Update on Life

I don't have any cool pictures to post, but I'll give you all a quick update on our life nonetheless and hopefully it's appreciated. :)

Book of Revelation Seminar:

This last weekend Me, Dalton and our friends Dave and Karina traveled down south to Hawkes Bay where Dalton and Dave spoke/taught/preached at a seminar on the book of Revelation. We've been building relationship with a group in Hawkes Bay over this last year and have made some very dear friends that are pretty much becoming family. The Lord is doing some great things in that place and we feel privileged to be a small part of it. The seminar went great. I especially loved this one because I know it's probably the last weekend away where I'll get to just listen to Dalton since we have our precious little one on the way.

Internship Graduation:

Our current internship graduates this Friday. There are 10 on the internship and all 10 of them have decided to stick around! We're SO excited about that! They have been a great bunch and we're so glad to have them join us on staff. Now our Staff classes will increase by 10 - woo hoo! Graduation is always a fun little celebration. Everyone gets dressed up (which to be honest, I'm not that thrilled about this time around - the basketball in my tummy makes the fashion department a little more difficult these days :)), we eat good food and reflect on what the Lord has done in the lives of these young adults over the last 3 months. This internship FLEW by!

Break:

After each internship we try to take a small break just to rest up and get ready for the next term. We'll have a 5 day weekend which Dalton are hoping to use mostly to get our lives organized around our house. Get things set up for Baby, clean/organize things we've been wanting to get our hands on for sometime now...etc. But we also want to take a couple of nights and just go away somewhere just the two of us. We're on a hunt to find a cool but affordable place. We just want to get some time away together before our lives are dramatically changed! We're very excited and expectant for this dramatic change, but it will be great to have some time to just talk, pray and enjoy each other before he joins us - precious little boy.

Baby Lifsey:

He's supposed to be just over 3 lbs now - which is probably right on the money so my midwife tells me. He's growing at a steady pace and it feels as though he's beginning to lose space in there - and my ribs are feeling the reprocussions of that. :) He's in the right position he needs to be in, still has a boney butt my midwife says but he's in the process of fattening up right now. :) He's moving LOTS and feels much heavier than 3 lbs. My tummy muscles are getting their work out for sure. I'm becoming less mobile (funny how you feel like your body ages 20 years when you get into that last tri-mester) and am beginning to get tired a lot more - but it comes with the package so I don't mind. In a couple of weeks the girls are throwing me a shower which should be fun and by then I'll know what all I'll still need for the little guy before he comes - but honestly, the Lord has blessed us SO MUCH. I can't believe how much has been given to us or practically given to us because it was sold to us so cheap. It has been such a blessing to watch the Lord just give us everything we need and really, more than we need. We're so grateful and truly humbled. Still deciding on a name - if you think of it, throw up a prayer for us. We really want to hear from the Lord about his name, just for peace in my heart and Dalton's heart.

That's all my pregnant brain can think of right now - but hopefully I'll get some pictures of my fat belly and put them up here so that you can all see - sometimes i look at myself in the mirror and think "Who on earth am i looking at?!" I can't believe that our bodies can stretch and mold into something so different and then go back to normal (maybe not completely the way they were before, but certainly less like a watermellon). The human body is so incredible, which just makes me marvel at the Lord even more. I'll end it here - stay tuned for more exciting blogs to come!