"The place God calls us to is the place where your deep
gladness and the world's deep hunger meet."
(F. Beuchner)
It's been much longer than I ever intended for my in-between-posts time. We've been doing a whole lot of living and not a whole lot of documenting. However, we are in and continue entering into a season of which we want more people to be a part. Living away from home makes it difficult to share with others in the things we love and the things that God does (which are usually one in the same). Thus, I will try to be more self-discipled in keeping the adventures of Timber & Meadow (aka the Kentucky Owens') updated!
I am still speechless at all that God has done over the past two years: amazing opportunities falling into our lap that we would have never had the wisdom to ask for. I have been managing my coffee shop for almost two years now. We've been in the adoption process through Ethiopia for over a year and a half. Kellen has a great job teaching at a local classical school and now is the Student Director at our church, Sojourn Midtown (all the while still studying full time at Southern Seminary...he's amazing). Do we think these things just happened or that we at all deserve them? No way! The Lord's providence and goodness and grace and wisdom is what had led us to where we are. And in His will we feel more and more a part of the world's deep hunger (in very different, some simple, ways) and therefore are filled more and more with a deep gladness our minds couldn't have ever conceived previously.
Most recently, we have been very surprised by our Father. That's right people...we are pregnant!...with child!...expecting! No matter how I say it, it still seems so unreal. After six years of marriage and not getting pregnant, we assumed that we couldn't have kids. Adoption was never a plan B for us, so we finally began the long and patience-testing process. Every month we are hoping to see our referral list number drop below 100, and wham! Suddenly we've got a lot to think about in the meantime.
Our hearts are so full! A baby growing in my belly here in Kentucky (due May 2014) and baby (born? not yet born?) waiting for us in Ethiopia. Again, we feel beyond unworthy for the gift, but are so grateful.
**One of our sweet students at Sojourn took these pictures.
Her name is Marissa and she's also a great pumpkin carver =)
