Mission Arlington/ 50's Fellowship

We are home from our AMAZING mission trip and being very busy getting these last few weeks of school over with. We had a 50's fellowship last night to end the school year and have one last fun time before finals. I am happy to report that Frazier made it through the mission trip and is still very active. I was so nervous going into the trip because the last time we went to Mission Arlington I miscarried. But the Lord heard our prayers and next week we will get to see Frazier again! =)
Speaking of Frazier. I am officially 26 week pregnant and going great. I have tons of leg cramps and back pain but all things that are manageable. I do have partial placenta previa which means the placenta as planted over my cervix. We will have an ultrasound next week to see if it still that way.
Speaking of the mission trip. It was amazing. We have a ton of great students who work hard, have great attitudes, and simply love the Lord. It was a pleasure to work with them and serve along side them!
Speaking of the fellowship, it was so much fun! The students did, yet again, an amazing job of planning and making the 50's fellowship loads of fun!! Jackson had so much fun drinking a root beer float and playing with a toy gun the entire night! He has really adjusted to SLU and loves the college students!!

April in picture...in rewind=)

Jonathan and I had an amazing weekend with a youth group from Brandon MS. I got to teach the middle school girls and he got to teach the Senior boys! It was also great to catch up with old friends from Ruston, Cody and Christina.

We had a family night where we watched a movie on the porch. It was great weather and so much fun!

Jackson caught a toad. He was so proud!


A few weekends ago we went and rode bikes. We had a BLAST and will totally do this again soon!!




Ponchatoula has a strawberry festival every year. It was so much fun and Jackson had a blast. It was also nice to go with some friends who could show us around. OH! and Yes that is a deep fried strawberry which was actually pretty good!

Jackson and his little worm. He loves animals!!

Jonathan and Jackson went on an adventure and came back with this?!!?


Jonathan teaching Jackson how to whittle.

And just one of Lelia because she is so cute and I miss her....

Yet more updates...

So tonight I was spending time with the Lord in the quietness of the house and I was just overwhelmed with the Lord's timing. I know that most of my posts are pretty light but I just have to share what is going on in the Clark family and in my heart.

First of all, we want to officially welcome our new niece Lelia to our family. She was officially adopted last Tuesday and with tears in my eyes I am amazed at just how the Lord works! He gave my sister and her husband a precious little daughter at just the right time! She is perfect in every way and the perfect match for their family and ours as a whole. I am constantly amazed by the way the Lord does what He does.




Secondly, I want to announce that this coming August we are expecting another precious boy! We are officially 20 weeks pregnant! We are filled with many emotions! Shocked, being the first, nervous, and extremely blown away by yet again the Lord's timing. If you aren't familiar with our past I will share. We decided it was time to start trying to have kids in 2006. Not really sure what made us decide that...probably our ages but, nonetheless, we decided that we would stop preventing it. We got pregnant in about 5 months and soon miscarried. It wasn't too bad since we were very early in the pregnancy and not really sure what to expect. We immediately got pregnant again and were blessed with Jackson. He came by an emergency C-section at 36 weeks because of his heart rate being so low. 3 days after he was born I had a seizure and remained in the hospital for the rest of the week. I have been totally fine since then but just that experience made us question having more. But a few years later we decided yet again we should try. So we did. We got pregnant pretty fast this time and things were looking great until 12 weeks in. We miscarried and this time it was tough. It was hard for a few reasons. 1)we had seen the sweet child and his/her heartbeat. 2) Most knew we were expecting so having to relive the loss over and over was difficult. The doctor said that it was unexplained and we were safe to keep on trying. So we did and got pregnant yet again. This time we saw the little one with a heartbeat and thought things were fine until 8 weeks. We miscarried and I was filled with emotions that I couldn't explain. I questioned A LOT! Why was it so easy for some and so hard for others? Was there something we were doing wrong? Had my sin finally caught up with me? And many others. When the 3rd baby was lost we decided it was time to break and seek the Lord. We had been challenged at Collegiate Week at Glorieta the August before our miscarriages about orphan ministry and had decided our role was to give, and serve more directly in that area so we did, never imaging we would one day adopt. Yet in April of this past year(2010) we were confronted about adopting and decided that we would simply move and allow the Lord to shut the door on His timing. Along the way he has shut many doors and opened many as well. In the process we have prayed a simple prayer that the Lord would lead us to our children. It has been a HUGE step of faith and a growing season of our understanding of the Lord and His will, character, and timing. We had decided to adopt in April 2010 and at that time decided that we were 100% content with 1 biological child. I had come to grips with the fact that I was finished having babies and I was okay with that. Yet the Lord's timing, yet seems off sometimes, is always perfect! =) So YES we are still adopting and pregnant. We ask that you join us as we pray! We are trusting the Lord for there is nothing else we can do. We are also going to trust His timing and know that His plan is perfect, even when it seems crazy to us and to others around us!!

March and Adoption updates...

Adoption.. To find out about our adoption and updates on our current adoption status visit our adoption blog at: www.clarkfamilyadopts.blogspot.com

March updates:
We celebrated Mardi gras, had a kickball game at our home, and celebrated my birthday. It has been a great month so far. Mardi gras was fun because some students from Tech came to visit and it was so great to see our old friends. We also went to a parade in Covington.

February happenings!

Jackson is still a part of AWANA and he LOVES it. I am amazed each week at just how much he is learning and just how great his teachers are!

Jonathan and Jackson decided to play in the mud one Saturday. It was so fun to watch them! Jackson was sort of unsure about it at first but quickly jumped in and had a blast!! It is nice to have concrete floors for easy clean up when they decided to come in!!=)

The Hoggs saw a show in New Orleans and stayed with us for the night. It was SO much fun having them here. Ethan and Jackson were so cute. Jackson still talks about Ethan a lot!

Boyd and Patsy came to visit and just left this morning after a long weekend. It was so nice to have family come and visit. We had loads of fun from eating out, visiting New Orleans, to hiking!





We also had a super bowl party. It was so refreshing to have college students in our home again. I forgot how much I missed having them around!


A weekly event around here is cooking dinner with our neighbors. We love having them over, teaching them how to cook, and investing in them.



Jonathan is AMAZING!! One Saturday I decided it was time to cover our chairs! Now keep in mind the chairs are my grandmothers whom is 94! The chairs are very very old and needed some love! We went to Hobby Lobby and Jonathan picked out the fabric and as soon as we got home he got straight to work and before lunch they were all done! I am so thankful for his work ethic!!

Valentine's Day was so much fun. We have some friends in town that invited us to a Valentine's Party. It was fun to meet new people and to hang out with old ones. Jackson had a blast passing out his valentine's and also playing with his friends. Jackson also made me a music box at Lowe's the week before. It was so cute and I am so thankful for his sweet gifts!!



Can't wait till March!

They arrived.....

So I guess that the weather in Dallas improved because as of yesterday our Valentine's Day cards arrived...=) We really like them and hope you do too!!

Bad News...

So bad news.... We ordered our Valentine's Day cards 8 days ago! And today I tracked them on UPS and they are stuck in Dallas because of "Adverse weather conditions"! What is up with that??!! Oh well, I guess this year the cards will be a Happy "Late" Valentine's Day!