I have been meaning to get back to the blog to write part 2
of why I am so blessed after getting my diagnosis 6 months ago, but life has
been in the super fast drive and I haven’t had much extra time and so that will
have to wait till I am up to it after the surgery.
For now, I will just give a quick update on life.
1.
Hannah is still in Spain, which is starting to
get more difficult for me, as I have not been able to talk to her. I did get a phone message and I heard that she
spoke to Mark and Holly, but I am really missing my eldest baby even though I get
e-mails with pictures and such it’s just not the same without her. She will not
get back to Houston until the 12th. They only get 5 hours of sleep a night, and
so they are very tired and so please pray for her and her group and the campers
they are ministering to as well. I cannot wait to hear all about it and see the
pictures she has taken with her new camera with 3-D capabilities that we will
be able to look at on our 3-D TV. Technology is great!
2.
Pauline is back in France, and boy was that
difficult. I cried at the airport as we said goodbye and I had a sad ride in
the rain back home. I did not even feel like eating that night and my heart
hurt, like back when my dog died. It was harder for me to say goodbye to our
French exchange student than my own daughter headed to Spain, mostly because I do
not know when I’ll see her again. She was just so sweet and fit in so nicely
with our family and it made me want to adopt even more than ever. In fact, the whole family with the exception
of Mark has been taking about adoption, which has been talked in our home for the
last 8 years or so. We will see if the Lord ever makes that dream a reality.
Anyways, please pray for Pauline and her getting used to everything again as it
is quite a lot for a 19 year old. In addition, please pray we will get to see
her again and my sadness will go away quickly as I really miss her.
3.
I have some very exciting news about the
educational program and school I started up. We are growing in numbers and
things are going great! Last week I had three
meetings and so it was quite rushed and my poor hubby and kids had to leave Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday nights as I invited people in for an academic planning
meeting, and two different informational meetings. Yesterday, the Lord total
blessed us with a new facility in which to meet; Church of the Holy Apostles is
a great church with an amazing staff and an a welcoming and generous heart and so I am
very enthusiastic about our campus meeting there on Mondays and Wednesdays. I
actually called up to the church at 9:00 and by 1:30 I had toured the building
for the second time with friends Shelley and Courtney, met some of the staff,
explained the programs, picked out the spaces that would best suite our
communities and signed the contract! The Lord really outdid Himself on this one,
as the space is perfect, I even get four different storage spaces throughout
the church, and if that isn’t enough they asked for a love offering instead of
the $5500 plus we were being asked to pay everywhere else. We will still take a
facility fee from families to ensure they are paid enough, but now we will not
need to do fundraising and we have a place to grow in. Please thank the Lord
for this huge blessing for us and pray for His obvious and continued favor for
GIFT and Covenant.
I guess that it is for now, as I probably need to try to get a bit more sleep before the big day. Please pray for Mark, the kids, and the running of the house, as I am on bed rest. Please pray for my patience, as I am not a person that enjoys lying in bed and taking things slow. Finally, yet importantly, please thank the Lord His obvious overwhelming love and support though everything for the Fieglein family and the many blessings that He has given us.
Karri
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