Is He safe...No...but He is GOOD!

Hello All,

Many of you know by now that our results for Tot #1 were negative. Our precious embryo did not make it. The hardest part of my day besides getting the news, was having to tell the donor family. However, they were so gracious and grieve for us. For that and for them we are ever grateful.
Andy and I want you to know how much your prayers and support have meant to us, and as promised we will share the joys and the pains of this journey as always. Here is the reason. Life is not perfect...and there will be times that we will encounter pain. Deep pain; and God is still good. I have always tried to protect myself from pain and hurt and in the course of maturing in faith and life I have realized that I can not. We can not protect ourselves from the hard, difficult things of this world. And God is still there. I always thought that He would protect me from the hurt...but no...He is WITH me in the hurt. This life that He has called us to is by no means safe...but in the end...He is GOOD. We don't know the end of our story. We don't know what child or children God will provide for our home, if any. But at the end of today...we can say Blessed Be His Name. May our feelings never be the anchor by which we see truth.

Grace and Peace to you All!

Andy and Kristyn Johnson

Tomorrow is the Day...

Hello All,

Well this has truly been a crazy week...for REAL! 8) I will let you know that it has been taxing on so many levels. However, tomorrow is the day. Primarily, I would ask for your prayers for grace and peace...and at the end of the day we would say "Blessed be Your Name"; no matter what. That we may remember that God is good, no matter what. That the Lord has a plan, no matter what. 

We so appreciate all of you who have traveled this road with us (and the road is not done yet ;), and from the beginning we have tried to be transparent on every level. Doing this with people has been a tremendous gift, and the best blessing ever. This is the reason that we will share with you (one way or the other) the results of this part of the journey tomorrow. If we hide the bad and only share the good, then we are not being authentic. So tomorrow we appreciate your prayers, that we would trust who God is and what He is doing with this journey. Thank you all in advance!

Grace and Peace to you All!

Kristyn 

The Wait.....

Hello All!!

Andy and I are SO excited to share that our Tot#1 thawed well! We thank ALL of you for your prayers! We are VERY excited about that. Also, our transfer went well. Now....we wait. Still with all of this we have a 25% chance of a viable pregnancy...but God is still the God of miracles; now it is just continuing the journey of patience. We would invite you all to continue praying with us that this little one would attach and grow well. Either way...the Lord is still Lord and we will share with you the outcome. Please pray for peace, calm and trust during this time, and we rejoice with what God has done so far!

Grace and Peace to you all!

Kristyn 

All Systems GO!!

So here we are!!! Just got the call from the doctor.....and we are a GO for Tuesday for the embryo transfer! We will get to meet our little Tot #1. Andy and I are so excited and grateful to get to this point! Please pray for us as we enter this next step that our baby would thaw well. Please pray that my body would be receptive....and that we would grow our little baby well! Thankful for God's goodness! Thank you all for continuing to travel this unique and wild ride of a journey with us! Grace and Peace to you all!

Kristyn

A Lady (Family) in Waiting....

Hello All,

So I went for my ultrasound yesterday, and things are looking pretty good! Yea! The only thing that was decided was that I will need another week and an increase in meds to get me where I need to be. This is not bad (and not unexpected), but it does push our Embryo Transfer date to the 4/21. This causes us to miss a badly needed trip home. However, it does allow Andy to make his very important ordination interview (which is on the 14th), and then get to go with me on the 21st!! Also, it backs me up to having time already off of work, so I can rest and take care of myself without stress. I am so excited that God has worked out all the details! We can't wait to meet our little Tater Tot #1 on the 21st, and praying that God's will be done in all of this. May He give us grace and peace each step of the way! Thanks for all of your prayers, and please continue to pray that 1) The our Tater Tot #1 thaws well. 2) That we would be able to have a healthy baby/pregnancy. 3) For my health in the midst of it all. We know that the odds are small, but God can do miracles! He has brought us here for a reason, and I can't wait to see what it is!

Grace and Peace to you ALL!

Kristyn