2012 Year in Review
(abridged version)
“Trust in the Lord
with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will
direct your paths” Proverbs 3:5-6
The above
verse sums up 2012 quite well for me. We
have had a year full of ups and downs, sadness and joy, with lots of fun, lots
of tears, lots of love. Through it all
we have had our faithful God with us guiding our paths each step of the way. We choose to trust that all of it the good,
the bad, and the ugly were all part of His plan and we will trust Him with it
all.
If you are
at our house on any given day you will most likely hear me singing “Tis So
Sweet to Trust in Jesus”. This has been
my theme song the last several months and it is a lullaby for Malachi. He knows it, I’ve sung it to him since we
were in the hospital with him and it is calming to him. It is calming to me as well. This song got me through some difficult times
this year, they reminded me how good and right it is to trust in Jesus and “oh
for grace to trust Him more”!
Highlights
from 2012, Daniel started exclusively working on The Gospel Project in
February, a few months later his job was changed to Content/Production Editor
of The Gospel Project. He was awarded a
“Pursuit of Excellence” for his work at Lifeway on The Gospel Project. He continues to serve as Student Pastor at
our church and enjoyed taking the students to Centrifuge this summer. Christy continues to homeschool Hannah and
Benjamin and started teaching a music class at their tutorial. She enjoys teaching and planning the
lessons. In her free time she still
likes to scrapbook and read, she finished reading the Harry Potter series this
fall. Hannah is 6 and in 1st
grade. She still enjoys gymnastics and
wants to get involved in other sports as well.
She is beginning to read well and her favorite subject in school is
science. Benjamin is 5 and is also in 1st
grade. He is reading well and loves
music. He played t-ball for the first
time this summer and enjoyed it. Malachi
came to us at the end of August and has been such a joyful addition to our
home. He is always happy and loves his
big brother and sister. He is doing well
since his heart surgery to repair tetralogy of fallot.
Timeline:
January: Met with a
birthmom about adopting her baby boy
February: Hannah and
Benjamin turn 6 and 7, we had a fun party and took them swimming at a hotel. Daniel started exclusively working on Gospel
Project.
March: Baby boy was
born and we were thrilled, however, we ended up leaving the hospital without
the baby. We were sad but God was with
us.
April: Daniel got his
promotion to Content/Production Editor
May: Family trip to
the beach. Updated homestudy
June: Benjamin
started playing t-ball
July: Hannah and Benjamin
started 1st Grade (homeschool)
August: Heard about
Malachi, Malachi’s surgery
September: Brought
Malachi home
November: Daniel was
awarded the “Pursuit of Excellence” at work.
December: Yay! Christmas!
We are so
thankful for all that 2012 has brought us.
We are thankful for another year of life. We are thankful for the 3 blessings God has
entrusted to us. We are thankful for God’s
peace in the hard times. We are thankful
for our families who have been with us through the highs and lows of the
year. We are thankful for our loving
church family. “To God be the Glory Great things He has done!”
