This is a copy of the letter we shared the day Anna was blessed.
Dearest friends and family,
Thank you so much for being here today as we bless and name
Anna. This has been a long journey that we thought would never be happening to
us. We were married April 10, 2004 and we were told many times we would not be
able to have our own children. We grieved this idea of not having children for
years. We were ok with this plan if this is what the Lord wanted us to endure.
We were blessed to be able to work with children at church and Jeannie was able
to be a nanny. We decided to be the best teachers, and Aunt & Uncle we
could be. We did what we could to serve the Lord and those whom we came in
contact with. We decided it would be fun to have Birthday Parties and Christmas
mornings in our home for the missionaries who were serving in our ward. This
all helped heal our hearts. We found out that Phillip has Autism and adoption
would be really hard for us because of that as well as our financial
situation. Last year in July we were
blessed to find our home and we moved to Lawrenceville. This was a huge for us
and we were so happy! We even made a kid room for those kids who have a spot in
our hearts and Jeannie needed space for all those toys she had been saving for
work. In Oct. we went to the ward Halloween party and it was great and there
were so many cute kids there. Jeannie just broke down in tears after many years
with being ok without kids but for some reason she could not stop crying and we
had to leave and go home. The next weekend we had our friends and family over
to our open house. We were still amazed this house was ours. A few days later my doctor called and told me he thought I might have
cancer and I need to see the Oncologist/ Hematologist. I had not been feeling
well and my blood work was abnormal. So my mom came down to go with us to the
doctor in case I did have cancer. The nurse had called and said please take a
pregnancy test the night before just to make for sure I was not pregnant. GUESS
WHAT??? It was positive and we were having a baby. It was amazing Jeannie’s mom
was here when we found out. She did NOT have cancer!!!! And today we have Anna
Christine Childs. We have much to be thankful for. Phillip and Jeannie
What,a, wonderful story! It was an encouraging thing to hear bc it was like,God,was teaching you in the way he is currently teaching me...to be,thankul in all circumstances....he made,a blessing out of what could have been a horrible situation. Philip i never really knew you all that,well at dhs but now,im glad,that through fb,i do...its so good that you and your,wife our living your life by faith....God is the only thing that keeps me going on some,days....He is so good! May God abundantly bless you,your wife,and that,sweet little girl of yours.
ReplyDeletecongrats on your sweet baby girl. she is LOVED. i can tell. :)
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