Time Flies

Yesterday I woke up early and headed to the Airport in Raleigh,NC. I was tired. The drained in every way I could imagine tired. I grabbed my coffee and prepared to sit in silence on the plane. I love airports for just that reason. You can opt out of talking to people if you want, pretend to be busy working on a project or just to tired to talk. 

As I walked on the nearly full plane I headed to the back of the plane hoping to snag a seat on the aisle with no one in the middle. I managed to do just that. Almost everyone was seated on the plane and I was silently rejoicing on not having to sit next to a stranger and engage in small talk. Just as I thought I was in the clear a man was standing by my side asking if he could sit in the middle seat. 

A tall 40 something well dressed man now sat next to me. The woman sitting by the window kept her head down. She appeared to be a well educated women seeking the same thing I was after on the plane, silence.  The plane hadn't even taken off when I remembered what my husband had been trying to encourage me in, speaking to strangers. He's always reminding me that each opportunity I have with someone is a chance to share my life with them. 

I took a deep breath, and said hello to the well dressed man in the middle. The conversation flowed from there. The well dressed man now has a name to me, Abe. The educated woman clinging to silence by the window Carri. 

Our conversation flowed throughout the whole flight. There never was a moment of silence between the three of us. We shared our hearts and our lives with each other. We prayed over each other and thanked God for introducing us. 

Abe said to me as I got off the plane something that rang so true to me. He told me while support with finances is important what I truly am striving for is support from people's hearts. 

It's true.  What we are truly seeking for is your heart. We want you to stand up next to us and say I believe in what you're doing. I want you to let our family know that you are praying for us. Covering us with prayers and love. 

If you are willing to share your heart with our family let us know. Send us an email or Facebook message us. Let us add you to our list of prayer supporters. 

Also for those of you that share your heart with us already. Thank you. I can't tell you how much your prayers, love and support mean to us. 

-Carissa

Weekend Recap 110914

Hello all,
Adam here for an update on what's going on in the Hildebrandt family right now.  Carissa has been gone for almost a week at a youth conference for work!  It was a bit of an unexpected trip, as we just found out about the possibility about a month ago, but it was a great opportunity for Carissa, and it sounds like she had a good time.  In the meantime, Ella and I got a visit from my mom to help out for the weekend.  She watched Ella while I worked Friday and Saturday, and then we got to spend some time Saturday evening and today.  She was a big help and I always enjoy the time I get to spend with her.

Football season is wrapping up, which means we'll have a break for a couple of weeks.  It will be really nice to have some family time where we aren't having to do games all the time.  On the other hand, basketball will start in a few weeks, which is really the busy time.  This will be our third basketball season, but the first when Ella is mobile, so prayers for energy and strength would be greatly appreciated.

Speaking of Ella, she can walk now!!! She doesn't go very far yet, but if she doesn't get too excited, she can move her way all through the room.  It's so much fun to watch her grow and learn! I think I can speak for Carissa when I say she is the joy of our life.

I'll be trying to keep the blog more up to date as we go along.  Thanks for tuning in!

--Adam