He or she is a small little thing right now! I haven't had an u/s this early before but I promise that I saw that little heartbeat radiating during the procedure.
We posed!
Sorry, I haven't posted in a while. Well, at least anything substantial. It has been a rollercoaster of a week. I have been having "issues" and I am not sure what the outcome will be of my pregnancy right now. I am waiting for an ultrasound that will occur this Tuesday evening at 5:45 p.m. I hopefully will have some good news to tell you then. I have had an exam last Thursday, blood-work on Friday and today and off an on whooziness and discomfort (the latter could be chocked up to regular pregnancy symptoms, but we shall see!)
Gideon and I had a great first official day of Spring Break together. We met up with a friend from church, Nicholas, and his family at a local park. With windchill it was a pretty brisk day. My hands and face were about ready to fall off after standing and watching them play for about two hours, but they had a great time! Hopefully we will be getting together with them again sometime this week.
I found a great church skit today on Godtube. I thought I would share it! Made me cry, but that isn't hard to do. Just ask my mom about my reaction to most hallmark card commercials. I thought it was going to be a run-of-the-mill skit, but it is so much more! Great message!
We would have been in Louisville this week, but due to medical issues, we will have to postpone that till this summer. Hopefully we could stay a few weeks in July or something. It sure would be nice.
Here are some pictures from today!
Playing a little soccer together!
Run, Forest, Run!
I'm a Kentucky Boy! My Horse is definitely faster than yours!
Or is that the Kentucky Women????
Thanks so much for the prayers for little Brooks. It appears that the infection is subsiding. He did have to have a procedure that evening at the hospital, but the doctor feels that it should heal fine on its own now. I think Meaghan and Joseph are definitely more at peace with the situation now. Praise the Lord for miracles big and small!
Unfortunately, as in any place in the world, there are those who are less fortunate than us, whether by loss of job, addiction, physical infirmity, or by unwise decisions. We have the poor and afflicted around us all the time. There is no difference in the Lakewood area. Yesterday. we went as a family on our church outreach. It was so exciting to see Gideon's enthusiasm at knocking on doors to bring the love of Christ and the hope of salvation to different people. It was also amazing to see his broken heart when he didn't get an opportunity to pray out loud like the adults before we left. It was a lesson to his father. Take the time to listen to the little ones. He is able to mold and shape their faith at such an early age and it should be a lesson to us all. We also were able to see a a new brother come into our family. Domingo, a gentleman from Lima, Peru, came to know our Lord and Savior yesterday. Praise to God for claiming one of his own. More exciting was the fact that from this ministry a new vision is begging to be cast in the form of TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) classes in several of the Hispanic apartment complexes around Lakewood. This area is so unique from the large Hasidic community and the Hispanic community that works for them. The culture variations blow your mind. We are beginning to see why God brought us here. If we can minister here. we can minister anywhere. Please continue to pray for us as we reach out to our neighbors and strangers, and that God would give us wisdom and the expertise as we endeavor to start TESOL classes. We love you all.
Ken, Trina, and Gideon.
Please be praying for little Brooks. He is at Kosair Children's Hospital tonight. He has a severe infection of his circumcision and it looks like there might need to be corrective surgery done. Please pray that the infection reverse, that Brooks will be protected and healed, guidance for the doctors,and of course peace and comfort for Joseph and Meaghan! We love you guys!
In the midst of our exciting news this week we have several questions about our plans for RVA . The plans have not changed just the timing. We are still pursuing this option just for the year after the addition to our family. We still covet your prayers for this change and look forward to seeing how God will use our expanded family to serve His purposes. New date puts us out to 08/09
In Him
Ken Trina and Gideon +1
Paula Grandma singing a lullaby to Brooks
