We went swimming tonight to try to cool off.
Boo swam over to me and asked, “mama, what kind of swimsuit does Lulu have?”
Me – “we don’t have a swimsuit for Lulu, but if you could pick one out for her what color would you like?”
Boo – “pink & purple”
Of course.
Missing your sweetness today, Lulu, as we celebrate your 10 month birthday.
This weekend D, O & I head up to Camp Wild. This will be D & my 4th year & O’s 1st year. It is an amazing week of praise, prayers & fun. And weather-wise, it sounds like it will be filled with sun (and lots of it) this year. 130 kids will be packing their sleeping bags & flashlights and heading to camp this year. It is a place where the Holy Spirit is present & the kids are covered in prayer & can learn what a deeper relationship with Jesus is all about.
My prayer today is for everyone going, from the parents bringing the kids to camp, the campers, the AMAZING counselors, the lead team (my role this year), or to the Wesley staff. Would you please join me in prayer for all these people who help make this week happen for a group of kids who are our next world-changers.
I also want to say thank you to all the spouses & families that stay home & keep things going while we are serving – you are just as much a part of Camp Wild as us! (Thank you, babe, for supporting me in this ministry that is so very dear to my heart this season in my life & to our kiddos that stay at home while mommy goes away for a few days to serve. I can’t wait for you all to experience this wonderful place – I luv you!)
This year we will have a special time to honor one of our veteran counselors who moved home to heaven earlier this year. Chuck, camp will be so different without you here, but oh the joy you are experiencing in heaven, I can only imagine!
Isn’t this pic fun? This is our 1st year of camp…this little guy is now 10…10! What good memories we are making. Another prayer request I am asking for is just for my mind to continue to stay steadfast on Christ. This summer I’ve had A LOT of thoughts of last summer, with my pregnant belly & what our busy family of 7 would be like in the fall. Now, this summer, as I think of & pack for camp, my mind instantly goes back to me being pregnant a year ago & what that was like. It brings tears, to think that this year I don’t have a baby at home for daddy to take care of while I’m gone.
It will be a great week with God whispering to me daily, but my heart is still heavy.
My praise this week is a praise in advance for what God will do while we are at camp, because I believe He ALWAYS does great things.
What are you praying for these days?
What are you praising God for?
Today our little girl turns 4!
This is our Boo… fingers in her mouth & picking her belly button.
Yep, that’s how our GIRL does it.
Even if it drives some people crazy (sorry Uncle Wes).
Boo, you exhaust me every day…
And I love every minute of it!
I am always amazed as I read the kids devotion to them (which unfortunately I don’t always do a regular basis) and how often more times than not, it is such a fitting devotion for me, too.
This morning it was entitled “Good Things” & it talked about how just like parents, we give our children things that they NEED, even if it is not things that they WANT, our heavenly Father does the same for us. We can (& should) pray & ask God for our needs & our wants.
He is teaching me to trust Him even if our needs & wants are not the same. We prayed for 62 days that we would be able to keep Lulu here with us, we prayed that she would be the miracle baby that would teach her medical care-givers about Jesus.
And although I didn’t get what I “wanted”, I DO believe that His plan was (& still is) greater than mine & that the “needs” of my life will be fulfilled by Him.
Matthew 7:11 says “Surely your heavenly Father will give good things to those who ask Him”, so continue to ask Him.
We were given a very good gift indeed. He could have chosen any other family to give Lulu to, but we are blessed to call ourselves her daddy, her mama, her brothers, her sister & her family.
I was looking through some of our photos & I wanted to share one of my favorites.
This picture the night we came home from the NICU with Lulu.
One of the best nights of my life.
The kids couldn’t keep their hands off her.
This perfect little gift straight from heaven & into our hands of love.
Owen had a great teacher this past year & in his class they got 12 chicken eggs that they watched daily until they hatched & then the chicks were taken to a local farm. This is a page in one of his books that he wrote & illustrated for school.
He wrote… “In first grade we hatch eggs. 11 chicks survived. 1 chick went to heaven.”
It makes me smile.
6 years ago, today, this busy little guy was born…
And has not slowed down since…
We love you so much birthday boy!
Hope you get to cool-off today…
And get a chance to “heat things up” tonight…
(this little guy has a BIG day coming up tomorrow)
Happy 4th of July!
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about my friends that are struggling through their grief. My prayer today is for them. I pray that they will be able, even if it is for just a moment, to turn their thoughts on Jesus and let Him carry them. May their hearts be held gently by our King and may they feel Him close everyday. (That is my prayer for me, too).
I am praising God today for my husband, who even though I am sure would like to “fix me” and make me “all better”, lets me walk out my mourning one step at a time.
What are you praying for this week?
What are you praising God for?
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