IT'S A BOY!!!

There he is!!
Gracie's crawling around...

Gracie in the sink with her pirate duck

Praise the Lord, on Monday we had our ultrasound and found out that Gracie will soon have a little brother! We are very excited and thank God that everything seems to be developing properly. It's so amazing that we can even see the baby before it's born. Guess we'll have to do some shopping for boy clothes! =)

As you can see from the pictures, Gracie is keeping us busy with crawling and pulling up on things. My friend Cathy warned me that this is the age when they start to pull all kinds of things onto themselves, so be prepared for some cuts and scrapes! So far, Gracie is unscathed, but she is fast; we really have to watch her! She loves catalogues or magazines that she can flip through and rip out pages.

Ministry is very busy these days. We've had some people showing interest in the church and asking lots of questions about what we teach. Seems good so far; we pray that God would be glorified and that His gospel would be spread here on the Cape. Lou has been very busy with studying, the TV ministry, counseling, etc. Please keep him in prayer as he tries to manage his time for God's glory. Amy is busy with Gracie and helping Lou out at the church. She continues to lead the ladies' Bible study, and that has been a blessing.

Do You Want to Visit Yet??

Just a few shots of some of the Cape Cod beaches (and Gracie, too, of course!)

Happy 4th of July (a little late)

Gracie and her cousin Madelyn at the church's 4th of July cookout

Fun in the Sun

Just a little update on what's going on here. We're officially in summer on Cape Cod with hot, humid days and a multitude of traffic due to all the tourists. It is amazing how this place can be so dead in the winter and so jammed in the summer. Thankfully, this summer, we know the back roads!

Gracie had her first swim in the ocean last weekend. We decided to have lunch at the beach, and Lou took her in for a dip. She seemed to enjoy it, and she didn't even fuss when she accidentally got a mouthful of salt water! Praise the Lord, she's an easy-going baby. We're hoping the next one has a similar disposition. Speaking of the next one, we had our 16 week check-up today, and everything is looking good! They also scheduled our ultrasound (we only get one here unless there's a medical reason for more). That will be on July 23rd; so, hopefully, we'll have some news as to whether it's a boy or a girl. We did hear the heartbeat again today. Lou recorded it on his mp3 player; if I can figure out a way to put it on the blog, I will. (Or if any of you know how to do it, please let me know).

Things at the church are going pretty well. We've had some new visitors, some of which seem interested in staying. This would certainly be an answer to prayer. Our nursery is rapidly growing with some of these new folks which poses the wonderful problem of where to put all the little ones. Our building is designed to have a nursery in the basement, but since the basement is unfinished pending finances, we've been using Lou's office as the nursery...

As always, there are challenges in the ministry and we would appreciate your prayers for wisdom and grace as we seek to deal with these biblically. God is using these times to teach us and to help us to grow more dependant on Him.