A lot has happened this month. For starters, in case you haven’t heard yet, Becky and are expecting a baby! We just announced it starting a couple of weeks ago; the baby will be due in October. We have been praying for this for a long time. We feel overjoyed that the Lord has heard our prayers and sent us a little baby. It has been exciting to hear its little heart beating and to think that we will soon be joined by a little person. We know it will bring a big change in our lives, and though change is difficult we know it will be worth it. One of the little children in my Sunday school class today asked why it sometimes takes so long for our prayers to be answered; he suggested that maybe it was because God is listening to so many prayer’s at once that He just doesn't have time to answer them all right away. I assured Him that God has the ability to hear and answer all of our prayers at once without any delay. I taught that God waits to answer our prayers because there are valuable lessons to be learned along the way. I used the example of our baby and taught how Becky and I grew and learned a lot while waiting for our baby. I’m glad that He decided that our waiting is over.
Speaking of church, today I was sustained as the Young Men’s leader. So I will no longer be teaching 8-11 yr. old children, I will be teaching 12-18 yr. old boys. I will also meet with them for an activity once during the week. Our ward doesn’t currently do much with the Boy Scouts, but the Bishop wants to start the program up again, and so that will be my main task. Scouts seems like a long time ago for me, but I’m confident that things will come together and we will have a good time. Derik and Andrew I will probably be calling you for advice soon.
Early this month I got a tentative diagnosis of Celiac Sprue, tentative because we don’t have the money for the test that would give a firm diagnosis, but all the symptoms are there. Celiac sprue is when the body is allergic to gluten, a protein found in wheat barley and rye. The main treatment is to stop eating wheat, barley and rye. For almost 3 weeks now I have been following a gluten-free diet; I am feeling much better than I was before. It means that I can’t eat normal pasta, bread, or crackers, and lots of store-bought foods contain wheat. I eat lots of corn, meat, beans, dairy, fruits, and vegetables. It means more work for Becky to find and prepare good meals. I couldn’t have made this change without her. The food I miss the most is her homemade bread. No other recipe equals it. Luckily I can still eat mashed potatoes and ice cream. Without those 2 foods (yes ice cream is a food in my book) I don’t know if I would survive.
Life is challenge and a blessing isn’t it. We hope things are going well for all of you.
Stewart and Becky
2 comments:
Congrats! Well, not on the Celiac's... you know what I mean. I actually heard from Marnee (weird that she knew... but cool, because I would probably forget to tell her).
P.S. 'I dunno if I would survive without ice cream'... low dude... low, jk. I can still have sherbets, and Coconut ice cream... but it is definitely not the same.
Congratulations. I personally happen to know that October babies are the best babies especially when they are born in the first week. I even hear tell that those first week October babies who's name starts with a "D" are practically guaranteed success, wealth, and sanctification. Just some observations that I have made over the years...
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