Well, I think it's been long enough since I've posted, that I can post again:) I seriously hope to get better at this.
I'm beginning to feel a little better, for which I'm very thankful. The nausea is pretty much gone except for little twinges every now and then. I seem to have a little more energy, but I still have to be careful not to overdo it, or I'm right back where I started:)
Right now, I'm packing and preparing to travel to Oklahoma with my beloved tomorrow. We're planning to attend the Sherwood Baptist Conference, and are really looking forward to it. I won't make any promises, but I might try to post some while we're up there (maybe even some pictures:). We'll have to see how much free time we have.
Other than that, life is pretty "normal". Victor and I are settling into married life quite nicely and getting to know each other pretty well!! What a blessing marriage is. And not just marriage, but now motherhood. Wow! Everything is happening so quickly. I've begun showing a little, and my clothes aren't fitting any more. It's all part of prgnancy, I suppose. I have another midwife appointment on the 7th of July, so hopefully we'll be able to hear or see the baby. Thus far, it's a faith prgnancy:) no sight, no sound, just faith. Oh what a beautiful thing to walk by faith.
Well, there's more that needs to be done to get ready. I've made some good progress on packing and I've got bread started and got a little tired, so I decided I'd sit down a little...
If I don't post in OK, I'll try to post when we get back and I recover!!
Friday, June 29, 2007
Thursday, June 21, 2007
My Vision For Our Family
1) The goal of this family is to glorify God by mutual love, expressing itself in Godly loving leadership on the part of the husband, and in Godly loving submission on the part of the wife, thus mirroring and typifying the relationship of Christ to His Church. As we live in love and harmony in these God-given roles, people will smell the savor of heaven in our home.
2) The second way our family will glorify God is by fruitfulness. This also pictures Christ bearing fruit through the Church by means of the Holy Spirit. The Dominion Mandate (Gen 1) was repeated to Noah and is still applicable to us today. Our family is dedicated to obeying God in this - being fruitful and multiplying. The earth is not yet full, and we still have a responsibility to God to obey Him in this.
3) Another aspect of the dominion mandate is dominion or authority over the earth. We are determined, under my (Victor's) headship, as leader, to harness the resources God has given us, to use them wisely and efficently, and please and glorify God by doing so for the extension of His Kingdom and the good of our family.
4) Our vision includes impacting the future generations for good through our own faithfulness and by raising up godly children who will carry on our vision as a God-given legacy to give to their children until the Lord doth come.
5) Most of all, our crowning passion is that our King Jesus be exalted in our home and in this world through our lives together. He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and thus deserves all glory and praise! Our fervent desire and prayer is that the lost would know Him, whom to know is life eternal, and that those who have not heard would hear the of the unsearchable riches of Christ. It is our desire to be sent forth for the service of the Lord to the "regions beyond", to give our all for the Master. To this we dedicate ourselves by God's Grace, Amen.
Victor W. Maxson
2) The second way our family will glorify God is by fruitfulness. This also pictures Christ bearing fruit through the Church by means of the Holy Spirit. The Dominion Mandate (Gen 1) was repeated to Noah and is still applicable to us today. Our family is dedicated to obeying God in this - being fruitful and multiplying. The earth is not yet full, and we still have a responsibility to God to obey Him in this.
3) Another aspect of the dominion mandate is dominion or authority over the earth. We are determined, under my (Victor's) headship, as leader, to harness the resources God has given us, to use them wisely and efficently, and please and glorify God by doing so for the extension of His Kingdom and the good of our family.
4) Our vision includes impacting the future generations for good through our own faithfulness and by raising up godly children who will carry on our vision as a God-given legacy to give to their children until the Lord doth come.
5) Most of all, our crowning passion is that our King Jesus be exalted in our home and in this world through our lives together. He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and thus deserves all glory and praise! Our fervent desire and prayer is that the lost would know Him, whom to know is life eternal, and that those who have not heard would hear the of the unsearchable riches of Christ. It is our desire to be sent forth for the service of the Lord to the "regions beyond", to give our all for the Master. To this we dedicate ourselves by God's Grace, Amen.
Victor W. Maxson
Monday, June 4, 2007
A quick update...
Here is an excerpt from a letter that I just sent to my sister in law to try to let her know what we've been up to, so I decided to pass it along to y'all as well...
This past weekend has been a total whirlwind for me, and still being in the first trimester, I'm still recovering:) Friday afternoon, mom came to pick me up with Angie and some of the younger guys after groceries and took me home to watch the children, while she and daddy went to a victorian Bed and Breakfast where we'd rented them a room for their anniversary. Victor then came straight from work to the house where we spent the rest of the evening with my siblings. It was fun. Matthew wasn't feeling very good, though and only wanted me. He ended up sleeping with me at night and I was up a good deal of the night with him.
Saturday morning, Victor got up and took Caleb and Daniel to the men's prayer meeting at church. The rest of us stayed at the house and had breakfast and cleaned up some. After Victor and the boys got home, we all played Dutch Blitz till mom and dad got home.
After they got home, we visited a little, had lunch and then went up north to my midwives appointment. We were hoping to hear a heart beat, but they told us we'd have to wait till the next appointment. They did do a sonagram to try and see the baby, but they said I had a really strong and tight ab muscle in the way:( That was a little discouraging to not hear or see the baby, but I know they're in there:)
Church yesterday was a blessing. Victor taught in the first service on the armor and I was SO blessed. He spoke about the girddle of truth. He said that just like a real girddle, truth should surround us and hold us together against satan's lies.
Then Pastor Kyle preached on Luke 20:19-26 on Jesus being challenged about the tax issue. He did a wonderful job of bringing out our responsibility to give unto God what we owe.
We spent the afternoon with the family, and I was able to rest a little (after a couple of exhausting days). In the evening, we had the Lord's supper. Pastor's message beforehand, was such a blessing. He was speaking on Hebrews 12. He brought out the fact that sin in our lives, even hidden sin that no one knows about, will hinder us from being all that we need to be for Christ. That is so true, and I've expierienced that in my own life at times. Last night was a blessing to me more so than usual.
Today, I was so tired that I rested most of the morning. Last night was rough. When we got home from church (we had to stay late to set up our classrooms for VBS which starts tonight) there was a really strong storm. It was a little scary driving down JacksonKeller, because the wind was really strong and was blowing wierd objects all over the road and into our car. It look like a hurricane or tornado. Once we got home, we ate dinner and went to bed. I was feeling really sick to my stomache though, and was having a hard time falling asleep. At around mid-night, the power in our complex went out, and everything went pitch black. We're not used to losing power here in the states, so we weren't as prepared as we should have been, and couldn't find the flashlight or anything to light a candle with. A couple of our neighbors got in their cars and left (it was still storming really bad). Because the power wasn't working, we didn't have AC either. The heat made me really nauseated. Thankfully, that didn't last long and the power came back on. Victor was a sweetheart and got up and got me water and turned that AC on again. I suppose that's good preparation for Malawi, huh?
Well, I still have some preparation to do for VBS which starts tonight. Just wanted to keep y'all up to date as far as what we've been up to:)
This past weekend has been a total whirlwind for me, and still being in the first trimester, I'm still recovering:) Friday afternoon, mom came to pick me up with Angie and some of the younger guys after groceries and took me home to watch the children, while she and daddy went to a victorian Bed and Breakfast where we'd rented them a room for their anniversary. Victor then came straight from work to the house where we spent the rest of the evening with my siblings. It was fun. Matthew wasn't feeling very good, though and only wanted me. He ended up sleeping with me at night and I was up a good deal of the night with him.
Saturday morning, Victor got up and took Caleb and Daniel to the men's prayer meeting at church. The rest of us stayed at the house and had breakfast and cleaned up some. After Victor and the boys got home, we all played Dutch Blitz till mom and dad got home.
After they got home, we visited a little, had lunch and then went up north to my midwives appointment. We were hoping to hear a heart beat, but they told us we'd have to wait till the next appointment. They did do a sonagram to try and see the baby, but they said I had a really strong and tight ab muscle in the way:( That was a little discouraging to not hear or see the baby, but I know they're in there:)
Church yesterday was a blessing. Victor taught in the first service on the armor and I was SO blessed. He spoke about the girddle of truth. He said that just like a real girddle, truth should surround us and hold us together against satan's lies.
Then Pastor Kyle preached on Luke 20:19-26 on Jesus being challenged about the tax issue. He did a wonderful job of bringing out our responsibility to give unto God what we owe.
We spent the afternoon with the family, and I was able to rest a little (after a couple of exhausting days). In the evening, we had the Lord's supper. Pastor's message beforehand, was such a blessing. He was speaking on Hebrews 12. He brought out the fact that sin in our lives, even hidden sin that no one knows about, will hinder us from being all that we need to be for Christ. That is so true, and I've expierienced that in my own life at times. Last night was a blessing to me more so than usual.
Today, I was so tired that I rested most of the morning. Last night was rough. When we got home from church (we had to stay late to set up our classrooms for VBS which starts tonight) there was a really strong storm. It was a little scary driving down JacksonKeller, because the wind was really strong and was blowing wierd objects all over the road and into our car. It look like a hurricane or tornado. Once we got home, we ate dinner and went to bed. I was feeling really sick to my stomache though, and was having a hard time falling asleep. At around mid-night, the power in our complex went out, and everything went pitch black. We're not used to losing power here in the states, so we weren't as prepared as we should have been, and couldn't find the flashlight or anything to light a candle with. A couple of our neighbors got in their cars and left (it was still storming really bad). Because the power wasn't working, we didn't have AC either. The heat made me really nauseated. Thankfully, that didn't last long and the power came back on. Victor was a sweetheart and got up and got me water and turned that AC on again. I suppose that's good preparation for Malawi, huh?
Well, I still have some preparation to do for VBS which starts tonight. Just wanted to keep y'all up to date as far as what we've been up to:)
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