Janet here. Since the last post about having such a brilliant time in California, a few circumstances have changed. We got a phone call from home near the end of last week letting us know that a family member sadly doesn’t have much longer with us ❤️ Thankfully, we were easily able to change our flights and jumped on a flight home that evening. Obviously, our hearts were so sad to hear the news, and it was so uncertain as to whether we would even see them again, even with the early flight home. It was also very sad to cut our family trip short, but it wasn’t hard to be thankful. We had been so blessed by our time away; we got to do so many amazing things, spend time with incredible people, and were so thankful for all the time we did get on our holiday! It truly was a special time ❤️

Landing home was a bit of a whirlwind, and we have since entered into a strange time of waiting. The beautiful thing about it is that we have gotten to spend some precious time in the hospital over the last few days and to be around for the rest of our family ❤️ Unfortunately, I managed to pick up some sort of virus right before we flew home, and so I’ve been a bit out of the game since we got back 😩 Thankfully, I’m starting to feel a bit better today, so I should be able to be around a lot more now 👍

We’ve now been home for 3 or 4 days and we are still waiting for the inevitable. ❤️ It is definitely a strange and painful time; one that we’re not in a hurry to rush through, but also one that costs a lot emotionally in the waiting. ❤️ As we wait, we know that it is the love of the Father that is holding us every step along the way. God is so close, and so kind in the ways He loves us and meets us. Even just yesterday, I was praying about something very specific regarding our circumstance, and within maybe an hour, I got a voice note from a friend saying she and her husband had been praying for us that morning, and she had a word for us about the exact thing I’d been asking the Lord about. ❤️😭 He loves us in ways only He knows that we need Him to. 🙌

Anyway, we wanted to write a little something to explain why we’ve been a wee bit absent and why things might be a bit topsy-turvy over the next wee while. We also meant to record a couple more podcasts while we were away, but we didn’t get to those either – at some point soon we’ll try and get another video up 👍 It might be that our ‘normal’ rhythm doesn’t kick-start again until we get into September and Caleb heads back to school, etc. – but it will return 😃👍 And now, in our waiting, we turn our eyes and hearts to Jesus – the only One who can meet us and make something beautiful, even in the pain of loss ❤️