Aedyn, Hondorus and Evangelism

Aedyn's first tooth is finally out. He teethed for months, it seemed. Eric got him out of the crib after a nap on Sunday and Aedyn was STANDING up in the crib. Time to lower the mattress as our boy is a climber and will be flinging himself onto the hardwood floor if we don't.
2 days old & 7 months old


5 days more to prepare for our Hondorus trip. I'm a light packer as I've traveled a lot and I usually pack just before a big trip in about an hour. But Aedyn has Stuff. Diapers and covers (we're cloth diaper-ers), a food mill (to puree his food), sheet for the pack-n-play (thankfully we can borrow the p-n-p there) a few toys, disposable diapers and store-bought food for the travel days, etc. Eric doesn't pack much, thankfully. AND we are packing similar items in each bag as the 4-airplane trip almost invites lost luggage.

Eric is really excited to work in the clinic in Roatan and I'm excited to get to spend so much time with my husband and the glorious beach. I love my job! Being a home-mommy is the best!

Someone asked me about our opportunity to evangelize there. I love that question. I believe that the topic "Evangelism" is a lovely, perhaps lengthy, conversation on what it means to have confidence in Jesus and how we can co-operate with God's new creation plan. In short, we will live in Roatan the same transparent, authentic lives we (strive t0) live here. Eric and I both love spiritual conversations and are comfortable talking with newly-made friends. Our goal is to live in such a way that we Invite questions; we pray specifically for these. The biggest question starters right now: why we cloth diaper and why we don't own a tv! Both get to the heart of our motivation, to live out the examples (that is, prophetically) of how we enjoy and participate in God's kingdom (which is HERE, by the way). ((To be clear, cloth diapering is a way we can help stewerd creation by creating over 1 ton less waste--we don't think using cloth is a mandate from God and that everyone who doesn't is wrong. TV: we don't have one because we would have it on way too much! We like to spend time as a family and Eric's work schedule makes our family time limited; so for us, not watching tv all the time puts value on our marriage which reflects many aspects of God's character.))

Congratulations on making it to the end of this post! Here's your reward.