A Little Update
Apologies for the lack of updates and blog posts. To be honest, I've struggled since after Christmas as to what to write on here. We have a lot of ministry things going on which are going really well and I've had a lot of things on my mind- just not things I've felt ready to blog about or maybe I would feel too vulnerable to say it on here? Anyway.
My Grandfather passed away about 2 weeks ago and I made a fast trip to the States to be there with my family and to be there for the funeral service. I felt like I had just recovered from jet-lag from our Christmas trip and now I'm feeling really jet-lagged since returning on Tuesday of this week. I feel very drained and quite honestly, pretty down. I'm sure it's the emotions of him passing away, the emotion of seeing my famliy again and saying goodbye again, and this was the first international trip I've made alone. So I think all of those combined has just left me feeling super tired and down.
It was quite a shock that my Grandpa passed away, so that has left our family grieving really hard. I guess you grieve hard in any circumstance, but it has made me so thankful to Jesus- that we grieve with hope! He knew and loved Jesus. I'm so thankful for the time we got to spend with him just 3 months ago at Christmas. The pictures we took are now priceless to me. My family would appreciate your prayers if you think of us. My Grandma passed away in 1996 from cancer, my freshman year of uni. My Grandpa re-married about 10 years ago- it would've been 10 years next month- to Sondra or Mimi as the little ones call her. She made my Grandpa very happy and we were so thankful that she came into our family. I know you would not waste a prayer on her. Not long after they got married, they sold houses and bought an RV and have been traveling and enjoying life together. They even lived at the Grand Canyon for about a year- how cool is that? It will be tough for Sondra to make many decisions now about what her future holds. We visited the RV the day after the funeral and it just felt so strange to not see him pottering around and busy fixing things.
All this to say, we could use some prayers. It's hard to leave family behind once again- to be honest, I wasn't ready to come back. I wanted Marc and the girls to fly to Texas instead of me flying back to Wales. But, I keep telling myself that Jesus is better. He is better. He IS better. I just have to trust Him.
Thanks.