Just Enough Light for the Next Step

Thank you so much for your prayers! We have appreciated knowing you are praying for us. Many of you have sent such kind and compassionate words of encouragement. Thank you for your friendship and upholding us in prayer.

I apologize that I was not able to sit right down at the computer after the sonogram to update you. We’ve had a very busy last two days just taking care of some of the necessities of life. So thanks for your patience.

The maternal and fetal medicine specialist confirmed on Friday that our baby has an excess amount of fluid in its brain and spinal column. So our next prayer request is that this fluid would return to normal levels. He also explained to us several reasons why we might be seeing this excess fluid, but at this point we don’t have a definitive diagnosis. We had a blood test run that might shed some light on our baby’s situation. We’ll know those test results on Wednesday. At this point, we would love it if you would continue to pray that our baby would be healthy and fully formed. We’ll keep you updated as we find out information but this will be a journey. It may be six weeks or more before we have any answers.

I want to assure you that any answers we do receive will not affect whether we choose to carry this baby. We decided several years ago to allow God to plan our family and that we would be honored to carry any child that He entrusted to us. So the answers we might receive will just help our caregivers to know better how to treat us especially if we enter a high-risk category. Would you pray for our caregivers that God would impart His wisdom to them? We are so thankful for the people in the medical community we have journeyed with so far: for our midwives, who love moms and babies, and desire our very best; for the sonographer at the Catholic charity who accepts referrals from local midwives so that she can offer more sonograms to other moms who might be considering abortions with the hopes that seeing their babies will help them make a decision to choose life; for Dr. Magee, the maternal and fetal medicine specialist, that showed such kindness and compassion while offering us the information on the possibilities of what our baby might be experiencing. He really practices speaking the truth in love. I’m grateful for people who even if they don’t know Jesus allow me to see Him better. Please pray that we might be able to encourage the believers we meet and show Jesus to those who don’t know Him as we are on this journey.

We are believing God to be big, to delight in accomplishing what only He can, to confirm that things are not always as they appear to our eyes. Yet we know in this journey that while He may indeed delight in revealing His supremacy (Psalm 77:14), He may be asking us to rely on His sufficiency (2 Corinthians 12:9). Our prayer is that whatever journey the Lord is asking us to follow Him on that we would be found faithful. Right now we don’t know anything about the road ahead. He’s giving us just enough light for the next step.

With a grateful heart for your prayers and friendship,
Amy Joy for all the Olivos