Week 6 of 10:
Now, I will bring you to the most recent update. This week is starting with a DAY OFF! It is Korea’s Liberation Day and we are spending the day work-free. This is a gift from God, as this week is our final week of a month of very long work days.
(This picture was taken around midnight after spending a great evening with Sarah and Josh Broward. As you can see by the torpedo-shaped belly, at the end of a long day, our little girl likes to protrude as far as possible, signaling she is ready to be done for the day! If only she knew how painful that is.)
This week we are participating in a Vacation Bible School (VBS). Michael will be co-leading in the sports station and I will be co-leading in the craft and mission station. In addition to our station-specific preparation, there are songs and dances to be learned. Michael put in many sweaty afternoons of dance practice, but I have opted out of the dancing this year. A pregnant belly is not the most convenient to dance with. 😉
So, this week, we will start our days around 8am for VBS, and then go on with our regularly scheduled jobs in the afternoons, finishing 11 to 13 hours later, depending on the day. As I mentioned, this week is the final week of our very full month.
This week, Wednesday, we will take a break in the afternoon to visit our doctor for another check up. We hope to have some new information and possibly sonogram photos to share next week.
A preview of weeks 7 through 10ish:
Following this, for “weeks 7 and 8” of our 10 week count-down…or.. up?… I will have two more weeks of my regular work schedule. Then, “week 9” of the 10, we will welcome Mike and Mary Palmer and Carol Messamer to Korea!!! (Jerry Messamer will arrive about 3 weeks later). Our parents will be with us in Korea for one month, and we are so excited! Following that, “week 10” of 10, we pray we will be welcoming our sweet little girl, not only into Korea, but into our family.
Just one month to go. In some ways it will go very quickly…in other ways (i.e. sleepless nights, WAITING, swelling, seemingly impossible continued growth of my belly, and… did I mention?… waiting for our little girl to arrive) it feels like the longest time I can fathom (okay, I exaggerate a bit). Pray she does not delay. 🙂
A final note and request for prayer…
We sincerely want to have a natural childbirth experience for optimal health of our little girl, but in order for that to happen she needs to turn her little body around and out of breech position. Please pray that she will turn around safely and that I will patiently wait for her to do so. We have surrendered her life into God’s hands since the moment we found out we could expect her, and we will continue to do so. He has blessed us with a healthy baby so far, and we will trust in His will and timing.
Thank you for reading, praying, and journeying with us.
-E.
You look wonderful! Even if it was midnight. (And I can sympathize with the big belly discomfort …) Prayers for sleep, comfort, patience and natural birth coming your way from Kansas.
Love you guys!!! You 3 are going to make it!! 🙂
You look great! Praying for that little sweetness to turn herself around.
You’re looking great! I’m at week 32 now and it seems my belly is just about as big as yours! 🙂
Praying for your little princess to turn soon!
Sending you hugs from Switzerland!
Take care!
Hi! I just wanted to encourage you with the breech situation. Daniel stayed breech for many weeks then finally turned somewhere between 36-39 weeks (I can’t remember exactly but it was shortly before he was born), so it can happen! Either way, we will be praying for you and know that God has you all in His hands! You look amazing-absolutely beautiful! You are going to be such a wonderful mother! Love to all!
Thank you so much for your comments and prayers! We have world-wide prayer going on for her. 🙂