February 2009

Once again, my busy life has prevented me from updating this blog for tooooo long. Well, better late than never. Right?

The Short Version:
1. Our baby boy is coming soon!
2. One crazy semester.
3. What comes after RTS? Graduating in May.

And the Long...
As many of you know, our due date is March 11. Today the doctor told us that we will probably see March 11 come and go before we see our little guy. It's pretty normal for the first baby to come a bit late and Hana's mom gave birth to her first child two weeks late! We'll just have to wait and see. The good is we have everything we need. Bunches of baby showers, generous friends and family, and our perfectly faithful God have provided in ways we never thought possible. Thank you to all who have given things to us. Our little guy will be riding in style and wearing pretty cool clothes! He's already got more Polo shirts than his daddy! We're so excited! We can't wait to meet him.

This is the craziest semester I've ever had at RTS. Since I left at least one class off my schedule each semester (in order to keep my schedule manageable so I could work at UPC), I am taking 8 classes this spring. It's pretty nuts. I have absolutely no idea how I am going to get everything done. What I do know is that the Lord always enables me (miraculously most of the time) to get everything in on time. Still, once again, all my classes are excellent and it is going to be a great semester. I can't believe my time at RTS is coming to a close! What am I going to do?

Good question. The answer is, I have no idea (yet). I'm in the process of sending out resumes and looking for churches with job openings. This is an exciting time. Sometimes we worry a bit, but most of the time we are very excited. Where will the Lord call us? Florida? Minnesota? Africa? Wherever He calls us, we'll go. One of the reasons we aren't worried is because God has always taken care of us. I remember when we packed up everything we owned into a UHaul truck with our Camry in tow and drove down to Orlando. Hana didn't have a job yet. We rented an apartment not knowing how we were going to pay the rent. Perhaps we were foolish. But we really felt the Lord calling us to come. Hana got a job the third day we were here. This apartment has been an absolute blessing. And everything has been great. I say, if God calls... go. Don't worry about the details, He'll take care of everything!

Well, that's it for now. We would appreciate prayer for a safe delivery for Hana and our son. We also welcome prayer for the Lord to provide me with a job. And please pray that I will survive this crazy semester!

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:25-34)

God bless,
MjR