November has arrived!

Well, we have long awaited this month. We have been praying since January that the Lord would have our support raised by November. With less than a month left we are at 86.5%. We lack about $500 a month!

Emotions are flying. Holidays are coming up, Lydia's First Birthday is December 13th. And our unknown departure date is coming closer with each day. Micah really has a hard position right now. He has the emotions of my mom, his mom, and ME to be strong for. The moral and emotional support of others seems less these days. Pray for him during this time.

We are learning a lot through this process. Micah recently talked with me about the long and hard process that comes before the most precious things in life. He mentioned the long process of dating me and knowing I was the one, but having to wait a year to tell me and then even longer to finally marry. He mentioned some sweet relationships we have made at our church, that started very slow. So slow that we gave up on them. But in the Lord's timing He has flourished these relationships into great means of encouragement and friendship. And the greatest gift and longest process leading up is Heaven. It takes a life time of waiting and struggles to finally come face to face with our Maker, Lord, and Savior. As we wait for just a short while longer before leaving for S.E. Asia we ponder these things. And how sweet the Lord is in keeping His promises. We search His Word and cling to His promises! We pray our families and loved ones are doing the same as they let go just as we are.

Lydia is blissfully wonderful! She makes the hardest of times seem better. I can't help but smile at her adorable eyes staring back at me. She cocks her head and shrugs her shoulders often to remind us of how adorable she is. She is nearly weened from nursing and acting more and more like a child and not a baby. This has added to my emotional struggles. I am so grateful for her life!!

With the election coming up and the things going on in our life and in this country and in the world.... we have been forced to our knees as a people. I thank God for His ways! His ways are not ours. We cannot understand nor comprehend the ways of God. We can just trust!