Blessed with a surprise!!

     To say we've had a busy last year is an understatement.  From Chris coming home from Mozambique in the summer of 2009; dating, engagement, and marriage between June 2009 & January 2010; honeymoon to Hawaii; buying and renovating our first home; Chris graduating from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in May 2010; mission trips to Turkey, Iraq, and New Mexico; Amanda continuing her second year of her doctoral studies at Southwestern Seminary in Ft. Worth while working as Director of Women's Ministry at Cook Baptist Church in Ruston; moving to Maputo, Mozambique to teach at the Christian Academy of Mozambique in September 2010.....whew!!  It's been quite a year!

   Well, the Lord had another surprise for us...we found out a few weeks ago that Amanda is pregnant, and we are expecting our first baby in May 2011.  WOW!  We are so excited about being parents and can't wait to see if our little "peanut" is going to be a boy or girl!?

     We will be giving birth back in Louisiana, and will have to come home the first week of April because of travel restrictions while pregnant.  Because we are living in the capital city of Maputo, there is actually very good medical care, and we have already met with a OB/GYN doctor this week.  The medial clinic is a brand new trauma center which has a women's clinic inside.  We were very impressed with the care we received on our first trip and look forward to having our monthly checkups until we come home for Christmas, and then again in April.

The week before we left for Mozambique....this is what our "Clearblue" pregnancy test showed!  And yes, Amanda took it twice....just to make sure!

Please pray for us (especially Amanda) as pregnancy in Africa is a little more intimidating than back in the comforts of home, and that Amanda's strength will continue to be enough to teach while pregnant in a new unfamiliar (and hot!) environment.  Please pray for our little one, that he/she will grow up healthy and not have any problems or complications.