic and bible study with fireworks, kids VBS (Vacation Bible School) outreach, helped at a youth camp Calvary Chapel Ginowan did, and an English adventure day at the Aquarium. All of them were a BLAST! But it was hot and involved a lot of games and running, which made it pretty draining on us physically. But, besides a little sun burning and some sore knees, everyone had fun and no one got hurt. Kids and youth got to hear the Gospel, and we were able to share how much God cares about all of us, and just simply hang out with these awesome people and have fun.
We also celebrated our 1 year wedding Anniversary in June. We got to spend the day just hanging out, ate at a nice Yakiniku Restaurant, took pictures, and walked around Expo Park (the Aquarium). It was really special to be able to celebrate our anniversary before the Baby came, we have one special one to sort of end our chapter of it just being us two. We ended our day with buying our first item for Baby: a cute sea-animal baby bib!
We have now been in Nago for a year, and in our apartment for a year, too. It’s a blessing to look around our little apartment and see everything that God has filled it with. If you count, over half of our furniture was given to us. I think about sitting on our futon bed on the floor, and thinking how we would never fill up our entire apartment, especially not the living room! But just the other day, we had to have the trash company come pick up our recliner chair to take it away, because it was just too big and made our apartment feel cramped! Amazing, God is good. He is always giving us what we need and extra.
We have a little list of prayer requests for the coming months and the future in general, if you could lift them up in prayer:
-Physical strength for Amanda in childbirth/diligence to exercise leading up to the birth.
-Things needed for Baby: Stroller, and some kind of baby-bouncer seat/baby-rocker bed (something besides her bed to sleep in).
-Family planning to visit: provision to fly here, plans to work according to God’s will/timing.
-Diligence and wisdom to get the house prepared for Baby’s arrival.
-Continued good health.
-Guidance in ministries and growth in Japanese language.
-Continued preparation by God to be parents and family of 3.
We pray God blesses you this month and the rest of the year as much as He is blessing us and more. Thank you for your support and prayers!
And here are pictures from the past events!:
Our prayer is for God to prepare us every day, because we know He can do that better than any class or advice we will get (though those things are a blessing).
The past few months have been extremely busy for us, especially July. We had two youth beach events, an afternoon picnic and bible study with fireworks, kids VBS (Vacation Bible School) outreach, helped at a youth camp Calvary Chapel Ginowan did, and an English adventure day at the Aquarium. All of them were a BLAST! But it was hot and involved a lot of games and running, which made it pretty draining on us physically. But, besides a little sun burning and some sore knees, everyone had fun and no one got hurt. Kids and youth got to hear the Gospel, and we were able to share how much God cares about all of us, and just simply hang out with these awesome people and have fun.
We also celebrated our 1 year wedding Anniversary in June. We got to spend the day just hanging out, ate at a nice Yakiniku Restaurant, took pictures, and walked around Expo Park (the Aquarium). It was really special to be able to celebrate our anniversary before the Baby came, we have one special one to sort of end our chapter of it just being us two. We ended our day with buying our first item for Baby: a cute sea-animal baby bib!
We have now been in Nago for a year, and in our apartment for a year, too. It’s a blessing to look around our little apartment and see everything that God has filled it with. If you count, over half of our furniture was given to us. I think about sitting on our futon bed on the floor, and thinking how we would never fill up our entire apartment, especially not the living room! But just the other day, we had to have the trash company come pick up our recliner chair to take it away, because it was just too big and made our apartment feel cramped! Amazing, God is good. He is always giving us what we need and extra.
We have a little list of prayer requests for the coming months and the future in general, if you could lift them up in prayer:
-Physical strength for Amanda in childbirth/diligence to exercise leading up to the birth.
-Things needed for Baby: Stroller, and some kind of baby-bouncer seat/baby-rocker bed (something besides her bed to sleep in).
-Family planning to visit: provision to fly here, plans to work according to God’s will/timing.
-Diligence and wisdom to get the house prepared for Baby’s arrival.
-Continued good health.
-Guidance in ministries and growth in Japanese language.
-Continued preparation by God to be parents and family of 3.
We pray God blesses you this month and the rest of the year as much as He is blessing us and more. Thank you for your support and prayers!
And here are pictures from the past events!:
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