After a long absence....

Hi everyone - Please forgive my long departure from blogging. We have literally had a whirlwind going on in our lives and I have not taken the time to let you all know about it! There is no way I could fill you in on all the details, so I am going to just give you small snippets with a few pictures to update you on everything. I will just put it all in list format :o)

1. We're having a baby!!! Yes, you read right. Just a few weeks before Christmas we found out that we are expecting a little miracle. It was quite a surprise for us, but we are so looking forward to all the unexpected blessings that God has in store for us through this new little life! I am 13 weeks along now, so just beginning my second trimester. Baby House will make it's arrival around August 17th. We have been so overwhelmed at God's grace to us in allowing us the privilege of having a baby. My body has had a hard time adjusting to pregnancy and we had a few scares in the early weeks of my pregnancy, so it gave us great opportunity to appeal to our Savior as the Creator and Author of Life. We have already been able to see God growing our trust in Him through this baby!



This is one of the only early prego pics I have, but it serves as a great segway to #2.

2. We had a fabulous Christmas this year, which the above picture displays. This is DT's family. His mom and step-dad are on the left, and his sister, Kathryn are on the right. We spent the days around Christmas time in Morganton celebrating with them. I consider it such a blessing to have joined such a wonderful and loving family. God is rich in His blessings!

3. Our annual New Year's Conference was really great as well. Four men from the baseball team (which DT has been spending most of his time with), came on the conference. Two out of the four, Logan and DJ, gave their lives to Christ! One other, Chris Bangi, is still seriously investigating Jesus but asked DT to spend more time with him helping him learn more. It's was so incredible to watch God work in their lives there and now back at campus. I'm so sad because we took NO pictures there, how lame!

4. DT just got back from a whirlwind 8-day trip to Malaysia. He went with Rupert and Daniel, two other men on our staff team to prepare for our Cross Cultural Project this summer, which DT will be leading. It was a great time of planning and preparing and the Lord is really paving the way ahead of us for our students to come there and work with students from all over the world. I will blog soon more about Malaysia. Please continue to pray for DT as he plans and prepares for the summer! Here are a few pictures from their trip.




This picture is taken at the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Look them up, they're pretty interesting!
This is a view of the city from a restuarant called Lookout Point (appropriately so). I hope it helps you get an idea of how enourmous KL is. There are literally people from all over the world, so many different nations, so many different religions that all exist within this picture. It's overwhelming and humbling to think we have an opportunity to serve there! Keep praying! More pictures of that to come.

5. We will be spending Valentine's day in Blowing Rock, NC for our Winter Retreat with CO. Pretty exciting! DT is leading the retreat, so keep him in your prayers. There will be lots of fun, speaking, skiing, and free time fun. More on this next week when we get back! I'm speaking to the women on Sunday morning so I'd appreciate your prayers too :)

I will be blogging more frequently, so the blogs will NOT be so long! Hope you feel updated and I"ll be back soon!