NEWS FLASH!!

G’day folks!! Some of you may have already heard through the grapevine but if you didn’t, CHER IS PREGNANT!! We’re gonna have a BABY!! The expected due date is around the 29th of November! Cher and I went to a Darwin medical centre recently and saw our little one with ultrasound!! They took some snaps of the baby for a specialist to look at. It was amazing to see all the little details of it’s developing body! Cher had her first ultrasound in Dili several weeks ago .. the baby was much smaller then! Now he was moving a lot, stretching his legs out and moving his little arms and hands! We also saw his tiny heart beating! Oh, yeah and we think he’s a ‘he’ .. but it’s still relatively early to be sure! We also got some blood tests done on Cher and a few days after the ultrasound we went to see a doctor for all the results. We found out Cher was already 16 weeks with a ‘bun in the oven’ and despite all the tropical sickness and pregnancy symptoms she endured, we were very pleased to hear that all was well with the baby and mother! Praise God! He is so good and gracious ..

Our little one - standing on his head (and sucking his thumb?)

O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my
downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all
my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou
knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid
thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is
high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or
whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven,
thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I
take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the
sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold
me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall
be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the
night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to
thee. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my
mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully
made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see
my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were
written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was
none of them. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how
great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in
number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Psalm 139:1-18

We arrived back in Timor-Leste on the 15th June - hopefully for another solid 3 months!!

Thanks for taking the time to check out our blog again ..

Luv n blessings to yuz all!

L & C