Jan 11, 2012

The Middles... and Their Hearts....





When Jordan, our 18 year old, text Curtis and I saying, "I need to talk to you and

dad, together, tonight, it can make a parents heart skip a beat!  When that same

teenage child, who is in his senior year of high school and has been excited for

years about his senior spring break trip with the guys tells you "I really want to

deepen my relationship with Christ and I would like to go serve God in Haiti with

our church youth group during my spring break trip"; that same heart that skipped

a beat, swelled with joy, excitement and pride! 


Jordan is VERY excited to be traveling with 39 other wonderful people in our

church who are going to Haiti to work in three orphanages, help build and paint

buildings and share the message of Christ and His love!  We couldn't be more

excited for the experience Jordan will have and how God will use him during this

time! 











As I shared in our Christmas letter, Nicholas has transformed before our eyes

since moving home!  This child has gone from a quiet child who enjoys golf and

hanging with a friend or two, to a social butterfly!  He managed the middle school

football team and is managing the basketball team in an attempt to get to know

others.  He has grown 6 inches in the last year!  More than his social and physical

growth I'm excited about starting to see spiritual growth with him too!  Nicholas

text me yesterday and it started out by saying "Mom I need you to do me a

favor".  I'll be honest, I was thinking it was going to involve bringing him a turkey

sub from Subway as he had an away basketball that evening.  When I went on to

read the text it said "will you pray for Andrews' mom because she is having a

really serious surgery and she needs our prayers".  I was shocked!  I was excited! 

I immediately prayed for Andrews mom, their family and the medical team.  We

couldn't be more proud of Nicholas and the young man he is becoming! 


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