1. Big News!
Baby Posey is due November 30th! we are SO thrilled with the grace the Lord has shown us in allowing us to have this precious life. Everyday since we found out has been an utter joy, and we're taking each day as a gift, knowing there are many people who desire children and are not able to have them. He/She has already been such an encouragement in that we have been reminded to praise the Lord for this gift as well as ask for wisdom in taking on the challenge/blessing of parenthood. Our first dr.'s appointment went well and we'll go again on the 19th to hear the heartbeat for the first time (AHHH!!!!!).
2. We're moving!...TWICE!
After much prayer, thought and advice from friends and family, we are going to stay in Alabama for the summer. We had initially planned on moving up to school at the beginning of the summer when our apartment lease finished up (at the end of this month), but Jake's parents have graciously opened their home to us so we will have the opportunity to save some extra money for school before we do the big move to Michigan in the fall (Lord willing, around August 9th). This decision was one of those ones that's so hard while you're making it, but once it's made you can totally see how the Lord's hand was guiding the whole time. We had been so anxious to get up to the Bible school it kind of seemed like a disappointment to have to put it off for a few months, but we're seeing now that we've been blessed with a whole summer of time to be well spent with our families as well as our church family. It'll be such a rewarding season of being able to invest in the people who will be supporting us while we're gone. The Lord is SO good.
Prayer and Praises
- Praise- Both Jake and I will be able to keep our jobs until the day before we leave. This is SUCH a huge blessing as it will give us maximum time with our coworkers (who we both love) as well as being a huge help to our school fund.
- Prayer Request- Our church is sending a team down to Peru again this summer and it's breaking our hearts that we can't go, but we are thrilled that people who haven't been able to go in the past are getting to go this year. On this trip, the team members will have the opportunity to experience Peruvian culture as well as minister to orphans and other children living in poor communities. We have partnered with a church in Arequipa (Calvary Baptist) which is also an answer to prayer as they've been able to expand our reach and find new ministry opportunities every year we go. Pray for the team as well as those who will be ministered to.
- Praise- The application process for Jake to go to New Tribes Bible Institute this fall has gone extremely well and I got the word that I will for sure be working in the school office. These are both HUGE answers to prayer!
- Prayer Request- We will be meeting with my OB/GYN on May 19th to hear Little P's heartbeat as well as get a million routine tests done (eww blood test!). Please pray for another good report!
- Praise- We are just 1 and a half weeks away from our 1 year anniversary and we could not be more encouraged by all the Lord has taught us throughout the year. If year 1 is any foretaste of what's to come, we couldn't be more excited to see what he has in store.
Lastly, I wanted to leave you all with a verse I stumbled upon the other day that has been on my mind ever since. It comes from Psalm 143 and says,
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.
There's something about knowing the source of our joy and finding complete satisfaction in Him. Jake and I are so excited with the prospect of getting to deepen our relationship with the Lord through the training with New Tribes Mission. Would you join us in prayer as we seek to know Him more?
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