I spent the day today waddling around the capital city of the state with the third cleanest water in the US - Minneapolis, Minnesota. Strange to actually be able to drink hotel tap water! I came out with Scott for the sixth annual Christian Alliance for Orphans conference. Actually, my main purpose in coming out to MN is to spend some time with my dear friend Paul Singer who has been having a terrible battle with brain cancer. (please pray for him and his family).
And as God would have it, the time frame worked out well for me to travel out here with Scott and attend some of the conference during these days. SCC will be performing and Mary Beth will be speaking at the evening session tomorrow; also, my former boss, Senator Mary Landrieu is also speaking at the conference and many of the Show Hope staff members and my former colleagues in the adoption community will be in attendance as well. So, for me this week will be a nice reunion with some dear friends in the adoption community. Apparently, there are over 1100 people who will be attendance at this year's orphan and adoption summit. Strange to think back 6 years when there were only 28 of us in attendance for the first summit. God has really multiplied the labors in this work. I'm excited to see what God has planned here this week! Anyhow, this is probably going to be my last "hurrah" away from home as I am currently 30 weeks pregnant and looking to stay close to home for the remaining weeks of my pregnancy.
It's funny being around a bunch of people I haven't seen for a while because to me everyone looks like they have lost a bunch of weight. I suppose that's normal since I am pregnant - I think that I am just so much larger than others that everyone looks a lot smaller to me. Unfortunately, I am not one of those women who stays thin all over except for the baby belly. Nope, I spend the first trimester widening all over first - I suppose just preparing a good base....ha ha. But, honestly, I am just really grateful that the Lord is sustaining this little one's life in my womb.
I am going to be a bridesmaid in my brother Tommy's wedding just a couple weeks before my due date and I am so happy for all the other bridesmaids as I will be kindly making them look even thinner in their dresses than they otherwise do.
I do apologize for not writing of late. I have no real good excuse...well, other than Scott having been
away a great deal, preparing our home for baby, finishing the homeschool year, oh and writer's block.
Planning to get back to it - as the Lord allows anyhow.
Thank you all for your prayers for the baby in my womb. It means more than I can say.
Started reading an old book of Larry Crabb's called Inside Out....really good read!