Change always comes bearing gifts. ~Price Pritchett
And, so it has for us. It has been a busy week with our new friends here in Birmingham -- and there are no signs of it slowing down!
We had our Mom Time Bible study Tues, which continues to be an amazing time to encourage each other as wives and mothers and make new friends! There are about 12 of us and we have all just clicked! A couple of us are planning a play date in the next week or so and a coffee date next Thursday night.
From our first meeting, God made it evident that each of us were put in this group for a purpose. In sharing my testimony, including the recent childbirth injury, I found out one of the women had the EXACT SAME issue I just dealt with(we're talking less than 1% of births in the US for this RVF injury to occur...coincidence? I think not.) She and I are planning a coffee date sometime soon to share our stories and encourage one another.
In the last meeting, one new friend, Heather, mentioned a friend whose newborn was just diagnosed with a rare heart defect. They are adjusting to this tough diagnosis and the upcoming surgeries to correct it and pray he pulls through. Well, I just happen to have a sweet, lifelong friend who has the same condition and 27 years ago was one of the first newborns to receive a groundbreaking surgery that saved her life. She is one of the oldest survivors of this condition and is an advocate and speaker for several organizations. I was able to connect Heather's friend to mine for them to receive support. Praise God for his divine interventions!
And, that was just on Tues!
Wednesday, I had lunch with several moms from our Bible Study and then went to the park for a play date with Jennifer and Ella. Jennifer is actually from Houston, but went to school at Auburn and stayed in Alabama with her husband. Ella is 18 mos and is such a little explorer that loves to walk around constantly and just discover everything. I babysat her with GK a week or so ago and having two on the move was QUITE the handful! Made me thankful for my 1 little one...
They are so cute! Ella loves to give Georgia kisses-- we don't even have to prompt her! :) I really enjoy spending time with Jennifer and I am so thankful for her friendship. I know she and her husband, Tim, will be a family we keep up with for life.
Friday night was a throw back to our younger years with James and me heading out on town! We bought tickets to The Civil Wars concert back in July for my birthday (oh so long ago)-- remember?? (I should post a link to that blog post, but I'm too lazy). Anyway, we did it on a wing and a prayer that we would find safe, competent child care in the meantime and, luckily for us, we did! Jennifer was so sweet to come over and 'watch' GK for us. Georgia was already asleep when she got here at 7 and stayed that way until she left. Kinda a win-win, b/c she got a quiet night away to catch up on reading (as she stated) and we got to go out and feel young again! (My what a difference a year makes in one's life!) We tried to blend in with all the young hipsters...but with both of us yawning nonstop starting around 9:30 and James asking if he could put in his ear plugs...not sure if we succeeded.
We had an amazing time! The venue-- The Alabama Theatre-- was breathtaking and romantic! The opening act was fun and quirky and Joy and JP were phenomenal. Here are some pics:
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| Gorgeous, right? |
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| self -portrait |
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| I love him! |
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| Milo Greene-- great band! |
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| The Civil Wars |
Milo Greene:
http://youtu.be/ooTyuRd9zSg
The Civil Wars:
http://youtu.be/UDntuu7EDYA
http://youtu.be/WfzRlcnq_c0
Saturday, our Sunday Bible Study (to be abbreviated SBS henceforthhitherto) all went out to our leaders' Tom and Ginger's 100 acre farm for a day of friends, fun, and, of course, football! Georgia had several playmates with the large group and had a great time with the other kids playing on the floor while the adults talked. But, oops! no pics. Later in the evening, James and I had a lovely, private 4 wheeler ride around the property at dusk while GK napped in her playpen back at the house. Though rabid SEC fans, they graciously flipped back and forth between the Auburn and A&M game-- and the Aggies won! yay! It was a great day of fellowship!
Sunday, church with Dr. David Platt and SBS. If you have time, please listen to some of David's sermons here: http://www.disciplemakingintl.org/media/series/ I also love John Piper (sermons found here: www.desiringgod.org) just to throw that out there while talking about online resources. We truly feel blessed to be in our church under Dr. Platt's leadership.
After several posts oozing with my desperation for friends for our family and for me/GK, I just had to follow up with this post to make it clear how abundantly God has answered ours--and maybe your-- prayers for us. I have 1-2 play dates per week scheduled out for a couple months! There are women in my bible study on Tuesdays that I look forward to getting to know better. We have amazing leaders in Tom and Ginger that desire to minister to us and help us throughout the week and not just on Sunday. I know several women well enough here to pick up the phone and call just to talk or schedule a play date. It is such a blessing!
Friends, what else can I say? He is faithful. He is sovereign. Lord of all!
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