We are thankful to God for the birth of our baby Elizabeth Joy Pope. She was born January 7, 2019 at 2:05 am. Both mom and baby are healthy. We are so excited to finally meet her. God has been good to us to give us another beautiful baby girl.

 

Here are some of the verses that led us to choose her name:

 

“And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.”—Luke 1:41-44 (ESV).

 

“…for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”—Nehemiah 8:10 (ESV).

 

“That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”—2 Corinthians 12:10 (NIV).