It has been so good to be home again with family & friends in America! John's family was so good to us while we were in New Jersey... They took good care of us & even threw us a Baby Shower! And we got to spend New Year's Eve with his extended family who we hadn't seen in 2 1/2 years!
Dec 20- Jan 12: Visiting Friends & Supporters in New Jersey~While in New Jersey, we also spoke at 7 different churches and got a chance to thank those that supported us during our time in Uganda & give them a report of our past 2 years there. (Pictured Below- Brick UMC with JD, Jana, Tim & Kathi~ all 4 of these friends came on a short term trip to Uganda while we were there, so it was so good to see them again!)
Jan 24: Tenth Avenue North in Louisville, KY~
Many of you may have heard of them... They have been around for a long time now, but they've recently become pretty well-known! Their newly released single is "By Your Side," and it is amazing! They came to Louisville to do a conference last week, so we got to go with our friends Sarah & Glenn & hear them sing! We know them from Delanco Camp in NJ, so it was really good to see them again!
Last Week: Updated Prego Pics of Erica~
The first one was taken in October when I was only 4 months pregnant, and the second one was taken just last week, when I was 7 1/2 months! Only 6 more weeks to go now!!!
Jan 28: John Turned 30!!!
Despite the fact that we woke up to no power & an ice & snow storm in KY on John's birthday, he still had a great day! He did shovel 7 driveways over his birthday & the next day, but we still managed to have a birthday dinner, cake & presents that night... thanks to the fact that my parents' house had electricity & we've been staying with them! John is so precious & always has an AMAZING attitude! I am SO thankful for his life & that God has blessed me with such an amazing husband!
This Week in KY: ICE & SNOW STORM IN KENTUCKY!
When we woke up on John's birthday to no power in 20 degree weather, I have to say, a part of us wished we were back in Arua with our solar panels & the warm sun! It has been crazy here... with 600,000 people in KY without power. But it is getting better! We just got our electricity back today (Jan. 30)~ Yeah!!! And we are thankful that my parent's house has had electricy & we've been able to stay with them. Please pray for the MANY people here who are still without power in this freezing weather! They're still expecting it to take another week before everyone has power again.
Feb. 3: John will have his FINAL INTERVIEW at our church here in Louisville for the job in the Missions Department!
Please be in prayer for John extra on this day! Please pray that God's will be done in this situation. We only want God's best for both the church and for us. We know that if John doesn't get this job, then the Lord has something even better in store for him that we don't even know about yet... And we are trusting in Him & waiting on Him in this process. We will not find out if John gets the job or not until the week of Feb. 16th. Thank you all SO MUCH for your prayers~ please continue to pray that God will give us confidence in Him to provide for our needs & peace that He is in control as we wait to hear about this job & wait for our baby to arrive... all within 2 weeks of each other.
2 comments:
These are exciting days!! Jesus is so good! He is going to do more than you can ask or imagine! Keep trusting! We miss you and love you and are so proud of your "yeses" to Jesus these days. Love from Arua!
Erica- you are too cute! lots of love to you and John!!
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