Feeling Encouraged :)

This week as flown by! Being gone for half of last week in Vienna meant we had things to catch up with when we got back and had packed days until our day off on Monday. This week has been days full of meeting with people, catching up on our Ministering in a Muslim context class (still are), youth group, graduation ceremony, a surprise baby shower through skype (which was awesome!), skyping with the family for their early Thanksgiving celebration, doctor's appointment, hospital tour, reports, as well as other things. I have genuinely enjoyed this week and am currently very excited for the various ministries we are a part of and people that we are getting to know. I went through a time of being homesick and even though I still don't like being so far away from family, I have not been struggling with homesickness. What a blessing! It is amazing the support groups that we have both in the states and here :)

We still have a little more than four weeks until our due date, but at our doctor's appointment this week, she said there were signs that a lot of time mean the baby will be coming early. Honestly I think this is just what we needed to hear so that we would kick planning and preparing into high gear. God knows so much better than we do. We'll see though if this little one comes early. I wouldn't mind being able to snuggle together as a family for Christmas. Overall with preparations for the baby things have been going very well and we have been very blessed. We are not overly nervous which could only be from God. Today though we took a tour of the hospital that is our back up plan if it doesn't work out with the birthing center. It was a great tour and was nice to see the place so we know what it will at least look like. However, it made us a little nervous with our German. Granted it was a large group taking the tour which is the hardest setting for us (we do much better with one-on-one). It would be amazing though if you all would be in prayer for the language barrier and that wherever we are at when we have the baby, we are able to effectively communicate and are willing and bold to ask questions when we don't completely understand or are uncomfortable with something.