My rebellious nature as a teenager and young adult reared it’s ugly head when I became a mom. Children were not a part of “our plan” for a while, if at all, honestly. I wanted a few more years of newlywed bliss. I wasn’t ready to give up my spontaneous lifestyle of traveling with Greg and doing student ministry together. Quite selfish of me really. It took me 5 years, when child #3 was coming, and we were relocating again, to realize that the ministry God wanted for me to do wasn’t students anymore but the children that He gave us to raise. Like the students, they are His children, but my responsibility to love and teach them about God increased tremendously. I was scared. I was never a “kid” person. I babysat maybe twice growing up. The one time I helped in the nursery at church, I was so overwhelmed that I didn’t even notice one of the kids had a poo explosion until his mom came to pick him up. I knew how to talk to and hang with students. I knew NADA about babies. Now I know more than I ever wanted to know about babies through the experiences with Gunnar, Tygar, Stone and Eden. I know as they grow I will continue to learn more. I am THANKFUL that despite my selfishness God has placed these kids in our lives and Greg and I hope and pray that we honor our Father by doing his will each day and live each day with an eternal perspective so that they will know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
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