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Thursday, January 17, 2008

BABY G



Well...the curves just keep coming!!! Most of you know that I Kelley and I were wed on December 7th...well, life just keeps on happening and we just returned from Kelley's OBGYN yesterday and found out that we are expecting a BABY!!! Seriously! Kelley and I discussed waiting a year until trying to have a kid, but we found out yesterday that the due date is somewhere around September 7th!!! That's 9 months to the day of our wedding for those of you math majors out there!!! How is that for waiting?

I am so excited to welcome this child into our already amazing family...please keep us in your prayers as we continue to discover God's plan for our lives! He is rocking our faces off in the best way possible!

God amazes me with the newness of life that He has breathed into me and the depth of living that He has planted into me! In 8 months I have:

1. Met and married Kelley (via eHarmony no less!)
2. Become a father...3 times over (AWESOME)
3. Lost my own father and found myself
4. Gained a mortgage
5. Purchased a mini-van
6. Left vocational ministry
7. Moved to Michigan

There are so many other instances of change in my own life...and I am embracing it fully! I feel so fortunate to have the blessing of God so severely present in and around me. As I continue to discover my identity in Him, I lose the identity that I had bought into that confined me into a role that I determined...God has different plans and I cannot wait to share more of what He is doing.

It is freeing to come under His shelter when so much change happens so suddenly...I don't always trust myself in the midst...but I am learning to trust him...boldly!

So there you have it!!! Baby G is on the way and I can't wait to tell you all about it!

Rick