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Sorry I disapeared with no warning, I had a family funeral last week and my sister has been staying since. I had fully intended to keep writing and posting (I am a couple weeks ahead in images just not the written posts) but everything just got a little too much.
I think I may have a little more time off and wait for everything to go back to normal before I start posting again, but I will be back soon.
Our First Grandchild is on the way!
Faith just sent me these photos this morning and I knew I just had to share them right away I know she won’t mind including you in this big news!
Since the day of the wedding we have been praying the for Lord to bless Faith and Hugo with a little one and I personally prayed for my honeymoon baby to have her own honeymoon baby and He has so graciously provided! We don’t know if its a little boy or girl yet but we do know that it is a precious gift from our Heavenly Father and that they are so far healthy praise God!
I hardly feel old enough to be a grandma, I still feel young enough to have more little ones of my own. Maybe the Lord will still bless us with more children, how precious would it be to experience pregnancy at the same time as my eldest daughter! I will keep praying for that and for the health of Faith and our grandbaby, we are going to get to see them soon as they are coming up for the next round of birthdays in a few months it will be so good to see them!
Our Boys are Growing up!
We have so much news today friends, the first is Benny is officially courting!
He has been praying about a young woman called Angela for quite some time now, he was unsure as she is a reactively new Christian and does not come from a Christian home but he has told us he truly feels that God is bringing them together. Angela she is currently attending Britechester Bible College taking the same course I did then I attended, she is living off campus with her sister
Courting Angela has been a bit different from a regular courtship because of her unique situation, her father is not a man of God and as such gave no care when Benny asked to court her. Angela asked if instead of going through her father if Benny might go through her pastor instead, Benny did just that and the pastor gave far more care and attention to his request asking him about is testimony, expectations of courtship and any moral failings he may have had. After multiple meeting Angela's pastor gave Benny permission to court her, Benny asked her that very same day and she said she would be delighted.
Secondly, Honour is moving out! He has been accepted in to the H.U.F.F Young Mens Ministerial Mentorship program and will be moving to Windenburg to study under some of the best pastors in H.U.F.F! We are so proud of him for taking the steps to grow closer to God and learn how to preach His word more effectively but having one of my boys leave home so soon is a lot to take in.
We asked if he wanted to live with Faith now that she is living there with Hugo but Honour said as it’s a three year program it would be unfair of him to impose on her for so long during the early days of her marriage so he will be moving in to the H.U.F.F residential halls with some of the other men attending the program. Of course moving in to the halls meant that the program cost a bit more but with generous donations from the church we managed to find the money.
We are so proud of our boys for continuing to grow in their faith and following the path God has set for them, and we are so thankful for the wonderful example they are setting for their younger siblings!
AN: not related to this post but thank you for all your kind wishes on the last post, it really means a lot. Also I apear to be having an issue with replies where my replies just don’t post so thank you to those who helped with my tagging question.
How does everyone else tag their second gen? Cause iI’m not gonna lie I’m really confused, do I tag all of Betsy & Bennetts married kids with gen 2 or just the heir?
Introducing Mr. & Mrs. Hugo Villareal!
Our sweet Faith is no longer a Davidson, she is now and forever more shall be Mrs. Faith Marie Villareal!
Our first child is married and it has been such an emotional day. Since the moment I held her in my arms I have been praying for the day that Bennett would give our little girl away to her husband, for the day when she would become a wife and helpmeet and I know that just as this day is an answer to my prayers it is also an answer to hers too.
There were a few tears shed by all the Davidsons as Bennett gave her away, but seeing her smile as Hugo took her hand told me that it was all worth it and that this was Gods plan for her since before she was even a thought in our minds. Seeing our daughter vow before God to honour, love, obey, to follow Hugo’s leadership and to submit to him as the head of their home filled me with joy.
Both Faith and Hugo took guarding their purity seriously and we are so thankful for that. They both agreed that they would save their first kiss for their wedding but they took that a step further and agreed that they didn’t want to hug or even hold hands before the big day to safeguard themselves against attacks from the devil. The smile that came across both of their faces as it was announced that Hugo could kiss his bride was one of the greatest things I have ever seen, seeing their first ever kiss as man and wife and knowing that they saved it for this moment to honour God just made me so emotional.
We got a wonderful photo with our family and the Villareals, the only one of us missing is our new little one Peace who was sound asleep in her car seat in the other room. Seeing all the girls in their bridesmaids dresses and all the boys dressed up is just so precious.
Now they are off on their honeymoon and they will be moving to their own place in Windenburg close to their church, our Faith was a honeymoon baby, who knows maybe in nine months I’ll be entering the grandma season of life…
AN: Forgive the lack of a posed family photo, depression has been kicking my ass lately and I couldn't find the energy to pose them all.
I was asked by @meetthefundies and @quiver-full-of-sims to make a list of all the Davidson kids names, it wouldn’t let me put them in a reply so here it is;
1. Faith Marie
2. Bennett Jr. ‘Benny’
3. Honour Mikhail
4. Victory Elliot
5. Hope Trinity
6. Joy Moriah
7. Patience Junia
8. Courage Uriah
9. Grace Lillian
10. Earnest Christopher
11. Wisdom Nathaniel
12. Mercy Priscilla
13. Trust Daniel
14. Kindness 'Nessie' Talitha
15. Temperance Praise
16. Obedience 'Obe' Levi
17. Peace Evangeline
Davidson 17 has arrived!
Another busy day was in full swing and as I get older I find pregnancy to be more draining but thankfully I now have plenty of older daughter to help with the running of the home, so I was able to take a nap. When I awoke the familiar pains told me we were going to meet our new little one by the end of the day.
The pain of this birth was excruciating and Bennett told me that we were going to have to go to the hospital, I appealed to him to pray before we leave and to ask God if that was his plan for this birth. Bennett prayed and just as he started to ask we heard the rumbling of thunder and soon after saw a flash of lightning, looking out the window Bennett decided there was no way we would be able to safely get to the hospital in this storm and that God clearly wanted this baby to be had at home. To help ease the pain I tried getting in the tub but even with Bennett by my side coaching and praying with me the pain continued.
I ended up getting out of the tub and heading for the nursery. After having so many births we now know the drill so as I paced the room Bennett got out the waterproof sheet to protect the floor and furniture, its not the most comfortable thing to give birth on but its better than my husband panicking about cleaning up after the fact. My labour continued long in to the night but by morning we had out newest little one here with us.
Peace Evangeline Davidson, as you arrived the storm halted and a rainbow formed you are a true blessing from above!
I cannot believe the Lord has blessed us with seventeen precious children, I know I am getting towards the end of my childbearing years but I will continually pray for more blessings from God!
Our Biggest Birthday Celebration Yet!
The more children we had the more birthdays we had coming around each year but I never imagined that we would be celebrating EIGHT in the same weekend! You read that right eight birthdays, we are celebrating both sets of twins, our triplets and Honour!
Seeing the Obedience and Temperance get old enough to walk and start to talk is so wonderful, Joy tells me they are coming along wonderfully with verse memorisation as they are doing it every morning with her while she makes breakfast. They are also so loving towards each other, I am starting to believe it may be a special type of love that God gives to multiples because while all of my children love each other both sets of twins and our triplet's all have a special bond with each other.
Speaking of our other twins they asked if they could lead a prayer before they had their cakes to thank God for the family they were born in to, Bennett said it was a wonderful idea but that Trust should be the one to lead the prayer as he was a boy but that Mercy could add anything she was thankful for at the end. Trust has the same passion for God that we see in Honour and I just know he is going to grow up to be just like him!
Our triplets are devoted to their quiet time and got up early so that they could read the Bible, pray and get some of their jurisdictions done together before the day started. This allowed them a little free time to go outside and enjoy themselves while the others worked, I snapped this photo of them out on the swing set together singing hymns. I know that they are still young but I do hope that as they mature in this season the Lord works on ensuring they stick to the correct roles for men and women, being so close they can sometimes end up acting the wrong way. I know the Lord will convict them in His own time and that for now it is my job to keep correcting and setting them on the right path, I may also send the Patience and Grace on a Voyage and I hear from Hugo H.U.F.F has a wonderful mens program I could send Courage to.
In the evening Honour asked if he could sit with us for a big talk, he told us what he had prayed for with his candles and I must say I was a little shocked. He said that he wanted to move to Windenburg so that he could mentor under some of the best pastors in H.U.F.F, I had seen the advertising for a new mentorship program for young men but I never imagined one of my boys would go to it. I know Honour has a passion for preaching and that this would certainly give him a jump start on becoming a great pastor but the idea of one of my babies leaving before they get married is just so sad. Bennett told him he would have to look over his plans and pray about it but that he thought it would be great for him to go and study under these godly men, not to mention with Faiths wedding coming up she will soon be living in Windenburg so he wouldn’t be completely alone there knowing that made me feel a little better about it.
I can’t believe my little ones are big enough to be getting married and moving out, it seems like I had so little time with them but I know the Lords plans are not my plans and that He has so many wonderful plans for my children to glorify Him with their lives I can’t wait to see what His plans are.
Wedding planning!
We have so much to do and so little time so everyone is pitching in!
Faith has always been someone who dives in to projects head first and her wedding is no exception! She has been searching for her perfect dress, she has prayed so hard that she would find the perfect one. She said it is so frustrating that all the wedding dresses in the stores and online are all so immodest, I must say I agree with her it was hard to find a modest dress when I got married but now its like every woman on the planet just wants to defraud every man at her wedding! She is having the same problem with the bridesmaids dresses so I have been ringing each store to see what modest selections they have. I am mostly just crossing names off a list but Faith said she appreciates the help.
Joy has always loved flowers, she would always ask if she could garden with her brothers so that she could always be near the flowers in the garden and now we are using that love to get her to make some flower arrangements for the wedding. Faith showed her a photo she and Luna found in a magazine and asked if Joy could recreate it, she said it would be a challenge but that she would do her best and pray it comes out okay.
Hope had been asking to take up a new hobby of candle making for a while and we saw this as the perfect opportunity to grant her request by asking her to make some candles for the wedding. She was a little stressed with it at first but she soon got the hang of it and now she’s out in the shed almost as much as the boys working on getting these candles just right for her sister.
Speaking of the boys they have been hard at work making a wedding arch, well Honour and Victory have been hard at work Benny has been very distracted as of late. They have had to make multiple trips to Windenburg to make sure it will fit and that it is exactly the way Faith wants it. Honour has been asking to go to Windenburg more and more and it makes me wonder if there is perhaps a young lady there that he wishes to see.
The younger girls are really holding down the fort when it comes to the running of the house with the rest of us trying to get this wedding sorted, they have been such a blessing. Faith has thanked them for their hard work every night, sometimes I hear them crying and telling Faith it won’t be the same without her at home it is so hard to hear my children upset but I keep telling them this is the Lords plan and we must be joyful in where ever he takes us in life.
The wedding is not far away and there’s still so much to get done, not just with the wedding though because we have our biggest birthday ever coming up and the birth of our newest little one. Just as I think life is slowing down God just gives us more to do, I am so thankful I am able to carry out the tasks he sends!
AN: Did I procrastinate writing this by badly photo-shopping a ‘wedding magazine’ cover over a sims book… maybe
Faith is Engaged!
We took a trip to Windenburg this week to see Hugo and what a trip it was!
Last time he was in Newcrest Hugo asked Bennett for Faiths hand in marriage and Bennett gave his blessing, so when Hugo called us and asked if we could come to Windenburg we started packing immediately. It has been so special to have this time of fun and fellowship with the Villareal family and they have been so gracious in having us to stay.
Towards the end of the week Hugo asked if he and Faith could go to the Vonhaunt gardens together, I went as their chaperone and while I had some idea as to what was coming I don’t think Faith had a clue. We walked together through the gardens looking a the beauty of Gods creation until we got to a fountain, Hugo turned to Faith and told her that all his life he had been praying for a helpmeet who loves God, loves her family, knows her place in Gods plan and wants nothing more to be of service to God in the way only a woman can that’s when he got down on one knee and asked Faith if she would marry him!
As I said before I think Faith had no idea that today was the day so naturally she was shocked but she of course said yes! They have both agreed that they want to wait until their wedding day for physical touch so besides Hugo slipping the ring on her finger there was no contact between the two, they did however sit and pray together by the fountain thanking God for the wonderful gifts he has given them.
We are just so blessed just to have our daughter marry a godly man like Hugo and we cannot wait to see what God does with their lives, but before that we have some wedding planning to do!
Another beautiful Sunday
Our home church has been growing steadily and Bennett & Honour have been preaching some really convicting sermons to this wonderful family of believers. I am so blessed to be able to see the Lord working through the men in my family, giving guidance and knowledge of the word to all these people.
I never see Honour more happy then when he is preaching, this morning he spoke on the ten unchallengeables of life as seen in scripture and how that enables us to use our unique lives to service the Lord. Everyone was captivated and convicted by what he said, even the younger children who asked him after he spoke if he would teach them more about it in Bible time tonight. Honour is almost an adult and I know in my heart that the Lord is going to do great works through him and through his gift of preaching!
I was trying to get a sweet photo for Hugo and Faith and ended up catching Benny speaking with a young lady! Hope later told me that her name is Angela and she knew her from the girls Voyage, she told me that Benny and Angela would actually be a perfect match that’s when I asked her if she may have set up the two of them meeting she wouldn't give me a straight answer but the smile on her face told me all I needed to know. I don’t condone her trying to set something up without her brother knowing but maybe God set it on her heart so that Benny could meet his helpmeet, maybe we will have another courtship announcement soon.
Speaking of announcements... We are expecting once more, Praise the Lord! I will admit I had been praying extra hard for the Lord to bless us again and I was so worried that he wouldn’t due to my failings in needing a c-section with our new twins but He is great and merciful and He has provided!
AN: I’m not gonna lie I got Hugo and Faith together because I thought that’s what Bennett would have done but the way Hugo looks at Faith in every photo… I’ve decided its true love.
Benny has reached adulthood!
Our eldest boy is all grown up, it is just wild to see how he has grown.
He had to work in the morning but the moment he got home we were in full party mode for his special day. Being the godly man that we raised him to be he stopped us and asked if we could all pray together before we did any celebrating, he is just so devoted to Christ!
Even on his birthday he hasn’t taken any time off of mentoring his younger siblings in all a manner of things from their music lessons to the Bible. Right after having cake he was playing the aeroplanes Bible verse memorisation game with Truth, I see so much of Bennett in him and I just know that when the Lord wills it he is going to be an excellent headship and father for his own family.
Benny has told us that he does not wish to attend college as he believes it a waste of time and money, he said “what could I learn there that I haven’t learnt right here at the kitchen table from mama and listening to sermons from dad?” He is instead going to continue his job at the local landscaping company and use his free time to serve in our church, we did ask him if he wanted to preach like his father but said he would leave that to the more charismatic siblings like Honour and instead serve in other ways.
We are so thankful for Benny and can’t wait to see how God continues to use and grow him as he enters this new season of adulthood.
Our very first Courtship!
It’s official friends, Hugo and Faith are courting!
Hugo made the long drive from Windenburg to come and see us and he asked if he could have a word with Bennett privately. I was sadly still in bed recovering from the c-section but Bennett told me everything that had been talked about after and I could hear a little out the window, Hugo spoke of how important Faith was to him, how well we had raised her and how her commitment to being a godly woman really inspired him to continue being a godly young man. He asked Bennett for his permission to court Faith with respect and laid out his expectations of how the courtship would go, Bennett told me later he was pleasantly surprised by the way he asked and that he could see how far Hugo had come in his walk with God from when they had started getting to know each other.
After Bennett gave his blessing they called Faith over. Hugo asked her right there knowing that Bennett would want to be a part of it and he filmed it for me so that I could watch it later. Faith of course said yes, she was so happy I don’t think she’s stopped smiling since then. The moment she said yes she asked if they could pray together and thank the Lord for bringing them to each other, Bennett told me later that he let Hugo lead the prayer and that he was impressed with the passion and spiritual maturity he showed. They then talked about the expectation and rules so that they could be help accountable, they both agreed they wanted to leave physical touch for later in the relationship and that they would have chaperones at all times including through text messages and calls.
Once everything was sorted out Faith asked if Hugo would like to go an take some photos to commemorate the moment. They got some really sweet ones but I think my favourite is this one of them on the swing set together.
I am so happy for my sweet Faith, before you know it she’ll have a ring on her finger and then they’ll be running to chapel!
Another dramatic delivery
Friends, we just had an absolutely terrifying birth, I had to go to the hospital once more!
As many of you know I believe having baby at home is the best thing for both mother and child, no one needs busybody medical staff butting their noses in every two seconds while you are trying to pray through a contraction. But for this birth I had no choice.
Last time aunt Jena come to check on baby she said something was off but she couldn’t quite work out what, firstly they were too big secondly she believed they may be breech and third the heartbeat sounded wrong. I told her it was probably nothing but we prayed about it and agreed we would leave it in Gods hands.
Fast forward to today, Bennett was at work and I had been feeling painful contractions all day when all of a sudden I lost my balance and fell to the floor. The next thing I knew all my girls were surrounding me, Faith was on the phone with emergency services and Hope was on the phone to Bennett. I told Faith to put the phone down I wasn’t going to the hospital but she said Bennett had asked her to call them saying that I was to go to the hospital and he would meet me there.
I did as my husband asked and was taken by ambulance to the hospital by myself while the girls stayed home to care for the children. Bennett was nowhere to be seen when I got there but a terribly rude nurse told me that they had to get me pepped for a c-section right away, she put me in such an immodest gown my knees were showing! I was in shock, so much shock I didn’t even fight it.
Just as they were getting me ready I saw Bennett running down the hall yelling “that's my wife, wait for me!” I was so glad he made it, I have no idea what would have happened if I had had to go through this without him. He was there throughout the entire procedure, praying by my side. I am so grateful for his prayers because these awful doctors and nurses have no care for God, they worship the false idol of ‘science’ well all I can tell you is that it was God who got me through this ordeal not science!
When the doctor called out “It’s a girl” I was so delighted all I could do was praise the Lord but the drama didn’t stop there, “There’s a second baby here, didn’t you know you were having twins?” Another set of twins, God is so good! Both sets of twins we have had have been complete shocks to us, it seems that one always finds a way to hide behind the other. The doctor confirmed our second little one was a little boy giving us two sets of boy girl twins!
Temperance Praise and Obedience Levi Davidson I can’t wait to get you home to your 14 older siblings!
AN: I may or may not have accidentally hit have baby at hospital… oops, oh well gives Betsy another chance to yell about the pants wearing women of Satan… Also Obedience didn’t appear in the hospital so I didn’t get a picture, is that a sign he’s gonna end up being a lost boy?
So my game has kinda thrown a spanner in the works which has caused a change in one of the kids stories I had already worked out, now I’m not sure if I should go with it or fix it back to the way it was before.
Hi, it’s Joy,
Mama said that we could take over her blog for our Voyage to the Soul post! I am so thankful our parents let us go, ever since Luna mentioned it I had been praying so hard to be able to attend.
We were in a small group with three other ladies; Luna, Angela and Sasha. We already knew Luna as she is Hugos sister and Angela and Sasha were super nice. I was the youngest there and they were all so kind in helping me with my Voyage workbook.
I feel like God started softening my heart to his word when we were in Selvadorada but I really connected with God on this trip, I have always been in the background just kinda coasting on the thoughts that ‘I’m a good person and I come from a good Christian home so I must be good’ but this week I realised that’s not true. James 4:17 says “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” I was raised in a good Christian household, I know to do good and yet a fall back to my sinful nature rather than doing as the Father commands. I recommitted my life and my soul to God on this Voyage, everyone prayed over me and I felt completely renewed in Christ! Luna was right about that place, it really is as amazing as she said.
Hello, Hope here,
The Voyage was actually way better than I expected, when Mama told us we were going I was worried it was just gonna be like church 10 days in a row (not that there's anything wrong with church, it just a lot to take in for 10 days with no time to process and pray) but it was actually more like a big biblical sleepover.
It wasn’t all preachers yelling and being stuck with our noses in the Bible all day every day, we did a lot of cool activities and I think I made some true friends on this trip. Of course the activities and friends are great but it wasn’t the reason why we were here. I know Joy and Faith had big moments of recommitting their lives to God but I didn’t really have that, I knew going in to this that I was a sinner who falls short of the glory of God and that I needed Jesus as my saviour so I didn’t really need that big moment of going back to Him. I did have more time to get in to the Bible and assess my heart and soul since I wasn’t watching all my little siblings, I really liked the day of prayer and reflection since it was so quiet. I have already been praying that we could go on another retreat so that I can get that quiet time to pray and reflect again.
Hey, I’m Faith (the eldest)
I can honestly say this retreat has been one of the most eye opening moments of my life! I have always struggled with sinful thoughts and actions, I was always stressed about everyone and everything at home I just told myself God would understand why I sinned because of that but this trip really showed me that my sin is my responsibility and I couldn’t blame it on home stresses.
While we were there we had a day of fasting and intense prayer, that’s a full 24 hours awake with no food and only water to drink using the entire day to pray to and praise the Lord. That was by far my favourite day, I was on my knees crying out to God thanking him for Jesus who lived the life I never could and asking him to help me to turn from my sin and be the woman he made me to be. I didn’t vow that I would be better as Ecclesiastes 5:5 says “Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.” but instead I asked God to continually work in me so that I want to act in a a way that both pleases him and honours his will for my life and the lives I interact with.
I am so thankful that we were able to come on this trip before I got in to a courtship, I needed to go through this and become a stronger Christian before I could take any steps towards a new season of life. I think courtship might be right around the corner as Luna let slip that Hugo had been speaking to his father about speaking to dad, there's only one reason why he would do that right?
Birthday Time Again!
It seems like we are constantly celebrating birthday in this house, but then I suppose that's what happens when you have been blessed as much as Bennett and I have! We celebrated Joy, Wisdom and Kindness’ birthdays today! Unfortunatly we had a little acident with Wisdoms blue cake so he had to share Joys pink one but he said he didn’t mind.
Our sweet Joy has always been the quiet so quiet you almost forget she’s there sometimes but since our mission trip she has really come out of her shell, she has a real heart for missions especially ones where she would get to care for orphans and she confided to me that she prayed on her candles that the Lord will have her marry a missionary man when she is a little older.
Wisdom lives up to his name as he just loves to learn, anything he can get his hands on to read or learn from you can bet he is right there studying. Bennett prayed over him that he hopes God will guide him to study his bible a little more now he is older and leave the science and maths for school hours.
Our little Kindness has gotten older too, she is so sweet. She follows the twins where ever they go and she’s always babbling away to them. I cherish these moments where I get to spend time with her before the new baby arrives!
I am also cherishing the time I am spending with my older girls (Faith, Hope & Joy) because in a few days time they will be heading on a Voyage to the Soul retreat for young ladies. Luna raved about it when she was here so when Joy found out that she would be old enough to attend she asked if she could go with her sisters as a birthday gift. We weren’t sure at first but it is a H.U.F.F program and we get a discount because we are members, not to mention Faith could be married soon and we want the girls to have good memories with each other before she moves out so we agreed.
I also agreed to let the girls take over for a post when they got back so that they could tell you all about it so be on the look out for that!