Growth

I love watching C grow.  First and foremost as a follow of Jesus and then after that as a mom and a student.  She is learning so much.  In her study of a Gospel-centered life with Amy she has been learning about repentence... but not just book learning, actually taking it to heart.  Just this week she beat Satan's efforts to lead her back into stubbornness and self-will by running hard after Jesus, knowing that her sin was against Him first and foremost, and then also asking for forgiveness from the offended party.  And as I went by today to dole out the consequence for poor behavior there were no excuses, no defense, just humility and acceptance.  And from there we get to show grace... oh so much grace.  

And she's a sweet mom :)  They stayed with me for a few days over the weekend because our house mom was sick and I loved seeing the contrast of her mothering A compared to when they first arrived.  She was patient, yet firm.  She played with him!  That's a really big deal.  They sat and did puzzles together and laughed together and spent time... he was so happy and so proud.

As for myself and the house moms, we have a new challenge.  Seth recently started seminary classes in Spanish for some local church leaders and we're going :)  Old Testament survey in Spanish!  Mostly challenging for me!  This week the power went out and we had to run the generator for the video to work... I would be lying to say it wasn't a tad miserable to not have the fans running.  But even so, the content is good and we are going to learn so much.  I'm really thankful for the new opportunities!