We are house hunting today...please pray for us as we search. Pray that the process is smooth and quick.
Thank you!!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
31 weeks!
Today we had our 1st public service...I will blog about it later...in the meantime go to our website-web.mac.com/rupps or click on "church plant update" on the side of my blog to see an update w/pictures.
Here's a pic of the beginning of 31 weeks!! This is an eventful week...get to tour the hospital and I have another appt. and we will be getting an ultrasound too!! Can't wait to see her! :)
Next week we start the birthing classes!!
Please pray for our house search this week...we did get pre-approved on Friday!!! We are looking at 5 houses on Tues. morning and we are hoping that the one is one of those so we can move along quickly with this process. Pray that we land in the right house in the right neighborhood where we can have the greatest impact for Christ.
I will keep you updated!
18 weeks-
31 weeks-
Here's a pic of the beginning of 31 weeks!! This is an eventful week...get to tour the hospital and I have another appt. and we will be getting an ultrasound too!! Can't wait to see her! :)
Next week we start the birthing classes!!
Please pray for our house search this week...we did get pre-approved on Friday!!! We are looking at 5 houses on Tues. morning and we are hoping that the one is one of those so we can move along quickly with this process. Pray that we land in the right house in the right neighborhood where we can have the greatest impact for Christ.
I will keep you updated!
18 weeks-
31 weeks-
Friday, March 27, 2009
We will be homeowners a lot sooner than what we thought!
This week we had a nice surprise and did in fact end up getting pre-approved!!!!!! It was such an up and down week because we knew we had to make progress with the whole situation but didn't know what to do. God clearly lead us to trying pre-approval again and we were quickly pre-approved. We even have a house that we really like and have put an offer on. All of this happened this week.
Please pray for the process to go smoothly. We will not take a deep breath until we have keys in our hands but are thankful for direction finally!!
Thank you for your prayers!
Please pray for the process to go smoothly. We will not take a deep breath until we have keys in our hands but are thankful for direction finally!!
Thank you for your prayers!
Sunday, March 22, 2009
30 weeks!
First pregnancy pic-5 weeks:
Many pregnancy pics later-30 weeks:
Wow!! It's hard to believe little Nataleigh is going to be here in 10 or so weeks. I was sick these last couple days with a stomach bug :( but I'm feeling much better! The church plant is going so well! This Sunday we had a practice service because next week is our preview service. They practiced setting everything up, going through the service and then debriefing to discuss what was good and what was not so good so it could be fixed. Unfortunately I was unable to be there since I've been sick but I heard nothing but wonderful things!! Chris is SO excited!!
I know I ask every time I post on here it seems like, but please keep our house search in your prayers. We are seeking alternative options (renting) because we are unable to get pre-approved right now. We know with out a doubt that this is exactly where God wants us and so we will continue to trust his plan with actually getting us to our target area. It is very easy to get discouraged about it considering we aren't living in the area we are targeting and knowing our baby is about to arrive and nothing is in order. (If you know me well, I have to have everything in order) So this has been a huge growing time for me. Satan is the one that constantly creeps in and tries to discourage and I'm not falling for his little schemes anymore. If only you knew all of the stories of our ministers and launch team of our church plant you would see how Satan is having a hay-day.
So, we covet your prayers.
Have a great week!
Many pregnancy pics later-30 weeks:
Wow!! It's hard to believe little Nataleigh is going to be here in 10 or so weeks. I was sick these last couple days with a stomach bug :( but I'm feeling much better! The church plant is going so well! This Sunday we had a practice service because next week is our preview service. They practiced setting everything up, going through the service and then debriefing to discuss what was good and what was not so good so it could be fixed. Unfortunately I was unable to be there since I've been sick but I heard nothing but wonderful things!! Chris is SO excited!!
I know I ask every time I post on here it seems like, but please keep our house search in your prayers. We are seeking alternative options (renting) because we are unable to get pre-approved right now. We know with out a doubt that this is exactly where God wants us and so we will continue to trust his plan with actually getting us to our target area. It is very easy to get discouraged about it considering we aren't living in the area we are targeting and knowing our baby is about to arrive and nothing is in order. (If you know me well, I have to have everything in order) So this has been a huge growing time for me. Satan is the one that constantly creeps in and tries to discourage and I'm not falling for his little schemes anymore. If only you knew all of the stories of our ministers and launch team of our church plant you would see how Satan is having a hay-day.
So, we covet your prayers.
Have a great week!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
It's been awhile...
Whew...it's been awhile since I've posted. I spent last week with my family in Indiana while Chris was at school in IL. Then I brought my niece Maleah back with me for a few days to Ohio. Yesterday we met 1/2 way...I sure miss Maleah...we had a great time!
We are hoping to have the rest of our nieces and nephews come at some point...but will be holding off for awhile until we have our own place to live and we get settled with our little one.
Speaking of our little one...she's great...she's growing and is kicking and doing her acrobatics a lot fuller now. She starts kicking when she hears her daddy talk to her, it's so amazing! We can't believe we are almost to 30 weeks...it's flown by!
Speaking of place to live...please keep praying about this. Pray that we would listen to what God has for us and be patient.
We had a huge event this past Sunday for the community. Go to our blog...web.mac.com/rupps (there's a link from my blog) to hear what Chris had to say about it.
Here is a picture of Maleah and I at our outreach event Sunday...
And Maleah with Cinderella at the outreach event:
We are hoping to have the rest of our nieces and nephews come at some point...but will be holding off for awhile until we have our own place to live and we get settled with our little one.
Speaking of our little one...she's great...she's growing and is kicking and doing her acrobatics a lot fuller now. She starts kicking when she hears her daddy talk to her, it's so amazing! We can't believe we are almost to 30 weeks...it's flown by!
Speaking of place to live...please keep praying about this. Pray that we would listen to what God has for us and be patient.
We had a huge event this past Sunday for the community. Go to our blog...web.mac.com/rupps (there's a link from my blog) to hear what Chris had to say about it.
Here is a picture of Maleah and I at our outreach event Sunday...
And Maleah with Cinderella at the outreach event:
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Doctor's Appt
Had a doctors appt today. Nataleigh is doing great! Right on with her growth and great heartbeat!!! Praise God for a healthy baby girl!! I will see the doc again in 4 weeks and after that every two!! Getting closer to seeing this little one!! Can't wait!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
27th Week
Well, we are almost to 30 weeks!!! Hard to believe I'm in the 3rd trimester already! Time is flying by! After watching my best friend labor this week I got really excited but freaked out...good thing I have little bit to re-group. :)
I have an appt. this Thursday. She's been very active today...I've noticed movement being a lot fuller and can actually tell where some of her body parts are! This is such an amazing experience and we are thanking our Father for every bit of it!
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