Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Bundle of Joy

We're pregnant!
For years we had lived by faith and the Lord had granted every desire of our hearts except one. Because I had been on so many medications in the past and I had severe anorexia and bulimia issues I was told that I might not be able to have children and after 3 years of trying, I almost started to believe them. Despite the world's report, in faith we would write letters to and make videos for our future baby.

While in Brazil during our Gospel Trafficking journey our hearts ached for a child. We prayed and petitioned the Lord for our baby and in just a few weeks we found out we had finally conceived! Finishing up our journey through the twenty-one nations, we joyfully prepared for our baby's arrival! By the time we made it back to the United States we were three months pregnant.

Pregnancy Photo Shoot 2010
Once again life was taking a turn for us. Now we were going from being a traveling married couple to a traveling family. The Lord called us to move from Pennsylvania to South Carolina to finish out my pregnancy and connect with some ministry friends! We fell so in love with the state and had so much fun living there and in just a few months time our baby was being born!

September 12, 2010
On the 12th of September 2010 our beautiful baby boy was born. We named him Titus Obadiah Radosti. Titus means "Honorable Protected Defender" and Obadiah means "Servant/Worshiper of Jehovah" So together it means "Honorable Protected Defender/Servant/Worshipper of Jehovah (God)" His initials are "TOR" Which means "Thunder" and "Dove" which "Dove" is a symbol used throughout the Bible to mean "Holy Spirit" so his initials mean "Holy Spirit Thunder" which is pretty powerful. Titus is one of the shortest books in the new testament of the Bible and he was a disciple of Paul and a Pastor who was used by God to bring correction to ungodly and legalistic people in his congregation and establish solid leadership within his church. Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament and was a prophet that prophesied difficult words to the land of Edom for not backing Israel in their time of trouble. A verse for Titus particularly we picked out for him is Psalm 127:4
"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth." Which is really significant in a lot of ways because arrows go where you point them - like in Proverbs 22:6 and where most people I've talked to see children as a burden, if you raise them right, they can be a powerful honorable weapon used by God to do great things in their life! Oh yeah - and Radosti means "Joy"!
Radosti Family Ministering 2010

So we spent the first 10 months of his life training him up in the ministry and once again God is calling us to a new season. What better time to start a blog? As we speak we are packing up our whole house and preparing to leave in just 4 days! Where are we going? We have no idea! We only know this: God will lead as He wills and we will follow!

                                               - Millie

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