..and just in time to celebrate my birthday! What a great b-day it has been, working all day, running errands tonight, and all with my face peeling into a million little pieces and my lips and nose swollen from sun poisoning. Oh well, it's official, "late twenties".
Now that I have had sufficient time this week to get back to normal from the 40 Days prayer vigil, I feel like I am ready to talk about our experiences more.
I did 51 hours and Matthew did 39 in the 6 day St. Jude's leg of the vigil, and we were exhausted for days!
But all of the annoyances (ants, hornets, sunburn, sun-poisoning, oppressive heat, and a few irreverent drivers) we would not trade any moment or not do it again. In fact, the experience has brought us closer in our commitment to pro-life issues.
We met so many memorable people, people who were similar to us and those who were not. Each person we met was unique and made the 6 days unforgettable!
The response from the community was overwhelming, people just stopping by to see what we were doing, showing their support, and adding to the faithful in prayer.
We were able to spend hours conversing with like minded people, people who we have learned from, people with shared experiences, and people who we aspire to be like. I even had the opportunity to speak with a couple who had fostering and adoption experience.
We are blessed from the event and have already had our share of tribulations that goes along with it!
Tuesday evening, the first non-vigil day, Matthew lost his job. I saw it as another set-back, but Matthew saw it as an opportunity to find a more suitable job where he will be happier, and made me realize that the Lord was still blessing us, even if I didn't immediately understand. He has come away from our vigil with a new energy for serving the Lord and our family. He has devoted hours of his day to prayer, and I am so proud of his humility and responsibility.
Thursday, a co-worker of mine told me that she has a family member who is pregnant with an unwanted baby, and is too far along for an abortion (praise the Lord, another vigil success? maybe!) and was considering adopting! My co-worker has started the process to get this woman to speak about independent adoptions, and considering Matthew and I as parents!
I am not getting my hopes up, but I am so happy this woman is considering adoption, no matter what the outcome!
Please pray for Matthew and the woman and her unborn baby!
God bless you all.
Ooh, will keep you in my prayers!
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