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Hi, a little update from me, home with my family this week.

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I just shared in the first journey share this week how it was challenging to come home

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and things have been changing like a little bit.

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I decided to delight myself coming home in what was going on and in myself

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and just my family and that's what I've been doing with the two little ones,

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our younger ones, kind of just enjoy them and enjoy myself

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and focusing on just like for instance, okay, I want to bake a cake

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and I'm asking the 13-year-old if she wants to join

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and if she doesn't want to, I'll still make a cake.

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Kind of not like, okay, what does she wants to do?

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How can I like serve her? Not think that all the time,

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but kind of just like do what I wanted to do and invite her in

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and then she wanted to join and we had a really good time together

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but not let it stop me if they don't want to join in

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that I kind of just continue to live my life and delight myself

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and what's going on and invite them into what's going on in my life

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but not have this mentality of serving them all the time

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and like putting myself lower and they above and always cater to their needs.

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And with the two oldest ones, I think it's a lot about letting go,

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letting go and just taking the chances that come.

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They're teenagers, so there will come moments where you're just like,

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okay, I just got to grab this and go with it.

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So with the oldest one, I continue to lay him down,

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the one that has decided not to follow Jesus anymore.

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And then there comes an opportunity that he's like,

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oh, I've been building something, do you want to see?

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And I'm like, oh, okay.

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So I went to his room and saw it and we ended up having like

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almost two hour conversation where I got to share,

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speak into his life and share what he was struggling with

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when it comes to faith.

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We had a really open talk about why he doesn't believe

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and what's going on in his life and what's challenging for him.

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So I got to like meet him on his emotional needs

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and also just be there and speak what I believe is truth into his life.

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And it just kind of happened after just laying him down

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and delighting myself in the Lord and what's going on.

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And with the one in the middle, the 15, almost 15 year old,

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I think I have some ways to go.

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And I am challenged by like how to let him go, but still be me.

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So that's what I'm going through with him like and asking God,

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how can I let him go, but at the same time be present in his life

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and not cater to his needs, but still keep a relationship with him.

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So, but all in all, it's been a really good week.

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And I see that just like finding joy in little things

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and just like letting go and relaxing and just being myself

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and that that is actually enough.

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Yeah, so I wanted to share that.

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That's what's been going on.

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And it's been a good week together with my family here at home

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and also meeting Annette.

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We went for a walk that was great.

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So it's been a good week at home.

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All right. See you.