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Comment by StephanieC on September 8, 2011 at 3:47pm

Those pics are so cute!! Im so happy for your daughter that she has someone that is willing to step up and not run like so many "fathers" do now-a-days. He sounds to be like a really great guy. Its funny that your other daughter is bring home yet another Matthew. Sounds like my house except for the name Michael. My dad, grampa and grampas best friend are all named Michael so the holidays get a tad confusing :) My mom isnt even a pastor or anything and she would still have a cow if i got pregnant before marriage.

Jessica-hope your mom doesnt stand you up today. be sure to let us know.

Today has been an up and down day already. I had a really horrible dream. Kinda freaked me out a bit. But then this afternoon i checked my email and had an email from the hospital. I had applied for 2 positions there. The email was to inform me that there wasnt a position available that i met the requirements for :( BUT! about an hr after reading that email i got a call from one of the bank positions i applied for. The lady did the first interview on the phone. She seems to be really interested and the interview went well. She set me up to go into the bank branch Tuesday morning for my second and third interviews with the branch managers. Pray that this goes well for me. I could really use this job and it would be a pretty great job to have. I will keep yall posted :)

Comment by Lovemynavyson (Ship02/DIV933) on September 8, 2011 at 3:44pm

Oh, Jess....I'm sorry. It sounds like you have had a very negative experience with 'religion' instead of relationship.......Yeah, you literally grew up in church...my kids have grown up also in church (gone to church since birth)...but that is not the important thing...What's imporant is the values and the One we go to church for and how we conduct our lives in private...I always told my kids 'we are who God sees, not the person that is in public or who they see Sunday morning' But who we really are is who we are at home...with each other, sharing a meal together, praying together, loving on anoher and supporting one another...We've had our ups and downs and yes, even times...just full blown yelling at the kids...(I think that is just part of parenting.....hehehheh). But the real us is how we treat people when things like this happen the real character and nature comes through...I want people to know the REAL GOD I serve and love and they can know what he is like also by how I react...make sense...

Don't be to hard on your mom (as a pastor she feel the pressure of the world to live up)...we simply can't Jess, we live and make mistakes...we must get up, dust off, and move on...making lemonade out of the Lemons life throws at us...

Were you raised in a single parent home?

Comment by JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3 on September 8, 2011 at 3:41pm

I think my mother just needs to drink something to loosen up a little haha

Comment by Paula (was Capricorna) on September 8, 2011 at 3:38pm

Don't tell me your Sailor son's new love is named Matthew too...  just kidding.

I think you're going to have to number the Matthews.

That's so sweet that he fell for a girl in Div. 932!

 

Jess - I wish your mother would drink some of Lovemynavyson's lemonade! 

Comment by JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3 on September 8, 2011 at 3:24pm

Alledgedly she is meeting me for dinner at 430. Last week she said that and stood me up, so we will see. I hope she comes this time. I'll be sure to post later on. But yes, my mom has been a pastor since before I was born; I literally grew up in church, during elementary school I went to school then stayed at church all day when she was working, same with middle school. I went to a small conservative Missouri synod Lutheran school from 4th-8th grade. And afterwards, mom would pick me up and id hang out at church until her work was finished haha. I have spent probably 80% of my life literally in a church(:

Comment by Lovemynavyson (Ship02/DIV933) on September 8, 2011 at 3:18pm

Paula & Sailor's wife...thanks - Everytime I look at their photos, it makes me smile....And yes, he is a great guy...without hesitation when I asked him why he wanted to marry Beth...he quickly replied, 'because I love her, I really do' and I believe him...I don't want them to feel pressure to marry because 'they have to'...but because they want to...with love and support they could do it together without being married, but this is their decision and we fully support them...I'm happy to welcome Matthew into our family and will love him as my own son, Matthew...

Oh, Paula...My Bible college daughter is bringing a friend home with her for Thanksgiving....uhhhhhhhhhhhh, name please: MATTHEW!!!!

Yeah, we are a very close family...at least I've tried to instill in my kids that family is family and they are ALWAYS there for you and will ALWAYS love you no matter what...my kids have made major mistakes and messed up real bad...but I will say it again I LOVE MY KIDS.........They're the GREATEST....LOL

Hey, my sailor son is sweet on a girl in FL...hahahah sister DIV 932....He actually called us about this one and wants to make sure it is right to move forward in a dating relationship..and he's already discussed bringing her home to meet mom and pap next spring!!!!! ehehhehehehhe

HOOYAH!

Comment by Lovemynavyson (Ship02/DIV933) on September 8, 2011 at 3:07pm

Are you serious!!! Oh my goodness, I wanted to ask you one time if you were raised in a Christian home or something...awe, sweetie I sure hope you and your mom work things out...How is she doing now?

I know aren't they adorable?...GO ahead and share them with us...check the other photos out on my page...scroll the entire way to the bottom...

Jess...I really do hope things progress well, for you and your mom...and thanks so much for your kind words...it means allot to me especially from a young lady my Bethany's age...

Comment by JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3 on September 8, 2011 at 3:00pm

It's good you guys are being so understanding. My mom is a pastor, if I was in your daughters situation she would have had a cow. Again, I really can't stress enough how much your support really means to your daughter, you are doing such an awesome thing by being there for her and being understanding and even excited. Ps: I love that second picture... I think I'm going to have to steal that pose as one of my wedding shots! (:

Comment by Lovemynavyson (Ship02/DIV933) on September 8, 2011 at 2:57pm

Whoops... back to: "because we are Christian, that we are not human and most have this funny notion that we don't make 'bad' choice which God calls sin...but we do stumble and fall..we make mistakesjust like everyone and we continue to sin, but we strive with the help of God to live godly...we can't apart from him. But if we do mess up (like my daughter)"...we run to God to recieve His forgiveness free from the guilt and shame of sin...He so freely offers us this in His Son Christ Jesus...He paid the penalty (death/hell) for our sin on the cross so that we could live...This doesn't mean we continue to do 'bad' things because He forgives us...its not like a free 'get out of hell' pass or something...

But...anyway....just wanted to share that with you all...

Comment by Lovemynavyson (Ship02/DIV933) on September 8, 2011 at 2:46pm

Sorry, moms.........I love my kids and I want to the world to know it! Well, I'm just an insy winsy tiny itsy bitsy biased...and think I have the greatest kids in the world...!!! LOL

Awe.......Sharon, that is a sweet sweet thing to say....though my kids may have not always thought so....once they get the rebellion out and life slams them down a few hard times...they appreciate us! Bethany is like an entirely different girl now...not snappy and defensive. I can't imagine how painful it was for her to carry that burden and so afraid to tell us...especially in our family...don't know how many of you know this...but my husband is a pastor (and of course, there is allot of stigma that comes with it). The pressure to be a pastors kids is incredible trying  to 'live' up to a standard....but it is a life that she has to chose independant of us - She has to make her own choices and to many times, people think that because we are Christian, that we are not human and most have this funny notion that we don't make 'bad' choice which God calls sin...but we do stumble and fall..we make mistakesjust like everyone and we continue to sin, but we strive with the help of God to live godly...we can't apart from him. But if we do mess up (like my daughter) the world frowns and says, "a ha...told you so they're nothing but a bunch of hypocrites...they don't even live up to what they preach"...but that is NOT what it is about. I've taught my daughter not to put herself in a position where she might be overcome with sexual passion outside marriage...recognizing that we are humans prone to the same desires that every human has...desires to be loved and to love...to marry and to be intimately involved...It is a gift from God and it is a VERY good gift within the confines of marriage...but my daughter choose not to heed our counsel and know she is pregnant outside of marriage...For her it could have turned out awful, like so many other young girls her age, but it didn't...He loves her and wants to marry her and raise this baby (for that I am so grateful)...We love her very much and extended our hand of love and forgiveness to her..Recognizing this, she on her own has decided to 'wait' in spite of the pregnancy until marriage.  God offers His forgiveness and cleansing to anyone that comes to Him...

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