Brought to Belleview - A Look Back

The journey of my wife and I have faced together thus far has run a gamut of emotions.  I ponder the time when we became increasingly frustrated by the lack of success to have a child to now being surrounded by three healthy, playful, robust children: twin daughters and a son.  We thought about the night in a revival in a small church not far from an interstate in eastern Illinois where we asked the pastor and the church to pray for us.  Only the pastor knew what we were praying for.  As we were surrounded by loving members of that church so dear to us, we pleaded with God to bless us with children. Less than two months later, a doctor confirmed her pregnancy.  There was the day a few weeks later where we thought that she had miscarried.  While she was with the doctor, I anxiously awaited the news and prayed for God to do something great.  And He did do something great. The day before we left for a week long vacation in Wyoming and south Dakota the news was that she had not miscarried but, in fact, was having twins.  We are still convinced that God allowed this so that we can inform her parents who we were meeting in Wyoming the blessed and joyous news.  What a wonderful time of celebration our vacation became.  There was the wondrous occasion of purchasing our home in eastern Illinois as God continued to pur out His blessings among us.  As we yearned for the day for our move, we quickly prepared our house for a family of four.  The day before we were to move into our new home we received news that April was pregnant again.  There were the moments of worry when she was suffering constant migraine and elevated blood pressure in the later stages of her pregnancy that forced the doctors to deliver our son by c-section a few weeks earlier than expected or April's health would be further endangered.  Since then, both mom and baby are fine.  God has been with us each step of the way.  That truth has been continues to be evidenced in the journey of the past year.  A dear family member of mine wrote a song entitled "It Had To Be God".  As I read the lyrics to the beautiful song I looked at the journey that brought me to where I am today.  I can only come to one conclusion, "It Had To Be God" that brought me to Belleview.