Due to the quarantine, Dave and I are both home. Our days are pretty repetitive, but good. I spend the mornings doing "school" with the kids while Dave works. He is working on further developing his Spanish, taking leadership courses, participating in staff development and reading about Dominican history. I spend my afternoons on zoom calls with staff, preparing training for next year and doing professional development. It has been a very sweet season for our family. The kids miss normal life activities like seeing friends or going to the pool, but they couldn't be happier that we are all together. Please don't let the photos fool you. It hasn't been all sparkles and rainbows each day. We have low days and we have high days. The kids love being together, but cry often because they miss normalcy. We are working on taking each day at a time.
We are beyond thankful for God's provision and peace during this time. We know that many are struggling financially, socially, emotionally, spiritually and physically during this time. We continue to pray that we can be a light during a dark time. Please let us know if we can be praying for you or if you know of anyone who needs extra encouragement. We desire to use this time as a family to strengthen good habits and lean into the Lord.
The last few weeks God has been teaching me about the Acts church. It was amazing. The church lived as one cohesive unit. They shared EVERYTHING and nothing was withheld selfishly. God has been showing me ways that I can be more like the Acts church. May we all use this time to show God's love to all those around us and be drastically different. May others come to know the Lord because of our extreme love for others in during a hard time. We can give all we have but remember, if we don't have love, it is useless!
If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:3
