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Evaluation, Take 2

"Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me - now let me rejoice...restore to me the joy of your salvation..."

-Psalm 51:8, 12

I think, perhaps, it is with children like it is with marriage: you experience much more intense pain and struggle than you ever did before that relationship, but when you hit the sweet seasons, they are deeper and richer and more intense, too.

How can souls such as ours handle it? They cannot.

I am waiting for the sweet seasons. After such a challenging pregnancy, I thought this would be it, but it is more painful and challenging still.

You have allowed me to be broken, Lord. So broken and discouraged, hurt and desperate, struggling to look forward and see hope. It feels like things that come with such ease to others are a constant struggle for us. It is still so painful to feed Abishai, 3 weeks in and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Cody's second go at evaluation starts tomorrow, and he's still so sick. No time for me to recover. Little sleep and constant need are my existence for now. We are discouraged and just barely hanging on.

Lord, we need help to keep our eyes on you. We need help to be thankful, to praise your name in and through this. We want to give up and stomp away, bitter and frustrated and disappointed, but we believe you would have us endure and trust you. So help us do that.

Restore to us your joy.

Joy in hardship is only possible when our hearts are guarded by your perfect peace, when our minds dwell with determination on thankfulness, when our lips refuse to cease speaking your praise.

But we are weak and frail, sad, sick, troubled and discouraged.

"The Lord is like a Father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers we are only dust."

-Psalm 103:13-14

Lord, you understand our weakness and you look on us with such compassion. Restore to us your joy - it is enough to carry us through this.
 
 

Thank you so much for your continued prayers!



Cody got one flight and one interview in Monday this last week, then started running a 102 degree fever which lasted almost all week. He has had almost every symptom: headache, cough, congestion, fever, chills, aches, diarrhea, sinus and ear pain. The doctor put him on antibiotics, which he started Saturday and his fever has since come down, but he is still feeling very sick.

Ethnos360 leadership decided to push the rest of his evaluation to this week and we were able to bump our flight home back to next Saturday. Please pray for him to recover enough to perform well on his flights and maintenance evaluations.

Abishai had a low-grade temp briefly, but is back to normal other than some nasal congestion. Feeding has still been a struggle. You can pray for he and Beka to get the hang of things. Super personal, but we're desperate, so please, please pray for a pain-free latch!

Most of all, please pray for our hearts. The travel and sickness and just being away from home have really worn us down and it is so easy to get discouraged as we look at all the challenges still ahead. Pray for us to be faithful to set our eyes on Christ and trust him through this. Pray that we would rest in His joy, which is enough for every hardship.

We are so thankful for you,

Love,
Cody, Beka, and Abishai

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