In a Holding Pattern

We are still on hold with our court case. MOWA has not been able to get to our case with all of the other adoptions that they have. We are thankful that our case is still open in court and they will just have to try to work it in whenever they have a little extra time. We will continue to pray for our little guy and things will continue to move in God's timing.

Angels Rejoicing In Heaven

What a great day we have had. My girls and I spent the morning garage selling and had a lot of fun together. We had a busy day, but wow did we have an incredible ending. Our oldest daughter accepted Jesus into her heart and life as her Lord and Savior tonight after our revival meeting. What a glorious time with her as she became a child of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords!!!!!! God has answered a prayer and what a special celebration we are having with her.

God is Working on Hearts

We have had a busy week this last week with Revival meetings at church every night until Wednesday. We really saw God working in people's hearts and some awesome decisions made. Pastor Joe made the decision if our revival evangelist would stay until Sunday we need to continue the meetings, so we are having meetings tonight and tomorrow night and then Sunday morning and evening. We are so excited to see what God is going to continue to do here.

I am going to venture out Sat. morning and see if I can't find some great garage sale finds. We are looking for a bed for our new little boy, not exactly sure what we want, just praying that I will know and come up with a great idea for the boy's room when I see it. I love garage sales, and there seems to be a bunch going on tomorrow!!
We are trying to keep busy to keep our mind from stressing or worrying about Monday. God is in control and we know that. We pray for our little one and that we can travel soon.

We love you "K"!!! Your oldest sister was extremely disappointed about our court delay, but God is teaching her a lot through this journey also, and we thank Him for that. "K" have fun playing and be a good boy for your awesome caretakers. We Love You Very much, see you soon!!

We are on Hold

We received a call from our sweet caseworker, that we are on hold until Monday. MOWA(Ministry of Woman's Affairs) was not able to get their opinion and paperwork done to present to the courts, so we are on hold until Monday. So, we will continue to pray that Monday will be the day for our sweet little boy to officially be ours, even though he already is in our hearts. Thank you all for your continued prayers as our journey continues.

Tomorrow is a Big Day, Please Pray!!

We are praying for tomorrow. We have our court date in Ethiopia tomorrow. We are excited and a little nervous, but I spent some time in prayer yesterday and will again today and gave it all to God. It is all His to handle anyway. He has taught me so, so much in the last few months, but especially in this last month. I feel like I have really figured out how much my Abba Father loves me and cares for me. What a wonderful thing have a small grasp of. So we pray that God will work in every situation and in His timing for our court day tomorrow. I will let you all know when I know something myself.
My husband and I spent some time in prayer last night for a family that has a court date today, praying for great things to come from today for them!!!

Praying for our little guy to be home soon, not selfishly, but fervently to my Abba Daddy!! His will be done, in His time!!

How do we get all of this stuff packed?

Ok we are trying to be prepared to travel soon. We know that our God is a big God and we are praying that our courtdate goes great on Thursday. Which is actually Wed. night our time, they are 9 hours ahead of us, so if you could all pray this week and especially before you go to bed on We. night, we would appreciate it!!!! We continue to pray for health for our little guy and pray that the adjustment goes well.
I am a little bit concerned how in the world we are going to get all of this stuff packed. I bought a bunch of our humanitarian aid this last week, but how do I fit these huge boxes of diapers in a suitcase or even a tote, this may sound silly, but do I take everything out of the original box, is that ok for the humanitarian aid. I am actually a really good packer, learned that from my mom, thanks mom!!!! But I am really a little stressed and concerned at the moment.
Well, we are just going to try not to worry about those things and pray for our courtdate to pass!!!
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!!!

We Have a Courtdate!!!!!

God is awesome!! We have been waiting to hear about a court date, and did not expect a call today, but our very sweet caseworker called me today and told us that we have a court date. Next Thursday, she said, to which I replied almost in tears, really!!!!! We were not expecting any news for a little while yet, but God is in control and if faithful in all things!!! If you do not believe that you need to take a look at our adoption journey from the very beginning. We continue to pray for our sweet little boy and continue to pray that our court date goes well, and we pass court on April 23rd!!! We will then find out when we get to travel to pick our sweet little boy up!!!
I am still on cloud 9 and can't seem to get much done except to dream about holding my little boy in my arms, soon!!
I do have to share on last thing, when we began our journey of adoption last September, I prayed that God would allow us to bring home our little one by this summer. God is still teaching me to have Faith. For some reason it still shocks us that when we ask for something and God blesses that we are amazed. Why do we not have more Faith? My God is might and can accomplish whatever He wants to, in His timing. Praises to my Savior and Lord Jesus Christ!!!!!

22 months old Today!!

Praise the Lord, He is Risen, yes risen indeed!! What a great time of fellowship we had yesterday as we celebrated the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!! We want to challenge everyone to not only celebrate Easter once a year but each and every day. Each day is a blessing from the Lord!! We have enjoyed spending some time with Joe's parents and had two different friends and there families over for supper last night. We had a great time of fellowship, fun and laughter.
I have seemed to catch a cold/allergy trouble again. I really wish I could shake this stuff, it is not any fun to not feel quite like yourself.
We received a very special blessing last week from some friends here in town that blessed us with a gift for our adoption. What an amazing testimony to be able to help someone else out!! We pray that one day we can bless someone else going through the adoption process.
We are still waiting on a court date, so we continue to pray for our little one especially today since he is 22 months old today. We continue to pray for his health and pray that we can see him very soon!!

The Waiting is Tough, Now

Wow, I thought the waiting before we had a referral was tough, but now that we have a picture of our little guy it is so hard to not want to jump on a plane and go and get him. We can't wait for that wonderful day. We know that many of you have been waiting a lot longer then we have, so we continue to Pray!! God is Good, and His timing is Perfect!

Are You Sitting Down?

Are you sitting down is what I heard today on a telephone call from our caseworker from Gladney. She had wonderful news, that's right, We have our Referral!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God is amazing and we give Him all the praise and the Glory for our new little boy. He is so so adorable. We are still on top of the clouds and it is 11:10pm on Monday night. We can't stop looking at this cute little boy waiting for us to come pick him up. We continue to pray for paperwork to go smoothly as well as our court date, yet to be determined. We will keep you updated.
We also continue to pray for the families that are still waiting for there little ones to be home and waiting on there very own referral.
Praise God for All things.