Coral Joy

Our sweet baby girl arrived on Monday, November 18th, 2013, weighing 8lbs 4oz and measuring 20¼ inches long. While we were elated at first, our joy quickly turned to alarm. Most newborn babies have a pulse ranging from 120-160 beats per minute.  Coral’s heart rate was ranging from 70 to 100.  The doctors and nurses were concerned that this might be an indication of something serious.When we began to panic, many of our friends and family members committed to praying for Coral, while others watched our kids and took time off work to help us out. After two EKGs, one x-ray, and a trip to the cardiologist in Syracuse, we are thrilled to say that her heart rate is increasing. According to the cardiologist, there is no problem. She is a perfectly normal little girl. God has blessed Chris with a job that will allow him to take a few more days off from work that will allow him to help Lynnie as she learns to care for two active boys and a thriving infant. Through it all we experienced what true Christian community is like; in short, we felt overwhelming support. We need to thank everyone who prayed, including those from Lifespring, E-Free, Lakewood Baptist, and Christ Community.

Waiting

Waiting seems like a formidable enemy these days. Lynnie is due to have our new baby girl any day now; we are so anxious to meet her. This weekend is opening day of deer season in New York, and Chris can hardly contain himself. The same need for patience seems to pervade our ministry progress at this point. While we are slowly working on developing partners, it is challenging to really pour ourselves into this area until Chris has finished out the school year. 

Meanwhile, it feels like our teaching ministry at Carachipampa Christian School is calling to us, "Hurry up and get over here, we need long-term teachers NOW"; however, there is a lot of work that must be done before we are ready to board the plane (target date Jan 2015).

 
Waiting is quickly becoming a way of life for us.  For Lynnie and I (and probably many others reading this), we like to get the job done as efficiently as possible so that we can move onto the next thing.  While that philosophy is often a good thing, God is using this waiting stage in our lives to teach us the importance of the process.  We need to bring God glory by focusing on how we do each of these things, not just how quickly they get done.