As for David, He has completed his first semester of seminary! One down, many more ahead. I am so proud of him, He has been extremely busy for the last 3 months and has completely exhausted himself, stopping long enough to eat lunch and get a few hours of sleep, but his hardwork has paid off. He really enjoyed his classes and has learned a great amount, but is definitely excited about having a break. And Gracyn and I are very happy to have daddy home for the mornings! Hopefully the next 2 months will be a time of relaxation, personal study, and much needed family time.
As for myself, I am staying busy. My babysitting commitment was originally going to be over by Mid November, however, I offered to continue until the beginning of January. So my preparation of having 2 kids continues!(Clarification - we do not have another one on the way) It is becoming more challenging now that the weather is not as nice, but it is none the less a treat to pour into the life of another child.
We were able to travel home to the 704 for Thanksgiving and we had a wonderful time with the Rhyne family. We drove through the night on Wednesday, leaving KY at 8pm and arriving in NC at 5am after the addition of a 2 hour detour through TN due to an accident blocking off the interstate. Thankfully we are blessed with the best baby, who slept the whole way and still slept til 8:30am on Thursday. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal and enjoyed spending time just sitting around the house with family and not doing anything! We were able to catch up with friends and visit Venture for worship Sunday morning before hitting the road. And once again our wonderful baby blessed us with her ability to sleep like crazy.
I must give praise to our Father who never ceases to amaze us with His Perfect Provision. We were surprised with a carepackage (a huge pile consisting of several boxes)from a Sunday school class from Venture. We were shocked at the amount of items given to us, by whom we will never know. It was so encouraging to be reminded that we have brothers and sisters supporting us and most importantly lifting us up in prayer. As I was unpacking and putting all the items away, it was incredible to find so many of the very items that were on my list of things we were running out of and needed to get. Oh, what a wonderful and sovereign God we serve. It is amazing how logically the numbers of income and bills dont add up, but yet we have never gone a minute without. God's provision and timing is perfect.
Thank You Venture Family and Thank you to all of our friends and family who have helped us immensely throughout our journey thus far. We would not be where we are without you. We Thank God for using each one of you in our lives!
