Today we dedicated Elise at Church at Charlotte. The verse we chose for her is Luke 1:46b - 47: "My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior." We also wrote her a letter so that when she is old enough to understand, she can read about why we chose to make a public declaration of our intent as parents to raise her to know and love Christ. John and I have been praying for her to come to know Jesus at a young age, and that she would have a real and personal relationship with Him before she leaves home. What a big responsibility as parents! Thankfully we aren't doing this alone - we've got our heavenly Father to give us wisdom and family and friends to encourage us. Curt videotaped the dedication this morning, but we don't have the right cord to load it to our computer. (pb&j - perhaps you can send back the firewire cord with mom and dad after their visit?) This week we are expecting grandma & grandpa Ratzlaff on Thursday morning - they're coming for the weekend & we'll head to the North Carolina mountains.We continue to uplift our friends, Jason & Elizabeth daily in prayer for their little preemie, Chase who was born last week Tuesday. They've set up a Caring Bridge website to keep everyone updated. In case you'd like to read - you can visit them at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/chaseallbert
We trust all is well with you - Have a great week. We'll try to post a short video of the dedication once we figure out how to get it loaded. Blessings!
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