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You know how everyone seems to dread the very thought of support raising???\u00a0 It can seem so hard, so humbling to continually be asking your friends and family for their support.\u00a0 Why is it so difficult to be in this place of humility?\u00a0 It seems to go against our independent American nature.\u00a0 We’re the cowboys!\u00a0 We like doing things “our way”.<\/p>\n

However, I’m not sure this is what God really calls us to.\u00a0 I believe he calls us to be connected, to be interdependent.\u00a0 Ephesians 4 talks about how we are to be doing this in one another’s lives.\u00a0 It says that we are ”\u00a0being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies”.\u00a0 We were created to hold each other together.\u00a0 We were made for this!\u00a0 Let’s live into it with joy!<\/p>\n

So, how are we as a family doing at this???\u00a0 Oddly enough we are LOVING it!\u00a0 This has become a wonderful opportunity to spend time with friends and family sharing all that God has done and is about to do in our lives.\u00a0 It’s become a chance to be encouraged and prayed for!\u00a0 We’ve had the opportunity to hear what has been happening in their lives and to see God at work in others.\u00a0 It’s been amazing!\u00a0 So, for those of you who we’ve already spoken to … THANK YOU!\u00a0 You have been a blessing.\u00a0 And, for those of you still waiting patiently … we can hardly wait to get together!<\/p>\n

Oh, and a special thank you to my sweet friend Mary who took these sweet pictures.<\/p>\n

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