Whats new with us!

It has been quite a while since I blogged and I am really hoping to start back up more regularly. The last few months have been a time of processing everything that is going to be happening with our family for me. We took some time to just rest (as much as possible) with our family and enjoy this pregnancy and really just pour love into our children and pray about exactly when we were to head to Africa. There is so much I want to write about so sorry in advance for skipping from one thing to the next and than back again. :)
First off.... our new addition coming in December. We will be welcoming our fourth child, a little girl who we are already head over heels in love with, in about 6 weeks. This pregnancy has been so wonderful ( minus a scary few first weeks ) and I cannot complain. Just two weeks ago my blood pressure started to rise which has happened a lot sooner with all of our other children, so it was nice to have that happen later than sooner as it does make me feel really icky. This does mean that they will more than likely induce me at 38 weeks just like with the other three, since it just keeps going up. The girls are SO excited to meet their sissy and talk about her and to her all the time. Kayden is just really not too interested, which doesn't surprise us at all. We are anxiously awaiting her arrival and can't wait to see her sweet face for the first time.
We have officially started the fundraising process to get to Africa and set a launch date of 18 months from now, so May of 2012. We know this time is going to fly by. We have started meeting with families and are going to be going to local churches and speaking. If you are interested in meeting with us and hearing our hearts and plans for when we get there and possibly joining our support team, or know anyone you think would be, please let us know. It has been SO much fun meeting with people and getting to just talk about Africa. We are so passionate about what we are going to be doing and love talking about it. We usually just talk to each other about it though, and so its so much fun to talk with others and share this passion.
The past few months have been such a learning process and time of growth for me. While extremely painful at times, I cannot even begin to say how thankful I am for this time to reflect and confirm this call on our lives. Our six year wedding anniversary is in a couple of weeks. We were laughing the other night thinking about how much has happened in the last six years. If you would have told me on our wedding day that in six years from now we would be getting ready to have our fourth child and raising support to move to a third-world country with all of them, away from everyone/everything we know and love, I would have probably passed out honestly. That is why I am so thankful that all we have to do is follow where Christ leads us. It really is that simple, which I am constantly learning. He has been SO faithful to our family.

Please pray for us during this time of raising support. We are praying for supernatural stregth to get everything done that needs to be. It is very easy for me to start to feel overwhelmed when I think about all we have going on already with Brian's working his two jobs, having a new baby in the house and then raising support on top of it. It really is such a HUGE source of comfort and peace knowing that this is what we are supposed to be doing and that He will (and has been!) provide the strength for us to get it all done.
Please pray for our house to sell. We are totally trusting God to take care of this for us in a way we can't even imagine.
We are so blessed beyond what we could ever imagine. We have the most amazing friends and love you all and are so thankful for all of your sweet words and encouragement.