Wednesday – Family Life

Definitely the biggest thing right now is staying healthy (as I’m sure you can all relate to!)

On Monday, Dan was diagnosed with bronchitis, which wasn’t a surprise. He has been sick for over a week and his fever kept spiking. We thought he’d be getting better then the next day he would go downhill. He was pretty miserable! With leaving on Sunday, we knew whatever it was, he needed to be medicated! With the meds he is on, he should be good to go by Friday!

Unfortunately the sicknesses are making their way around the house here – I feel so sorry for them all! Thankfully I have not come down with anything yet. I am lovin’ my tea/honey/cinnamon combo everyday and I am starting the airborne early! Been drinking TONS of water and making sure I sweat everyday by running (hasn’t the weather just been amazing the past few days?)

I keep having flashbacks to 4 years ago when I couldn’t go to Alaska, with finding out a few days before – ya think you’re going on a trip and then BAM, God changes what we think the plans are. Like our leader said yesterday, Satan is trying to create doubt in our minds. And like my dad had said a few months ago, “lay and leave it in the Lord’s hands.” Thankfully we are working at a medical clinic with great doctors, so if anything would come up while there, we should be covered – another way God has provided!

We are really getting excited for Belize! As I said before, we aren’t trying to go in with any expectations because we don’t want to be blind to something else God might want to show or teach us. So, we are just heading down there to do what we plan to do (the roof, which won’t take the whole week), so we are open to whatever else He has in store for us! My work did something that really meant a lot to me – they had a “Belize party” with all kinds of “Belizean” type food – and boy was the food YUMMY! It was a complete surprise and honestly meant so much to me! Love them ALL!

We are still in the transition stage in life – wondering and praying about where God is calling us. We have been more at peace with it the past month because we know we can only just be patient and follow God – there is no hurrying God! Letting it go has been helpful and refreshing. Yes, we do wonder often where, but we are slowly learning (again, thankful for God’s grace!), that God knows exactly what He’s doing and we are only learning more and more about Him everyday through this. This year I was thinking that I was going to take a “break” from reading through the Bible in a year – yeah, after day 4, I realized how much I needed it. Not that I wasn’t reading the Bible, but I just wasn’t getting enough of it. I can’t even explain how much I have NEEDED God’s Word – especially after all that has happened. God’s Word truly is the map for my life – there truly are answers for no matter WHAT you are going through! You may not realize it at the time (been there!), but if you seek God, He will not deny you that wisdom!

The tri-fecta for yesterday (Tuesday’s Time Together) was put on hold b/c of Dan being sick. We talked about it, but thought it’d be wise that he just rest – so we ended up going on a walk together – that was our big “outing” of the day. Quite frankly, that is the biggest thing Dan has done in the past few days, so that is a big step forward :). We are excited to continue our Tuesdays together! Next week though, Lord-willing, we will be in Belize!

We are honestly doing well. We feel we are back to the new Dan and Kristin. Of course what we went through changed us, but only for the better. We feel we are back to our crazy selves – we can go somewhere and just have fun, without emotions getting in the way. We still talk about everything often, but it doesn’t consume us and it feels good. We feel we are able to think about other things without letting the emotions of the past overwhelm us. Still can get choked up in a jiffy, but God has brought a LOT of healing in our life. God has really used this time to challenge our lifestyle, our mindset, and just who we are. We are thankful for it all!

We are still so eager to see what is next, but our life is in His hands!