Jobs, babies, and all the stuff in between.

Hiya!  You better hold on because I’m about to take you on quite a ride through the past month of our life in Colorado.  Let me first summarize and then I’ll elaborate as needed.  Within the past month Andrew started a job, quit a job, found another job at a church, and we found out that I’m PREGNANT!  

Yes, it’s been quite the month.  Let me start off with Andrew’s job, or jobs I guess.  He spent a week working at the Subaru dealership and boy did we both not like that job.  Let’s just say it wasn’t a right fit for a lot of reasons.  So, we prayed and felt like God told us both to talk to some of the people at the church we’d been attending to see if they had any connections or anything available at their church.  We ended up getting connected with a ministry called “Externally Focused Network.”  The director, Brian Mavis, needed an intern and by God’s provision and timing, Andrew was a right fit for the job!  The network’s aim is to equip other churches and ministries with support and practical tools that allow them to be “externally focused.”  This term means exactly what it sounds like.  Instead of putting all the effort into a dynamite Sunday morning, putting more effort into serving the community, serving the least of these.  Their statement is something like this, “Instead of being the best church IN the community, why not be the best church FOR the community.”  They are very big on partnering with organizations that already exist within the community, such as the foster care system, or homeless shelters that already exist, rather than starting their own.  Andrew officially started on Tuesday and has loved every minute of it.  Praise God for his provision and sovereignty! 

And as for me, well, as I said above, I’m PREGNANT!   Woohoo.  We definitely didn’t “plan” this or anything, but we’re super thrilled God decided to bless us with this precious gift.  I’m 6.5 weeks along and definitely feeling it.  I found out when I was about 5 weeks and I wasn’t feeling too many symptoms strongly then.  Since about the six week mark though, it has been nausea and all the wonderful yummy stuff that goes with that, pretty much nonstop all day long.  I got some ginger root tablets that I might try to help with all of that.  It has been really difficult to handle this not feeling so great thing this week in particular because my family is visiting.  I had to kick my sister out of the bathroom because the fish we ate a few hours before was having its revenge if you know what I mean.  I just downright don’t feel good.  I don’t like to complain, I just don’t have anybody out here to vent to except Andrew and he’s probably getting sick of it, so you guys are the lucky few that get to hear all about my pregnancy woes!  Other than the sick feeling and tiredness, I’m feeling great though!  I have an appointment next week to get an ultrasound and all the lab work done to make sure the baby and I are healthy.  

So, if you think of it and feel the urging of the Spirit, please pray for us.  Pray for relief from this nausea, health and development for the baby, and for friends.  I’ve felt really lonely since finding out I’m pregnant.  I’ve been fighting the desire to say to heck with it all and just move back to Fayetteville where everything is comfortable and familiar, but I know that’s not where we’re supposed to be anytime soon.  Jesus has plans for us and people for us to meet out here, it’s just not been in my time plan so I’m a little ancy.  He’s faithful though, and he’s good and wants to give good gifts to his children.  Standing on that promise.  We will keep everyone posted about the baby and the job and all that good stuff as things progress.  Over and out!