now for some of you who knew me in high school and college you may be a little surprised. i always sore that i would never have children. there was just too much risk involved. in 2003, while i was on an internship in malawi, a lady staying with us challenged me on this. she told me that i was named mary for a reason and i would be a blessed mother. besides scaring me a bit, i realized that i was holding this part of my life in my own hands and not surrendering it God. so i timidly told God that i wanted Him to have this part of my life too. which was scary because God does things that seem crazy to me and cost people a lot.
then i moved to ft myers and lived in the nmsi community. for a while there were almost no children around so it was pretty easy to not think about having any. and then eleanor came. she is the newest baby i have ever held. and since her dad worked across from me in the office i spent much time holding her. then the boden's moved in. and when kylee heard that i wasn't so sure about having children of my own, she made it her goal to get me to want to have children by loving her children. well seth and lydia are just too easy to love. they have changed my life. so now there were three children in my life that i would do just about anything for- like jump at the chance to babysit. weird.
and then dan came along. dan is a people magnet. i thought i was a social person until i met dan. as one of his friends says, "he makes friends out of thin air" and it is true. besides being a people magnet, he is definitely a child magnet. he was friends with all of the children in community when he was there. he planned camping trips and hang out times. if there is a small child around sooner or later they will be climbing on dan like a jungle gym and he will be loving it. so when we got married and talked about having children i was much more at ease than ever before. my husband is going to be a great dad.
so we'll keep praying and trusting God that since He has given us this gift, He will equip us for the job.
-m
5 comments:
yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
congratulations dan and mary. love and miss you guys and am praying for you and the baby. :-)
YAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!! I'm at 16 weeks so we can all figure out having babies overseas together! (Jessica Robertson is p.g. too!) PTL, he gives us grace for each moment including pregnancy!
Congratulations! I'm so happy for you guys! You'll be amazing parents. :)
Jen (from San Francisco)
Well said!
Dan and Mary...Congratulations on your amazing news. We heard in a Christmas card from the Vissanis(of NJ).
We will be celebrating with you from afar! Hope you guys are doing well. We've loved the cards you've sent us... they along with your pictures are up on our fridge, so we see you everyday.
Love you guys!
Josh and Abs
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