The Polson Family Adventure: Aidan's birthday

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Aidan's birthday

3:01pm 3 years ago yesterday our sweet "big boy" Aidan was born. We had a party for him at a park per his request and ate hot dogs for supper (also his request). He asked several times about "my friends" which was kinda sad (because we are here in California alone) but we had a good time anyway. See video bar for a short clip.

4 comments:

Naomi said...: That video is too cute. I wish we could have been there. We love you guys.; July 14, 2008 at 7:36 PM
Renee said...: We love the pictures and video of Aidan's party. It made me want to cry, we hate we missed his party. The kids have watched the video at least 10 times and Bella is asking about James. Anyway, we really miss you guys and we hope the next 6 weeks fly by.; July 15, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Betty Hodge said...: JAMES that video made me cry and miss all of you even more. OLivia was singing along too.
Tell him OLivia says Happy Birthday; July 15, 2008 at 8:23 PM
Juana said...: James, your mom gave me the link to your page & I've read every entry. I look forward to following your family's adventure & praying for same. Hannah, I know you've recently suffered a loss in your family. Please convey our sympathy to Rachel & family. Blessings, Juana Matthews, Parkway Baptist; July 29, 2008 at 6:39 PM

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For those of you who are not familiar with our family's life, let me quickly catch you up. Hannah and I have been married for 8 wonderful years. We met as teenagers and quickly became best friends. Love blossomed and the rest is history. We both had plans on entering nursing as a profession and dreamed of medical missions prior to us even knowing each other. I finished my undergraduate work just days before we were married in December 2001 and Hannah finished the following May. We both worked as RN's at the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children. We had plans on making the BIG BUCKS as travel nurses before starting our "family" but God had other plans. For on May 23, 2003, our beautiful Lilyan Rain (we call her Lily) was born. She absolutely changed our life.

During all this we were very active in a growing local church (Restoration Church), where we led a cell group and I led our worship team. Life moved on and things were good. I felt that I needed to further my education, but was unsure how we would balance family, church, work, grad school. Plus, we were very interested in adding a new little one to our family, so we decided that I would entered Graduate school part time. And on July 13, 2005, God blessed us again with our angel Aidan Nathanael.

Despite our wonderful life, in a home that we loved, great family and friends, a good supportive church, good jobs etc., we began to feel God pulling us away, changing our hearts, and still felt the He was telling us that we should pursue the dream of medical missions. So we continued to pray, and we started to plan. I finished graduate school in May of 2007 as a Family Nurse Practitioner and quickly started a job at a local primary care clinic. The strong pull of God to foreign soil persisted, and even strengthened over the next few months of 2007. We battled doubt, fears. We particularly battled leaving a church family and worship team that we had given so much of our life to. We learned some tough lessons about following the move of God on our heart, even if it meant leaving the "familiar"ities of life. This was a very hard time for us. I liken it to the desert with no sign of green or water. After much prayer, talk and tears, we decided to "step out of the boat". In early 2008, we notified the church and my job that we were leaving. "Tearing ourselves away" from the church was one of the hardest things we have ever done. At times it felt like it would easier to rip my own heart out but God is faithful and He gave us a peace that we had not experienced before. Pursuing the dream of God placed in our heart most definitely includes medical missions, but we also know God has even greater plans for us IF we will follow His voice.

Some amazing things have happened since. We sold our house within 7 days of it being on the market (unbelievable in the current housing market). God has opened up so many doors to opportunities for medical missions. I wish I could say that it all has been easy but I can't. But we are trusting God to make our paths straight.

One thing I can say... life in the past months has been anything but normal. Some of it has been exciting, some hard, some even really painful, but all good in the light of God's grace.

We look forward to sharing our life with you here. Please keep us in your prayers.

j/h/l/a

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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Aidan's birthday

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