Speechless...

Have you ever just completely stopped and looked at where your life is... and saw God in it all? That's exactly how we feel. We travel a lot, so we have a lot of time to talk, and we often just speak of how God has literally picked us up so many times, and carried us through. We have no idea where we would be had God not changed our lives, changed our desires, and given us a purpose... to serve Him. We are so thankful for Salvation. Where would you be had God not saved you? It's kind of scary to "play" through in your mind where you would be today had you not trusted in Jesus. We know that where we would be, is far from where we are. We are so thankful that God has chosen to use us, to send us to Alaska. We are so anxious to get there, and speak of what great things God has done! But until then, we are enjoying every moment possible of deputation! There are for sure a lot of "interesting" parts of deputation :) But we are striving to be a blessing to everyone that we possibly can.

We have gotten the opportunity to fellowship with another missionary family that was in our area, that we are great friends with... It's so awesome to share deputation stories of how God provided, or how we were so encouraged by a certain church.... It was such a blessing to spend time with them, and encourage each other! So as we look back on the last few months, we really are just speechless... In awe.... of our God. And we know that a lot of it is in part to your prayers. Thank you for praying, thank you for supporting us both financially and prayerfully, thank you for your encouragement.

The Future: Hopefully, I (Emily) will get better at some point of updating our blog! I sincerely do apologize for not making it more of a priority. I really will try!!! The next few months, we are in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Arkansas. (I'm sure I'm missing a state... lol) Please pray for safe travels...

Our Family: I can't believe I neglected to post our announcement to the blog!!! God is expanding our family! Baby #3 is due in October! We are being surprised with the gender too! How fun? Excited doesn't even seem to express how we feel about this baby! We are so incredibly thankful that God chose to bless our family once again. I'm feeling the baby move like crazy... it brings a whole new meaning to the verse... "fearfully and wonderfully made". Baker and Katie Rae are so excited about having a new sibling too! Baker celebrated his 4th birthday this past month, and Phil and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary! I'm so thankful for my husband and the leader of our home that he is. We are so in love, and love being in the ministry together!

Here are some pictures to enjoy! Please feel free to comment! (Let me know someone reads this!! :))

We got to visit Hulett, Wyoming! So neat and kinda weird to see our last name everywhere! :)

 

We were in Council Bluffs, IA and everyone said, You have to go to the Omaha Zoo! So we did... and the kids absolutely loved it! Now everywhere we go, they think we are going to a zoo... haha!

 

Had to share this picture of Katie Rae and the Baby Gorilla...

 

We pray each of you are doing well!