Today is EB’s half birthday!!!  I can’t help but look back and remember all of God’s blessings over the last few months, and I would like to share just a few of them with you:

1. EB!!!!  She has been an AMAZING blessing to us - indescribable!

2. EB’s feet - the day she was born and we saw her feet, we didn’t know what to think - maybe she wouldn’t ever walk - we really just didn’t know.  Now, 6 months later, her feet are PERFECT - she handled all of her treatment better than most adults would have, and DB and I saw God do miracles through the whole process!!!

3. EB’s health - when EB was two weeks old and we found out she had lost weight and had to start bottle feeding, it was devastating to me.  Now she eats like a champ is a perfectly healthy weight, PRAISE THE LORD!!!

4. Money - as many of you know, we were planning to leave the country as soon as EB was born.  When she was born all of that changed because of the treatment she needed for her feet.  The church DB was working at had already found his replacement, and I had planned
 to leave my job at Sozo as soon as the baby was born.  This meant no jobs, no insurance, and no place to live, as we were living in a parsonage.  And yet GOD PROVIDED!!!  Right away Sozo offered me my job back and I was even able to take EB with me once DB found a job until they found a replacement for me.  What a blessing!!!  We were able to stay in the parsonage for another 2 months until we found a place to live.  DB found a job where he has learned SO MUCH about web design and the internet - stuff he can use for many years to come!  A family offered to let us live in the apartment over their garage until we figured out what was going on.  I could list time after time and instance after instance that God provided for out needs - and what little faith I had every time that things would come through - when will I learn to trust???

5.  Timing - we thought immediately after EB was born that this would delay our departure for Central Asia for years (maybe even forever).  DB applied for ministry jobs all over the country - and even though things always looked like they would come through, nothing did.  We prayed that if we could make it to Central Asia sooner rather than later for God to close the other doors - and they all closed.  EB’s treatment went so well, we found out there was a doctor in Dubai that she can see, and lo and behold, our delay is only 6 months!!!  Once again, I tried to solve all of our problems myself and God provided and provided and guided us.  

6.  DB - I have loved DB since I met him - he is so amazing and we fit so well together.  But through my pregnancy, c-section, and everything we have been through the last 6 months I have seen him be strong, courageous, have faith way beyond mine, take care of me and EB with such sweetness - my love for him has grown and deepened daily!!  What an incredible man - he has such a heart to serve our family - I am overwhelmed by how blessed I am to be married to this man!!!

I know this post is long - it is more for me to reflect on God’s goodness than anything else.  This list is about half as long as the reality of God’s blessings.  In six short months, DB and I have been on a roller coaster, and the blessings have been all the more sweet for the hard times.  When I see EB’s feet I think of the verse “How beautiful are the feet of those that bring the good news.”  Those perfect little feet are going to carry the Gospel to a place where it has rarely been heard and be our number one bridge to relationships and ultimately sharing the Good News!!!  Thank you to those of you who have traveled this road with us, helping us carry our burdens by being there for us, praying for us, and continuing to love on us!