One of those Days

Well, my brother left and we all cried our eyes out as we had to say goodbye. For some reason that goodbye broke us. We woke up at 6 a.m. and headed on the train back up to Shimla. Because we were so discouraged, we decided it was time to call a slumber party for just the two of us. So we pulled the mattresses into the living room and watched cartoon movies until we fell asleep. Today we turned off our phones and kept the computers off until late this afternoon. Sometimes we find ourselves feeling "done". Praise the Lord for the fact that we can find time to rest in Him. To take a break from the stresses of daily life and just relax. We needed today and I'm so thankful for it.

Ole Miss comes to visit!

This is our Ole Miss team that has been with us the past few days. They only have a few days left and we have really loved their visit.

Time with the the Brother!

My brother is here! He came with a group of 12 students from Ole Miss and will be in India for two weeks when they leave. Unfortunately, that time is quickly approaching. :( We have had so much fun. We have been staying up until after midnight every night just talking. I haven't realized how much I miss him and our family. It is so much fun to talk to the rest of the family with him by my side. We dread the day he has to get on that plane to leave us.

He has discovered that he loves cricket. The last picture is of us and his girlfriend, Tara. I'm so glad I got to spend more time with her this week. She is precious and we had a great time together! 

Baby Lance

What a journey this time overseas has been! As a dreamer, I have made many plans for this time. I dream big and then God reshapes my thinking or perhaps just changes me midstream and takes me a whole different direction. This is a perfect example: Our hearts have changed slowly and we have seen the Lord awaken a desire for kids "one day". This meaning, "not right now, but sometime later we could try to have kids." or, "it may be fun to have kids when we get older". Last week in the midst of utter chaos in our lives, we find out that we are pregnant. It was crazy. I felt so tired and just weird and asked Levi what was wrong with me. He joked about me being pregnant which made me think. I realized I was late and then told him I needed to take a test. We bought one and on the lunch break of a day long meeting, I realized the test was positive and we were in trouble. We were in shock for many days...well, we are still in shock...but every night we meet with the Lord as we lay hands on this baby, quote scripture from Jeremiah, and beg the Lord to form this little one into a man/woman after His own heart. Oh my, how God is rocking our world! Are we ready for this? I promise you we are scared to death! Scared of our selfishness, of our abilities, of being alone in a world that is opposite of our own and raising a little one to follow Christ alone.

Please pray for us as God is forming this baby. Pray that God will keep it healthy and alive and that God will form it and prepare us in the process. We are not exactly the "parent type". More like the cool friends who love kids but give them back type. Pray that God will show us how to be partners as well as parents and how to do that well.

Here are some pictures of Baby Lance. He is six weeks and 4 days old. Due the end of December.

The middle right picture is them showing us the baby's heartbeat. It was 130 which they said was great. They said he was perfectly healthy. Right now he is 7 mm. They say that everything is forming great and there are no red flags. We got lots of blood work, urine tests and ultrasounds today. We really loved the hospital. The doctor is very great. She is an older lady, speaks perfect English, is so helpful and has worked with many of our friends. She really put us at ease in a world that is total chaos! Praise the Lord!