An End to a Long Time Ministry

For over 7 years I have been a part of an incredible group of ladies.  Hannah's Prayer (HP), is an online Christian ministry for those struggling through infertility and loss.  Just over 5 years ago I was asked to join as a moderator and later asked to join the Board of Directors where I have served for 4 years, most of that time as the director over the BOD.

It has been a pleasure, joy and downright fun being a part of this board.  It is a wonderful group of ladies!!  Each having a servant's heart to see HP grow as a community.  We've seen heart-ache, joy and had to make some tough decisions.  God was faithful, giving us likemindedness.  We didn't always agree, but we always came to each other with a Godly and humble spirit making those decisions easier as we worked through and saw each other's perspective.

My time on the BOD has come to a close as my term ended yesterday.  I feel I have a little hole left in my heart.  Even though I know it's time to move on.

The timing is quite interesting as other aspect of our life are coming to a close.  In just 2 months we will be leaving Vienna.  Jerry will be starting a new position.  We'll be saying goodbye to long time team members.

I wanted to share some of the beautiful faces of ladies I have had the joy and privilege of meeting through this incredible online ministry!!

A meet up while we were in the US in 2008.  We knew each other before kids and look at us all now!!  My friend on the right is currently pregnant with #3, a girl!

I got to meet up with these sweet friends while I was in Arkansas.  Fun times!

I drove to Mississippi to enjoy some fun times with these ladies!!

A stop over in West Texas!

I got to meet this lovely lady in Texas as her and her husband picked up their baby girl they adopted!!

A meet up in Oklahoma!!

I wore a lot of black during this time!  Ha!  Sweet friends!!

A meet up in Austin, TX!

The BOD at our retreat in Cleveland, OH with author Ginger Garrett, our speaker.

A meet up in Spain with Wendi!

And my last BOD meeting, a year ago, in California.

There are SO many pictures missing that I may have lost along the way, but these are quite a few!

I have had the pleasure of praying, supporting, crying and laughing hysterically with these ladies!!

I don't plan on leaving the ministry completely.  I plan to stick around a bit, but I may fade a little as I now have kids who are getting older and I don't feel like I quite fit anymore.  That doesn't mean that I no longer see myself as infertile.  Sure, I have 3 kids, but I will always see myself as an infertile girl.

As a member once put it...... infertility may no longer be a gaping wound.  There is no heavy pain or sting of infertility.  It's more like a scar.  The wound is there, always a reminder of that time in our lives.  It might twinge from time to time, but that time in my life is more and more in my past.

I will always be drawn to ladies with infertility.  It's part of who I am.  Hoping I might be an encouragement and support in the journey.

Now, God is calling me in a different direction.  I'm not fully sure what that is yet.  I'd like to build on my blogging, but we'll see what the Lord has in store!!