Rejoice with us!!!!!

Over the past 15 months I’ve begun to journal my prayers. I’ve found myself humbled by God’s kindness and at times filled with much hurt by {what feels like} unanswered prayers. I’ve felt lonely and afraid and fearful and empty. Time and time again as I go back through my prayer journal I see His words, His hand. For what I have learned is that we are never alone, even in our darkness moments. God sees us. He hears us. And there is no escaping, as hard as we try, a love like His. Here are several of the verses that have reappeared as I look through my journal. It amazed me as I compiled them that God has been very near, when I have felt very far.

Psalm 3:4 I cried to the Lord with my voice, and He heard me out of His holy hill.

Psalm 34:4 I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 50:15 And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.

Psalm 55:15 As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me. Evening and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear my voice.

Psalm 66:20 Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me.

Psalm 86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon You: for You will answer me.

Psalm 107:6 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses.

Psalm 69 I am exhausted for crying for help; my throat is parched. My eyes are swollen from weeping, waiting for my God to help me. Answer my prayers oh Lord, for your unfailing love is wonderful.

Isaiah 30:19 He will be very gracious to you at the voice of your cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer you.

Isaiah 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Mat 7:7,8 Ask and it shall be given you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you: For everyone that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.

Mat 21:22 And all things, whatsoever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.

2Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please God: for he that comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.

1Jn 5:14,15 And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He hears us: And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.


Friends and family,

We have coveted every single prayer for us as we have shared our story. Thank you for instilling hopefulness in our hearts when we felt fearful, thank you for encouraging us to seek first the Kingdom, thank you for crying with us and being angry with us, and allowing us room to grieve and process the infertility and our miscarriage. You have been the hands and feet of Christ to us.

So it is through many tears that I type that God has heard our cries and has graciously answered our prayers for a child! He didn’t have to give us this gift for us to know His goodness, but we are so, so glad He did. This pregnancy has not been perfect (in fact, one of the times I have most felt the effects of spiritual warfare), but everyday that I continue to carry this longed for baby, I give thanks to our great King. What a privilege! What complete joy here on earth.

So, rejoice with us! And please continue to pray for us. Specifically for shots that I am receiving to help sustain the pregnancy - we pray I can and will carry this baby full term and that he/she continues to develop well inside of me! We surrender this child to God, knowing that He is near. I’ve attached our baby’s ultrasound. Oh what glory here on earth to hear his/her heartbeat for the first time. Sam swears he/she looks like him :)

With much love and grateful hearts,
Katelyn & Sam 


P.S. I have so missed my time on Facebook. Communication has become very hard with dear friends, especially in Ukraine and Czech (!!) and I am ready to be back with the Facebook world. The hiatus I must say, was really good for my heart :)