Saturday, July 12, 2008

Getting settled...kind of

Once again…sorry for the delay in posting. We are still trying to get settled into America! We are both working full time at our jobs that we had before we left the US. Corey is working as a legal assistant at a law firm, and Jenni is a RN working at the Children’s Hospital. It is definitely weird not to be together all of the time. Our quality time is car-pooling! We have one car which has presented a challenge as we have different working hours/schedules. We are making it work though! We still haven’t found a place of our own to live yet. We are living with our friends in their basement apartment which has been a great blessing. We do have a 40 minute commute each day, but we just see that now as “time together!” So as you can see, we are still transitioning, even though we’ve been back for 3 months now!

Since our last post, a HUGE milestone occurred! COREY turned 30!!! He’s an old man! He celebrated his birthday by having a basketball party! He missed playing basketball in Mozambique, so he had a blast at his party! Later that evening some of our friends gathered together for a BBQ to eat Corey's favorite food Rib eye steaks. It was delicious! A week later, Jenni turned 27! We went kayaking at Jordanelle and had a picnic! It was a beautiful day and we had so much fun being in the gorgeous scenary of UTAH! It was a little challenging to kayak being pregnant, but I managed! Kayaking is one of my most favorite things to do outdoors, so it was an extra special treat for my birthday! We love celebrating birthdays!

Shortly after our celebrations, God blessed us with a great opportunity of seeing some of our friends from Mozambique! About a year ago, we posted a blog about a missionary child (Caleb) that had to be medically evacuated. Caleb was in critical condition and he almost died in Nampula. He and his family came back to America, and over the last year have witnessed miracles daily! Caleb’s recovery has been slow, but he’s doing incredibly well. We met with Caleb and his family a couple of weeks ago and we saw in front of us a living miracle and testament of how God protects us and heals us! I am so glad God gave me the opportunity to be a nurse to him and his family in Mozambique and then gave me another opportunity to see God restore his life to him!

Well here’s some very much anticipated news….we found out that we are having….A BABY GIRL!!! We are so excited! We really wanted a girl! We were supposed to find out several weeks ago, but she wouldn’t cooperate. Everyone says that she’s modest like her mom!:) We had to get another ultrasound, and then she showed herself! We have this cute picture of her waving at us! She comes in November and we are soooo excited to see her. I have been feeling so much better. I thought everyone was lying to me saying that one day you just feel normal again. This didn’t happen for me until I was 17 weeks. Now life is wonderful….no more nausea!!! Whoohoo!!