SURPRISE...

Matt and I have a fun surprise and wanted to ACTUALLY start writing on this blog for our families to stay connected to us. I am 10 weeks pregnant today!!! YAY!! We are so excited about being parents. This is our first child and we can't wait to meet him/her. The Lord is so gracious in how he sovereignly purposes everything. Matt had already planned to take this semester off from seminary to look for a full-time job and then we found out that we were pregnant! I will post pictures on here soon of my baby bump. My first appointment with the midwife is on March 4th, where we will hopefully hear the baby's heartbeat. Please be in prayer for us as Matt continues to search for a job and that baby M and I will be in good health during this pregnancy.

Being Mindful

I want to be mindful of the decisions that I make and how they affect others. I have created this blog for the purpose of sharing my family's life journey with you and the decisions that we make along the way. As we learn, grow and explore, I want to share those things with you!

We seek to live a life that honors and glorifies God by:

• sharing what Christ has done in our lives with others
• going to the nations and sharing the good news of the gospel of hope
• living a frugal and simple life
• being good stewards of ALL that God has given us
• raising a family in the honor of the Lord

Today, in this post, I want to share a short video with you that will challenge you to think about how you live. This video touches on a few reasons why we would want to seek to live a frugal and simple life and also why we want to be good stewards of what God has given us. This video will challenge you to think about how the choices we make impact others across the world.

http://www.storyofstuff.com/