Workin on it

This is Laura writing - I guess I should always clarify that! I have had quite an amazing week. In just 10 days we have gone from not knowing when we'd become a nonprofit to being a nonprofit, and then being a nonprofit with a website! Honestly, my own personal attitude has gotten in the way of our progress as an organization. If I'm tired or too busy or I have too many other things on my plate I end up shifting the orphanage to the back of my mind.

It was never like that in the beginning. I was so beyond excited and motivated that I couldn't WAIT to get home and get working on something for this project. And really, the only thing that as changed since then is having a baby! That sounds so easy, to just blame being busy on Jadon, but it really has altered our lives in ways that I never understood until I had a child of my own. We both have also changed jobs. I have gone from a regular 8-5 job, Monday through Friday, to an irregular schedule; I rarely have 2 days off in a row. Now while this is not a pity party, it has been an adjustment. Instead of having 2 days with my husband and my family, I have a day off during the week and then we both have Sundays off. The same goes for Phil.

I think the biggest issue here is that I let my business take me over instead of grabbing my to do list by the horns and getting down to business. I am learning. It's not easy to be a working mom or even a stay at home mom; I've tried both! But I think I enjoy working and I feel that my family benefits more right now from me working. Also, when we move to Mozambique I will be a "stay at home mom" with about 20 kids! How awesome will that be?! I look forward to that time.

I think right now, I need to focus on the prize. That prize is allowing God to work miracles among our community so that we can raise this $100,000 we need to get everything in order. We know that our hearts are so willing to go that if someone wrote us a check today for everything we would need, we would be on a red eye flight tonight! The willingness is there, but our feet have to reflect how our hearts feel.

I am personally working on my attitude. I also know that I don't have as much energy as I used to but I'm also not taking care of myself like I used to! I need to eat healthier, work out regularly, and get plenty of uninterrupted rest!

Please pray for me to do some personal work on myself. I'd ask for prayers of motivation and good discipleship/mentors now that we are in Farmington. As always, thanks for reading!