Hi everyone,
Sorry about the update delays lately! If you’ve heard any baby rumors lately – they’re true :) As you can see from the picture baby Eddie is on his or her way and growing fast. (the other pix are from Christmas in Michigan and our trip to Dallas). Our due date is June 24 and Jermale and I are super excited. I am 17 weeks along (a little over 4 months) and things are going well. We knew for a while, but waited until Christmas to share the news when we saw our families in person. Everyone was happy. The first 2 ½ months were rough. Although I never threw up (thank God) I was extremely nauseous, tired and emotional pretty much all the time. Jermale was amazing through it all. He took over all the cooking and cleaning, encouraged me to sleep constantly, found me an amazing expecting mother’s tea, and knew when to comfort me and when to dismiss me during my emotional episodes LOL He is already such an awesome husband and I know he’ll be a wonderful dad!
Our other exciting news is that we finally had our first church service this past Sunday. I can barely describe how amazing it was to see it finally become reality after so much planning and work. We had about 100 people show up. Maybe 30 to 40 people came simply to support our first service, but there were a lot of people from the community as well. The best thing about the day was that God was there. It was so evident. It was our very first service, but by the end about 8 people responded to the alter call and many of them asked to become members right then and there. I felt so satisfied and at peace knowing that we are here for an amazing purpose and that this is just the beginning of what’s to come. The whole day was confirmation. I felt relieved in the sense that we tangibly experienced the reason we move here and for the first time I was 100% happy to be in Texas. I can’t wait to further engage into this ministry and truly impact the lives of people while I continue to grow and learn myself. I will try to post pictures soon of the church (especially the nursery and the coffee shop which were two special projects I helped with).
Christmas in Michigan was fabulous. It was wonderful to see family and even catch up with a few friends. I was feeling really drained before we went and being in Michigan reminded me of the support network we have still in place even though we are far away. The trip was spiritually refreshing for me as well. It was great to worship at Grand Rapids First again and I want to give a shout out to Jamon & Jasmine, Wes & Artina and Kim- the conversations I had with all of you gave me so much spiritual encouragement and helped me come back to Texas re-charged.
Life is good and 2009 is going to be incredible. We wish you all an amazingly blessed year!
Love,
The Eddies
Sorry about the update delays lately! If you’ve heard any baby rumors lately – they’re true :) As you can see from the picture baby Eddie is on his or her way and growing fast. (the other pix are from Christmas in Michigan and our trip to Dallas). Our due date is June 24 and Jermale and I are super excited. I am 17 weeks along (a little over 4 months) and things are going well. We knew for a while, but waited until Christmas to share the news when we saw our families in person. Everyone was happy. The first 2 ½ months were rough. Although I never threw up (thank God) I was extremely nauseous, tired and emotional pretty much all the time. Jermale was amazing through it all. He took over all the cooking and cleaning, encouraged me to sleep constantly, found me an amazing expecting mother’s tea, and knew when to comfort me and when to dismiss me during my emotional episodes LOL He is already such an awesome husband and I know he’ll be a wonderful dad!
Our other exciting news is that we finally had our first church service this past Sunday. I can barely describe how amazing it was to see it finally become reality after so much planning and work. We had about 100 people show up. Maybe 30 to 40 people came simply to support our first service, but there were a lot of people from the community as well. The best thing about the day was that God was there. It was so evident. It was our very first service, but by the end about 8 people responded to the alter call and many of them asked to become members right then and there. I felt so satisfied and at peace knowing that we are here for an amazing purpose and that this is just the beginning of what’s to come. The whole day was confirmation. I felt relieved in the sense that we tangibly experienced the reason we move here and for the first time I was 100% happy to be in Texas. I can’t wait to further engage into this ministry and truly impact the lives of people while I continue to grow and learn myself. I will try to post pictures soon of the church (especially the nursery and the coffee shop which were two special projects I helped with).
Christmas in Michigan was fabulous. It was wonderful to see family and even catch up with a few friends. I was feeling really drained before we went and being in Michigan reminded me of the support network we have still in place even though we are far away. The trip was spiritually refreshing for me as well. It was great to worship at Grand Rapids First again and I want to give a shout out to Jamon & Jasmine, Wes & Artina and Kim- the conversations I had with all of you gave me so much spiritual encouragement and helped me come back to Texas re-charged.
Life is good and 2009 is going to be incredible. We wish you all an amazingly blessed year!
Love,
The Eddies
