Greetings to all from Atlanta,
We’ve traveled quite a bit since the last Mooney Report. I’ve been enjoying my job at Faith Academy, and they have a six week summer session that is their busiest time of the year. But I had a three week break brefore and after the summer session.
Back in June, we took a much needed trip up to West Virginia and Pennsylvania. My grandmother Dewitt is still there in WV and Becca’s grandparents are in Pennsylvania. We were able to spend just a little time with my grandmother. She is very frail and declining in health, so that limited our time there. Micah got to meet her and give her a kiss.
Becca’s grandparents are a little more active, and we had a good couple days hanging out with them.
On the way back from West Virginia, we stayed in Charleston to see my uncle Harold and his son, Jeff. Harold is in his nineties and Jeff, my cousin, is older than my dad. My main reason for stopping and talking to Harold was to get some stories about my Grandma and her first husband, Fred Mooney, my paternal grandfather who died in the early 1950′s. One day I would like to write a book about my Grandma, and that was the first step in what will prove to be a long process, I think. But it was good to see Harold and Jeff.
Also in June we were able to go up to Tenessee and see Pastor Daniel at Rose Creek Village. Rose Creek Village is a Christian community in rural Tenessee about an hour outside of Memphis. They support several Mercy Homes, and Pastor Daniel was there to speak at a conference about community. We went to see him and to check out the community there. We met and stayed with some incredible people and will be going back for another event they have there at the end of September. It was good to make new friends (okay … meeting other brothers and sisters of the same family!) and especially to see Pastor Daniel, who is so dear to our heart.
We drove up to Ohio at the beginning of July to attend the Matt Miles/Beka Older wedding extravaganza. We also got to see Becca Teat and Julia Hazen … all Korea folk, which was a treat. Micah spent the next couple weeks playing with phones as if Miss Becca or Miss Julia were calling.
School ended for the summer and we made a trip at the end of July to be a part of Paul Koerper and Leandra Rose’s wedding. I actually officiated the ceremony, which was pretty fun. The only other wedding I had a hand in officiating was a Korean wedding and … well, that was kinda different. We also saw Emily Wiltshire and Laura Forner and Matt Harris from Korea. Micah was a hit as always.
The wedding was in Wisconsin, so we had to fly into Minneapois anyway, Becca’s old home. So we worked in some time to see some friends of Becca’s from high school and college. It was a blessing to see them all: Michelle, Nicole, and Andrea, their husbands and children.
We got back from Minnesota on Sunday. On Tuesday we packed the car, picked up Becca’s sister, Andrea, from the airport and drove down to Mobile, Alabama to see Becca’s other grandparents. We had dinner with her uncle Dan on Wednesday night. Thursday night we drove over to Pensacola to have dinner with Becca’s aunt Diana. Then I drove home while everyone tried to sleep.
I had another week off, but we were pretty pooped after all the running around, so we rested the next week.
So I’m back at work, and the first week was fairly busy and exhausting.
Becca’s pregnancy has been going well. She’s chasing around a 2 year old this time, so she feels more tired in a general sense than the last pregnancy. And we found out …
It’s a girl!!!
We are very excited and looking forward to Micah’s little sister.
As many of you know, we’ve been living with my parents for the last year or so, which has been a blessing. Well, we’re moving out! We found a house to rent nearby and will be sharing it with another couple, Eric and Heather. Eric and Heather are a big part of house church on Sunday night, and it has been very cool to get to know them better over the past year. They love Micah and Micah loves them.
While it will cut down on much of the cost to share a space, that’s not the primary reason we’re moving in with another couple. We feel we need to be intentional about sharing more of our lives with other Christians and having more fellowship than just the hour a week. We’ve seen the benefits of a close knit community in Korea and want to be a part of something similar (not the same … that won’t happen) here in Atlanta. Eric and Heather also have the same heart.
Becca will be starting German class at Siemens very soon. She is excited about that. She’s been talking to them about this possibility since January!
God has been so faithful and is really starting to bring things to us we’ve been longing for since we moved from Korea. Pray that we will also continue to be faithful to Him and do what He will ask of us.
Check out some more recent pictures of Micah and Becca here.
We hope all are doing well and God is blessing you!!!
Britt, Becca, Micah and little Elisha Mooney
I want you to know I love you and am praying for y’all as you get ready for another little Mooney.