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God's been teaching me a lot about being more open about my needs and asking people to pray for me. It's not easy for me, but I am working on it. Today, God's put it on my heart to share with you about our Babymoon.
Up until last week, Jon and I were not planning to go on any kind of Babymoon. One of the biggest reasons for this is a lack of finances. There are a lot of things that we need to pay for and money is very tight right now. We did not want to dip into our savings to pay for a trip like this, because that money is set aside for other things. However, God has reminded me that it is important to take time away from my busy life and invest some much needed time into my marriage.
In the next few weeks a lot of different changes are taking place. First, Jon's brother Josh is coming to live with us starting the first week or two in July. Josh moving back to the States to begin college and is going to live with us, work, and start taking classes at a local community college. And of course, the biggest change of all will be the birth of our daughter Olivia. Her due date is set for August 28th and she will be here before we know it!
All of that being said, I feel very strongly that Jon and I need a time of rest and retreat to reconnect before all of these changes take place. So, that's why I've been trying to plan a babymoon for us. Right now, it looks like taking a few days before and after the 4th of July is our best bet! I've been able to find some good deals online for our hotel too!
Please keep us in your prayers! Pray that God would continue to provide everything we need as we prepare for Josh's arrival and Olivia's birth. Pray that we would honor the Lord in everything we do and that this trip would be a blessing to both Jon and me. Pray that Satan would be far from us and not cause any kind of division in our home.
Thank you so much for your prayers! I will be blogging about our babymoon soon!!
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I am praying. Love you all!
Chelle
I am praying. Love you all!
Chelle
osearsonGoing would be so good for you. Pray about this as you are doing and God will show you the answer. Sometimes we overthink God and make decisions when he has future plans and knows that the money will come to you when you have needs. This opportunity will not come around ever again for you. You are both embarking on uncharted territory with a new adult living in your home and soon a sweet , sweet baby that will take more of your time then you can ever imagine. . . it's such a good and precious time you won't realize until much later how refocused and redirected your time will be. You will make it through it all but refresh yourselves before you begin these two new adventures!
Just an interesting snippet that stuck out to me: "...money is set aside for other things.... invest some much needed time into my marriage."It sounds like you're on the right track! You guys seem to have fairly regular date nights, which is awesome and a great investment in your marriage. And as exciting and life changing as a baby is, you're being wonderfully observant to take a step back and realize that children will grow and one day leave the nest. Anything you can do to invest in your marriage now WILL pay off in the future, in ways that money can't buy.
Thank you for blogging about this! God has been bringing to my attention that I need to make sure My Sailor and I reconnect whenever we can. We were at odds about taking a honeymoon after our wedding in August. (We eloped some time ago for legal purposes, but feel very strongly that it's important to include family and friends as our support mechanism as well - after all, no man is an island!) I know he's probably going to deploy this fall, and could very well be gone from October-Feb again. So, yes, even though we are throwing our wedding in August, and family and friends are traveling to see us, we need to make sure we set aside time for us.
So we're faced with balancing out family time and couple time. Not to mention, we don't have much money. I know neither of us gets to see our families much since they are long distance and it's tempting to make every trip/experience about including our families, but sometimes, it's okay to realize that, someday, it'll more than likely just be "us", and things we do now to strengthen us we'll reap the benefits of later. So we agreed to take a road trip together and we're getting very excited about our affordable, awesome, little honeymoon!
Some things are just worth the investment. Strengthening our relationship now, before he disappears under the waves for 3 or so months (no phones, no letters, just something like email w/ no attachments or photos or links) will helps us both feel bonded during the bumpy roads ahead.
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