First of all, I have to apologize to all my faithful followers who haven't found much of anything on my blog recently. With all the craziness at school, sickness, and wedding plans, I have not had much time or energy for doing anything extra.
The wedding plans are coming along and next week Friday, whether they are all finished or not, I will be getting married! Woo hoo! I can't wait!! It has been a long time coming and I really was beginning to think I would never get married again. But God always knows what He is doing and just at the time I had given up hope and wasn't looking because I was taking care of my little man, God brought Bret into my life.
A wise man from our church, when I was struggling with the decision of being open to having a little boy or switching countries to get a little girl, told me that God would bring the little man and then the big man would follow. He was exactly right!! Tahnks Bill!
Bret and I have both traveled a broken road to get to this point in our lives. We don't take lightly the fact that God is giving us another chance at love. One of the songs we are having sung at the wedding is The Broken Road by Selah. It is a song that reminds me often of what God has been doing in my life throught this long road of brokenness I have had to travel.
On a side note, Levi has gotten another tooth in this week. I can't believe how many teeth he has already. It seems like he has a lot for his age but maybe it's because it has been so long since I have had one this little. He also now tries to mimic nearly every word we say and does so quite well most of the time. The funniest was the other day when I went into his room to get him up and he had a stinky diaper that made the whole room smell. I said, "Wow"! He said, "Wow"! He now loves to say this word. He also says Jesus, God, amen, grandma, grandpa, and the names of a number of our friends.
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My Thankful List
- salvation through Jesus Christ
- my beautiful daughter who is beautiful from the inside out
- a referral of an adorable little boy named Levi
- a letter of intent before the September 1st deadline
- God spared my daughter from serious injury when hit by a car in Colorado
- a wonderful year with my "exchange daughter" from Estonia - Mari-Liis
- my faithful companion for the past 6 years - Millie - my springer spaniel
- the peace and joy that comes with surrendering everything to the Lord
- safety through all the storms that have passed our way
- my supportive family
- my incredible church family
- a sump pump that continued to work for 10 weeks of water and sand seepage
- birds singing and bugs chirping
- neighbors and friends who lend a hand in your time of need
- being able to sleep withe the windows open
- a new deck to enjoy summer when it stops storming so much
- the sound of children playing outside on a warm summer night
- heat when its cold and air conditioning when its hot
- the blessing of a great job
- church picnics
- chocolate
- beautiful sunsets over Lake Michigan
- summer vacation
- beautiful blue skies and warm (not hot) summer days
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4 comments:
I hope you have a beautiful, blessing-filled day! I am so happy for you and the new life that you will make together.
So excited for you and your family! Love you all so much. Enjoy life in the quiet moments because your house is about to become really full with more to follow!
We have started keeping a list of Nehemiah words, so fun when they just start talking all the time.
And the teeth, N too. The last 6 all in the last two weeks.
Thank you for the post update!
Have a great Saturday.
Hugs
Natasha
Good luck on the last minute wedding plans!
Eli keeps us in stitches with his new words! He comes up with some of the most random things somethings! It's just amazing to watch their language develop.
:)
Can't wait to see you walk down the aisle next week. Special times.
Love, M.
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