Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Anything else...Bring it on!! Ok just kidding.

I am always amazed at God's timing and the ways He chooses to use me. Not long after I was laid off from my job, my brother and sister-in-law had their second beautiful boy, but this one was born at 34 weeks 6 days gestation. In essence Jacob Andrew Cook was early. We were kind of expecting this, but were hoping that with "Baby Jacob's" birth would come answers as to why he was developing slowly In Utero and what the course of treatment would be.
Here we are three weeks later and aren't very much closer to knowing what's going on, but we hope in Jesus who does not disappoint and are so thankful that he is breathing on his own and learning to take a bottle in place of continuous tube feedings. He is also awake for a little more time everyday and is the cutest baby, and the smallest you have ever seen, weighing in at 3lbs, 7.4oz.
Check out their blog: http://www.jcookclan.blogspot.com

God provided me the time to be able to help out during this crazy time with Audri staying at my house and JD, my older nephew comes over for frequent visits to "Hala's house."

While this 3-ring circus is going on I'm looking for a job and because of my lack of income, moving out of my first "own place." God has graciously provided yet again for my needs with a basement apartment for me to live in that belongs to some friends from my church! "I feel upheaval in my life in every area," my sister-in-law, Audri, and I were talking about this last night, "But I feel like God is continually providing for all my needs." He is providing me a place to stay, food to eat, emotional support, people to help me move, accountability during this stressful time, a place to serve and people to love and be loved in return. He is so faithful!

I was able to go to Preview Weekend with Campus Crusade for Christ, the company I'm working with on campus at Georgia State University and it was an awesome time of encouragement and a break for everything that is going on. It was a great time of fellowship, answered questions, and affirmation that everything that is going on in my life is for a reason and is not an accident.