A Steadfast Heart

Good Morning Family and Friends,

We first want to thank you all who have either emailed, called or spoke words of encouragement to us during our "storm". We truly are blessed to have you all! And we know that God is in ultimate control and is working on our behalf!

I do have to say it has been a very hard two weeks since we have found out the news. I will have "good days" and "sometimes bad days". But I know that God is SO faithful to carry me EVERY day in His hands! What a reassurance that is that we have HIM to lean on. I must say, I truly do not know what we would do without Jesus in our lives. He is the center of our family and our solid rock. If you don't know Him and want to have a personal relationship with him....just ask me how! It's EASY! ;-)

But Kevin and I have done some heart-to-heart talking through this all and we have come up with one definite decision....we will WAIT for Malachi from Rwanda. As we were chatting a bit last night, he IS our "heart" and even though he does not have a "face" yet, in our hearts he DOES...and if in the meantime the Lord would see fit to bless us with a child of our own, great, but otherwise, we will "patiently" (sometimes easier said than done) WAIT for our little Rwandan child. I was doing some exploring of other avenues and African countries these past few weeks and every time I would look into it my heart would just "ache"....and as we were talking last night it definitely showed us that our "heart" is in Rwanda and we will be steadfast and wait....

But with waiting comes anxiousness...and that is where we are going to need YOU our friends and family to help us continue to lift our hands in prayer through this....you are all so near and dear to us and we know you will ALL rejoice with us when we finally bring Malachi home!!! But until then....we will continue to be steadfast and wait on the Lord!!!

Much love and prayers for all of you!

Marissa & Kevin