Blessed Beyond Measure

We are sooo blessed beyond anything we deserve. It has not been more evident than tonight!

See, Micah's third birthday is on Tuesday. Last year, we were in Texas for his birthday. It was all bittersweet. We had just attended my father-in-law's funeral. There were lots of family there. We went ahead and had an early birthday party for him since so many of our family were in one place.
He even got to have a mini-party at his grandmother's on the exact day of his birthday. And, we thought 2 birthday parties in one year would top it all.

This year measured way up there. We just thought at the last minute that we would invite some people from Mike's work along with their spouses and children. Then I thought about our neighbor across the hall, our pastor and a family from church who have a daughter who goes to school with JC.

All were able to come except one family. I cannot express how I feel right now. These people who I hardly know (even though many work with Mike....he knows them very well) came to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the birth of my second born. I was awed by the love that was shown to our family tonight.

Back home, we had a 2500 sq. ft. home. When we were looking into buying a home, we prayed that God would lead us to buy a home, not only for how it "fit" our family, but that it would be a place of ministry. God took us beyond our dreams on that one.

Now we live in an apartment that is about 1000 sq. feet. We only have one bathroom. And, we had 10 adults and six children here tonight. We were plied on top of each other. But we all had a blast.

We were able to visit with our pastor, his precious wife, and darling children. That was a true blessing. Before they left, our pastor came, laid hands on Micah and prayed over him. I was in tears! At that moment, I knew I was where God wanted me to be. He knew I needed to have my child prayed for. He knew that I loved my precious child more than anything....but I know that I cannot bring him up to be the man of God I want him to be...I cannot do that without God's power!

Thank you, Pastor, for lifting us up in prayer, and bringing a new fire in my heart. Thank you to all of our friends who came together in one place to hang out and love on us! We pray we can be 10 times the blessing to all of you!

Thank you, Lord, for bringing us here! We know you have something awesome planned for us throughout our time here!