Changing

A lot has been going on in the Choronzy family. We have kept busy and time keeps flying by, but I think what stands out to me the most lately is how quickly things can change. It has been so fun watching Elijah grow and discover the world. He does something new everyday! Here are just a few of the new things Eli can do:

• Roll over. He can roll from tummy to back and is very close to rolling from back to tummy!
• Squawk like a bird. Elijah has become quite the screecher and has a wonderful happy version and a terrifying mad version.
• Eat rice cereal, and smack his lips adorably while doing so. :)
• Play! This has taken on a whole new meaning for Eli as his hand/eye coordination is improving and his tummy muscles are getting stronger as he works towards sitting up.

Don't let the look fool you, he enjoys eating real food!

What?

 The big changes, however, are taking place for our whole family. Tim's position as Youth Pastor at our church will be ending on June 30. Subbing has also ended for Tim due to the fact that school is out for the summer. He has taken on a new job for the summer working with high school students in Kalamazoo who have been hired to do odd jobs for the summer. Our biggest change is that Tim is applying to Grand Rapids Theological Seminary and we plan to move to Grand Rapids hopefully by this fall. It is a bittersweet feeling, leaving our current youth group where we really enjoy the group of students we have been able to work with, and looking towards the future with excitement as we watch God work out the details for a new job, seminary, and moving to a new city. It is also a bit scary, as change always is, for the same reasons. We don't know how or when God will work out all these details. We have always seen God provide in the past, but not always in our timing or in the way we expected. Please pray that we would seize this opportunity to see God's hand in our life. With all these changes, Tim and I cling to the fact that we serve an UNchanging God. The same God who can part seas, send manna from the sky, and raise the dead can surely handle meeting our needs so that we can live out His plan.

James 1:17 - "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows."

I will leave you with a little performance from Elijah...