Prayerfully...

we are expecting our third on January 4th! We had our first appointment on Monday and were able to see the baby moving around a lot! It is amazing to see a baby so small moving tiny arms and legs. What a joyful moment for Kevin and me! Sorry for the fuzzy picture - Kev took a picture of the picture with his iPhone.  For those of you unaccustomed to looking at sonograms, the left half of the baby is the head and the right half is the body. The small dots near the top of the body and on either side are hands and arms (which are much longer than they appear) and the dots at the bottom are legs and feet.

We are trusting the Lord with the safety of our baby and are aware that we may not ever get to hold this little one. However, we are very excited and enjoying each day that we have to grow and love this baby. Of course, we are praying for a healthy pregnancy and delivery and that we will hold our little one this winter.  

I'm feeling well this pregnancy but I am extremely tired. I thank God for the symptoms I have because it means that I am still pregnant! It is impacting my ability to memorize scripture. I'm finding it much more difficult to focus and remember. Pregnancy brain has seized me early this time! Please pray that I will press in through these first-trimester days. Also, I'm seeing my deadline for completing Romans (August 1st) slip away. Kevin has encouraged me to just make new deadline rather than attempting to memorize even more at a time and beginning to feeling discouraged. I would welcome thoughts as well as prayers regarding this decision.

The other news I've been waiting to post about has to do with my amazing husband. Kevin will be starting the Pastors College this fall! For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, let me briefly explain. Our church, Covenant Life, is part of a family of churches called Sovereign Grace Ministries. They have created a Pastors College (PC) to train men to serve as pastors in their churches across the country and around the world. It is a one-year, intensive program designed to equip men (and, to a lesser degree, their wives) to effectively serve their local churches. We are thrilled to be going this year! It is a privilege to be Kevin's wife and to be able to serve him and our family as he enters this new season. 

So, there we are. All updated. We have had busy weeks lately so there are some details of lesser importance that I'll post sometime soon. This takes care of the big stuff: new baby, school for Kevin, new season of serving...all at the same time. This will be quite the adventure!