​* We are incredibly blessed to have our dear friend, Katie Smith from Cotton Social, custom design the beautiful watercolor print and card that is featured at the beginning of this post. She perfectly brought to life the emotions we have been feeling this Easter - of beauty springing forth from such pain and sorrow. Thank you, Katie - for your encouragement, friendship, and the way you use your talent for the glory of your King. 

There was a time in our marriage when I thought we really needed to see a counselor. We never did. Thankfully, the Lord had mercy on our stubborn souls and transformed the situation as our Wonderful Counselor. But it sure would have done us well to actually go see someone. 

Who knew that an awesome byproduct of becoming MTW missionaries would be the organization's requirement of us to see a counselor before going to the field? Oh wait... God knew! And if right now God changed His plans and told us that He no longer wanted us to go to Romania and instead just needed to lead us through these past two years of following Him so that He could bring us closer to Himself through Dr. David Anderson, we would be cool with that.