More on the "Big News" and other stuff.

Okay - so we are very excited about the new Bragg that is on the way. Everyone keeps asking me if I want it to be a boy and the answer, of course, is yes. If it is a girl, however, I will also be very happy having 3 girls would be awesome - I know she would be as lovely as Laura and Rachel. We have been debating on finding out the sex of the baby beforehand (like we did with Laura and Rachel) or just waiting until the new baby arrives. I think we have decided to wait but time will tell how my patience wears on me. :) It will be fun to wait - anticipation is good.

Because of this new Bragg on the way, we have started making plans for Andrea to quit working and come home to be with the girls full-time. I have an interview with UPS on Thursday morning and would be working there part-time if I get the job. The pay is not very good but they give full benefits to part-time employees and their families so that is the main reason that I have applied there. They also give "tuition reimbursment" to students that work there part-time. In addition to doing this with UPS I would still be working part time with the job that I am doing now (from home) which pays much better. I will also continue to take a full load of classes so that I can finish the degree in a reasonable time frame. We have been praying about this and talking with other seminary students who are doing the same thing and think that it is the right decision.

All of the above is an area that we need people to pray about for us. Pray that I would be able to physically do all that it requires (I know I can with God's help - and by remembering that it will only be "for a season").

Also, we need prayer about us getting a new vehicle (a van since we will have 3 children to put into car seats). Of course this is not an immediate concern but it is something that we need to be thinking about in the near future.

Another prayer concern: our community group is going to be combining with one of the other groups that is small and I will be splitting time leading instead of leading a group on my own. This opens the opportunity for me to possibly lead a community group for Nepali (people from the country of Nepal) families that have been coming to our church. Most of the people that would be in this group would be non-believers and open to the gospel. Pray that I would get the opportunity to lead a group like this. I have talked about it with our pastor here and he thinks it is a good idea. These families have been coming to our church because they were invited by a lady that is a seminary student - they are unsaved but have been faithful in coming to the service every Sunday. They have not been very involved with a community group because (I think) becuase when they come they do not feel comfortable enough to open up in the groups. If we have a group that all of the Nepali families can come to hopefully it will get them to come more regularly and get them to openly dialogue about the gospel.

Thanks for praying for us you guys!