Our best Christmas present was finding out our new baby was a boy

While listening to a sermon podcast as I was flying, I was inspired to try and arrange a surprise for the family. Breanna came up with a great plan.

So, at Breanna’s second ultrasound appointment to confirm the baby was developing properly, we brought a blank Christmas card and asked the doctor to write down the baby’s gender without out telling us. Then he put the card in the envelope and we brought it home to rest under the Christmas tree.

On Christmas Eve we decided to open the card as a family. Breanna’s mom participated from Indiana via Skype video call.

With a “here we go!” the envelope was opened. Inside the card the doctor had scrawled “the sex appears to be male” All of the kids were very excited since they had all decided they wanted another brother.

Breanna felt fine, but we also knew it could change. This weighed on us as we prayed and saught advice about whether we should stay in Nairobi.

In some ways, Loki is less stressful than Nairobi since life is less frantic and crime and traffic are greatly reduced.  But, with available flights between Loki and Nairobi decreasing, we knew we would need to rely more on outside air service, which would quickly become expensive if Breanna needed to make several trips to see a doctor.

Also, we realized that if Breanna needed to spend most of her time in bed, there would not be much point to us being in Loki.

God used the voice of many respected friends and we realized Nairobi offers us a chance to continue serving with AIM AIR, while having a large community of support around us and the best healthcare in the country.

So, our friends in Loki, the Hildebrandts, sent down our Christmas tree and the kid’s presents, and we celebrated Christmas in Nairobi.