My Path

I realized today that since I retired my India blog many people who know me now know very little about the Karen who once was and the journey from lost to found, from broken to restored, from hopeless to being given the greatest miracle of my life.

I was a prodigal son to say the least, but God reached down to me at my most broken and pulled me into His promises and purpose!  As a pro-life missionary many may not know that God gave us our miracle through IVF, and although I understand (and support) the pro-life communities stand on IVF I also know that God used this to give us a miracle He promised.  Due to my strong held beliefs on protecting all human life, never again would we pursue IVF. Our daughter, regardless of her manner of conception was and is a miracle and her story has reached many hearts.

I do not agree with the throwing away of life that often happens in IVF but we had 6 embryos and all 6 were implanted and I would have carried all 6 had God granted me that.  Also I believe that man can put egg and sperm together but man can not create life, I believe only God can grant life into that combination.  I look forward to meeting my 5 babies in Heaven and I wish that I could have known them all in this life.  I share this to show the miraculous ways that God works in our lives, this is our journey.  This was the start of God revealing the ministry He had planned.  Before this all happened I sat on the "I wouldn't have an abortion but who am I to tell others they can't" fence.  After I carried and gave birth to my daughter I knew that all lives absolutely had to be protected!  Here are links to that time in my life....

(For some reason the links won't hyperlink so copy and paste into your browser)
The beginning:
http://av8rswife.blogspot.com/2008/12/life-apart.html
http://av8rswife.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-begining.html
http://av8rswife.blogspot.com/2009/02/infertility.html
http://av8rswife.blogspot.com/2009/03/that-which-doesn-not-kill-you.html

The Miracle revealed
http://av8rswife.blogspot.com/2009/04/oh-baby.html
http://av8rswife.blogspot.com/2009/06/hi-my-name-is-karen.html
http://av8rswife.blogspot.com/2009/07/fertility-drugs-and-mini-donkeys.html
http://av8rswife.blogspot.com/2009/07/surrender.html
http://av8rswife.blogspot.com/2009/07/so-much-on-my-mind.html
http://av8rswife.blogspot.com/2009/07/day-has-been-chosen.html
http://av8rswife.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-little-embryos.html
http://av8rswife.blogspot.com/2009/08/if-you-dont-believe-in-miracles-its.html

Her name is Ella Mae
http://av8rswife.blogspot.com/2010/04/day-our-miracle-became-reality.html
http://av8rswife.blogspot.com/2010/05/gods-perfect-gift.html