Leaving a Legacy

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day got me thinking about legacies. What a legacy he left behind! The world as we know it now was completely different when he was alive. Due to his leadership, convictions, and passions the United States is a different place. I am very thankful for that. In thinking about the legacy he left behind, I am prone to think about the legacy I will leave behind. As our time here in Wake Forest comes to a close, I wonder what kind of difference I have made. Have I really reached out to the people God has surrounded me with? He has given us Wake Forest as our place of ministry for the last 2 and ½ years. Have I let His holy spirit guide me or have I let my own selfish desires? I want to leave a legacy, not for my glory but for God’s. I want to make a difference for Christ. We only have about 6 more months before God moves our ministry to a different city. I need to take advantage of the time we have left here. In no way do I think that I can change the world, but I know that God can. He can use His church to reach the world for Him (1 Cor. 12:12-27). What kind of legacy will you leave?

I am also prone to think about the legacy we will leave our children. We pray daily that we would be parents who live the gospel out in front of our kids, that our children would someday have their own relationship with God. Thinking about being a parent is scary. You have so much influence over their lives. We will mess up, probably more times than we will get it right. I pray for grace from God as we prepare for this important job.  We desire to leave a legacy centered on Christ for our children.  What an awesome responsibility He has entrusted us with!

Big News

Many of you may be wondering, “What’s up with the Fontaine’s adoption?”  Well, we have some exciting news.  No, we don’t have a placement.  Actually, we are pregnant.  We have felt really weird not being able to update everyone, especially people who have asked us how things are going with the adoption.  We need to apologize to everyone for seeming shady.  We just told our families over the holidays.  It was the best Christmas present we could give our baby’s future Grandparents and Aunts and Uncle.  So everyone found out about the baby and had a white Christmas.  We are excited about the next steps in our lives.

                God works in mysterious ways.  We found out we were pregnant the week after our very successful yard sale.  We took the success of our yard sale as an affirmation of our call to adopt.  But, God decided another way to bless us with our first child.  We plan to continue our adoption process after the birth of our baby.  We are even thinking about changing to an international adoption. 

                We have also figured out what we will do after graduation.  This summer we will move to Murfreesboro, TN to be a part of a new church plant, City Church Murfreesboro.  This is exciting news for us.  It also will pose its own difficulties.  Anthony will need a job to support the family.  We are scheduled to move sometime this summer and our due date is early July.  So we have a lot to figure out and pray about.