Fatherhood – Marriage – Life

Talk about a change in Lifestyle. My, how fatherhood changes EVERYTHING! Driving style, sleep, spontaneous trips, afternoons at the local coffee shop, sleeping in, morning devotion, time, anything about me, understanding of Grace & Unconditional Love, Patience, Joy, Gentleness, gun ownership (well, we have a few years still); just a few of the aspects of our lives that have been impacted these past 10 months. And we Love it! We Love our daughter Naomi. We love her smiles, sounds, energy, watching her sleep face down in the corner of her crib with her butt straight up in the air. It’s all the thousands of little things that are truly, uniquely Naomi Wester.
My beautiful wife Ana. What can I say? She is everything I aspire to be. And she is so gracious and patient with me. I love to listen to her (baby monitor in my office) as she sings and loves on Naomi each and every day. She spoils me. Even brings meals to my desk when I forget to eat (yes it happens). She has been able to return to spending some time working with the kitchen crew (preparing 300+ meals per day) and developing a crew of four women caring for the camp facility. This has been possible since Ana’s niece, Anahi, has been able to spend a few nights a week with us.
We continue to work on putting our marriage first, which I fail to do many days. We are developing some good habits though; two hours together (1-3pm) everyday, Wednesday “Date Day” & mornings with Ozzie (Oswald Chambers).
Please continue to pray for us. We continue to realize, with ever-growing humility (we hope), that we are partners in a work that is very influential and life changing in the lives of literally hundreds of families and thousands of people. We seek to focus on our first ministry: To love one another, as He has loved us; then on our parenting, families & friends and our work.
We are so grateful for our families and Friends. And let me confess that I am not doing an adequate job of communicating with you, our friends. One on One conversation is easy for me. But carving out the time to write, is tough. But it is a habit I want to grow in. And quite frankly, in our life, I need to. Please forgive me, for neglecting this. For allowing the demands of the work to absorb and distract me.