Mortarman Update: Big News - 02/04/07 02:50 PM
Well, I have told a few folks privately on here as we digested the news we got the middle of last week. Now that we have, I'd like to post here and let everyone know of the news:
Mrs. Mortarman is pregnant!
The timing goes back to the very first time we were together for SF in mid-January.
The few days following the news, we kinda just let it sink in. Mrs. MM talked about how she would have been 45 when our last child left the house...now it will be 55. And about her back problems from the car accident and how that will affect her during a pregnancy.
But, besides that...both of our reactions have been to pull even closer together. What we didnt know when we went to the MB weekend last week was that she was already pregnant (about two weeks pregnant). And that weekend sealed the deal for our recovery. And with this news...it is as if God just added the exclamation point!
As with all the people that know of our situation, there has always been concern if this is real (recovery). We have been at this since mid-November. And there has been no indication to me, to Steve Harley, or even Mrs. MM that this is not for real.
And now this!
We had always planned on 4 kids. The fourth was supposed to happen about the time I went to Bosnia and all this mess started. But with the financial issues...and then the big mess I came home to...that fourth child never happened. Well, it appears the Lord has decided that now that this recovery appears for real...that He is getting back to blessing this marriage and moving us forward.
So, the Mortarman story takes another turn. But so far, it has all been good. We have even some miraculous stuff going on with Mrs. MM's back in the least few weeks. when I first started seeing her again, she was severely drugged up and always in pain. Couldnt sleep for more than two hours at a time. The doctors had yet to be able to help.
Since we have been back together, small improvements started to come about. And then about the time of this new event (conception), her back started allowing her to sleep (I was now sleeping most nights next to her). Then, events before the MB weekend forced my wife to not have her medication for the flight out (she ran out and couldnt see the doctor until the Friday we were scheduled to be flying to San Francisco). So, we went out there fully expecting her to be overwhelmed with pain.
It never happened. Sure, she had some minor pain and discomfort. And she spent the entire flights and the conference leaning on me...but the extreme pain was gone. And all she ended up taking was stuff like Alleve.
This has continued since we returned. And it is good, because now that we know she is pregnant, she wont be ale to take that medication.
As some of you know, my church and many around me have been praying for the last few years for God to do "whatever it takes" to reach Mrs. MM. And many believed that this back injury and worsening pain was God trying to get her attention. As a consequence of her continued rebellion.
Well, she appears now to be the woman I used to know (no more alien). she is doing all of the right things. She is ready to return to church...to be a Godly wife. And with that, it does appear that God has begun to remove this snare from her. There is no other reason why her back has reached this point so quickly. As I said, she was near bed ridden when I first started seeing her again.
And now the pregnancy.
It appears God's timing is impeccable. If you told me 6 months ago I would be where I am, I would have laughed at you. The brilliance of Plan B was that while I was in darkness to what was going on with Mrs. MM, she was being personally ministered to by Him. He did what it took to get her attention. And once she called "uncle," it appears she is being made whole again.
Powerful stuff. Overwhelming.
Mrs. Mortarman is pregnant!
The timing goes back to the very first time we were together for SF in mid-January.
The few days following the news, we kinda just let it sink in. Mrs. MM talked about how she would have been 45 when our last child left the house...now it will be 55. And about her back problems from the car accident and how that will affect her during a pregnancy.
But, besides that...both of our reactions have been to pull even closer together. What we didnt know when we went to the MB weekend last week was that she was already pregnant (about two weeks pregnant). And that weekend sealed the deal for our recovery. And with this news...it is as if God just added the exclamation point!
As with all the people that know of our situation, there has always been concern if this is real (recovery). We have been at this since mid-November. And there has been no indication to me, to Steve Harley, or even Mrs. MM that this is not for real.
And now this!
We had always planned on 4 kids. The fourth was supposed to happen about the time I went to Bosnia and all this mess started. But with the financial issues...and then the big mess I came home to...that fourth child never happened. Well, it appears the Lord has decided that now that this recovery appears for real...that He is getting back to blessing this marriage and moving us forward.
So, the Mortarman story takes another turn. But so far, it has all been good. We have even some miraculous stuff going on with Mrs. MM's back in the least few weeks. when I first started seeing her again, she was severely drugged up and always in pain. Couldnt sleep for more than two hours at a time. The doctors had yet to be able to help.
Since we have been back together, small improvements started to come about. And then about the time of this new event (conception), her back started allowing her to sleep (I was now sleeping most nights next to her). Then, events before the MB weekend forced my wife to not have her medication for the flight out (she ran out and couldnt see the doctor until the Friday we were scheduled to be flying to San Francisco). So, we went out there fully expecting her to be overwhelmed with pain.
It never happened. Sure, she had some minor pain and discomfort. And she spent the entire flights and the conference leaning on me...but the extreme pain was gone. And all she ended up taking was stuff like Alleve.
This has continued since we returned. And it is good, because now that we know she is pregnant, she wont be ale to take that medication.
As some of you know, my church and many around me have been praying for the last few years for God to do "whatever it takes" to reach Mrs. MM. And many believed that this back injury and worsening pain was God trying to get her attention. As a consequence of her continued rebellion.
Well, she appears now to be the woman I used to know (no more alien). she is doing all of the right things. She is ready to return to church...to be a Godly wife. And with that, it does appear that God has begun to remove this snare from her. There is no other reason why her back has reached this point so quickly. As I said, she was near bed ridden when I first started seeing her again.
And now the pregnancy.
It appears God's timing is impeccable. If you told me 6 months ago I would be where I am, I would have laughed at you. The brilliance of Plan B was that while I was in darkness to what was going on with Mrs. MM, she was being personally ministered to by Him. He did what it took to get her attention. And once she called "uncle," it appears she is being made whole again.
Powerful stuff. Overwhelming.