Great is Thy Faithfullness!

I sit here this morning with a song that continues to run through my head.

Great is Thy faithfullness! Great is Thy faithfullness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided.
Great is Thy faithfullness, Lord unto me!

My heart is rejoicing as I think about what is taking place right now. Yesterday, Darcy and I had our retrieval appointment. This is the culmination of all the shots that we have been administering the last two weeks. Darcy did a great job! They were able to collect 21 eggs! Praise God. After the retrieval, they took the eggs to the labratory to fertilize them and begin to watch which ones grow. As I type this, our babies are developing! We should receive a phone call today to let us know how many have successfully fertilized.

The procedure itself was a pretty quick one. Darcy was only back in the room for about twenty-five minutes. I was able to sit with her in the recovery room and wait for the medicine to wear off. This provided for some pretty interesting discussions. There was a reason that the doctor referred to the medicine as Darcy's margaritas while he was talking with us before the procedure.

As we got in the car to come home, all kinds of thoughts and emotions began to flood my mind. I turned the car onto the interstate and Stephen Curtis Chapman's song "Be Still" came on the radio. What an awesome promise that God is fully in control and that we are resting in His arms. What a powerful song at such a perfect time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgcugcQ9bCs

Darcy is a little sore this morning but is doing quite well. One more day of school this week and she will have the weekend to relax and ready herself for Tuesday. We begin our next series of shots tonight. By the time this is all done, I am pretty sure that my hesitation towards needles will be completely gone.

Continue to pray for us in these next few, vital days. Pray that our babies continue to grow strong. Pray that Darcy's body heals itself from yesterdays procedure and readies itself to successfully receive our babies on Tuesday. Pray that our stress levels remain low and our trust in God remains high. May His name be praised!

With Love,
Pete