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Our Charis
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Aimee Roberts
Jason and Aimee Roberts
Caitlin 12, Ian 10, Paige 8, Holden 6 and Ainsley 3
I
am a pastors wife, mother of five, runner, and soon to be doula.
These few things keep me busy from before the sun comes up to well
after it has gone down. Jason and I have been married for
almost 15 years. During these years the Lord has taken us to live in
three different states, all of them on the coast (which is good
because I love the water). For the past 6 years we have been part
of Crosscurrent Church in Virginia Beach.
Our children are a tremendous blessing, we have three girls and two
boys. Through our 12 years of parenting God has been so gracious to
continually reveal Himself to us. We have experienced peaceful times
of hanging out at the beach, picking strawberries, and hiking
through the mountains of Virginia. We have also lived through
battling cancer with a 4 year old, struggling through meningitis
with a 2 week old, and questioning where the unexplained bleeding is
coming from with our 11 year old. In the best and worst times with
our kids the Lord continues to show us His faithfulness. Thankfully
the normal days far out number the crazy days.
With the birth of each child I learned something new about labor and
delivery. Caitlin, our first, was a c-section due to her breech
presentation. While it was wonderful having our first child, the
experience itself left me feeling empty since I wasn't in control of
my delivery. Ian was a completely natural labor and delivery which
gave me a great sense of accomplishment, however I suffered severe
tears. Paige's labor and delivery was the smoothest of them all. It
was during this delivery that I began to understand God's wonderful
design for birth. I went into Holden's birth planning on delivering
natural but ended up with an induction and medication. Now that I've
been through doula training I can see how his birth would have been
such a different experience if I would have had the encouragement of
a committed birthing team. Our last baby, Ainsley, was in a
posterior position and although pushing out a posterior baby on your
hands and knees feels like running a half marathon, I was able to do
it because I had good labor support.
I believe the Lord will use these experiences and the past 9 months
of doula training to serve women in this priceless season of their
lives. My hope is to give these families birthing insight so they
too may bask in the richness of our Lord through the fullness of
birth.
Aimee
Roberts
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Did you know
That the C-section rate has soared?
From 5.5% in 1970 to over 30% now?
And some hospitals rate in at 50%.
The infant mortality rate in the United States
has not improved over those years.
We are 28th in infant mortality
among industrialized nations.
(World Health Organization)
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Charis Cuisine
Perfect Peach Pie
Crust
1 1/2 cups sesame
seeds and/or sunflower seeds
1/4 cup flax
seeds
1/2 cup walnuts and/or almonds
(blend all nuts finely)
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon raisins
2 tablespoon fruit juice
Blend
In a medium-sized mixing
bowl, combine seeds and nuts with the oil. Add the blended
raisins, oil and fruit juice. Form into soft dough. If
too wet, add more seeds and nuts. Press into 9 inch pie pan.
Filling
20 Peaches, peeled, cut
and cored
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/4 cup Nuts, chopped
1/2 cup Raisins
Mix all the ingredients
in a large bowl. Fold into the pie shell and chill.
Variations
Add 2 mashed bananas in
with the peaches.
Add slices bananas on top of the pie.
Sprinkle with coconut.
Recipe from VEGAN
NUTRITION: PURE and SIMPLE
by Michael Klaper, MD
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Kids Korner
Daddy, call your wife!
Margeau's story, 1993
Three year old Margeau
(and her parents) are expecting a baby. Mommy grows every day.
Margeau was born at home and this baby is planned to enter the world in the
same way. Margeau gets to know their midwife, Susan, at their monthly visits
when they listen to the baby and feel Mommy's tummy. They talk
about the coming birth and prepare Margeau for the blessed event.
One day Mommy was fixing
dinner and she moaned when she bumped her elbow on the
counter. She was noticeably uncomfortable.
Margeau runs into the
next room, "Daddy, call your wife!"
It took a minute but he
shortly understood! Ah, the midwife!
In warm memories,
Midwife Susan
“Children's children are the crown
of old men;
and the glory of children are their fathers."
Proverbs 17:6
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