"Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them..." Psalm 127:3-5a
One of the best things about our time in America was the time that we got to spend with our families. Since being married, Dave and I have never spent more time than two months or so in America and that time has always been broken up on both sides of the coast. So this was a neat time to be able to spend more time with our families and it was a great blessing to us. It was neat to take these two pictures showing four generations on bothe sides of our families. I have two nephews in California and they grow up so quickly, when we're gone they grow leaps and bounds. Since being back in Asia, this has probably been the hardest things for us as well, as we really miss our families and want them to be around Katriel as she grows up. It's always been pretty easy in the past as we prepare to leave, but this time was a lot more difficult because we have a precious little girl with us now and we want to share her with our family and close friends. Nothing really prepared us for how much we would love her, and how having her would draw us closer to our families.
One of my favorite passages of scripture through the years has been from Mark 10:28-30: " Then Peter began to say to Him, "See, we have left all and followed You." So Jesus answered and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospels, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time- houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions- and in the age to come, eternal life."
God has been so faithful throughout the years to provide family for us in foreign lands before we ever had a baby and so we have ample reason to trust and believe that He will continue to do so now. There are friends here now who love us and our little baby and people that we can share with and cry with. But these days we are still missing our family a lot and wishing we were closer to them.
