Let me begin with a little SHOUT OUT to our CREATOR!! Thanks for the beautiful weather!!! I was able to snuggle under a quilt with a cup of coffee and my Bible for quiet time this morning. LOVE IT! Back to the real post! 🙂 Last night we ended up with Austin and Jordan being the… Read More
When I post this we will have about 15 days and 5+ hours until we get on a plane to Beijing. We’ve been counting down the days. They sure are passing by quickly! We aren’t really “rushing” them, because they are bittersweet days. We are spending some good time with our family. Just yesterday we… Read More
3 Weeks From Today!!! WooHoo! China Bound Baby! And no–still not packed–yet!
Our November calendar!!! I just scheduled our 1st Post Placement Home Visit  for November 19th. AND THEN . . . I looked at the rest of the calendar. YIKES!! Here’s what it looks like: November 1st: Consulate Appointment November 3rd: Return home from China November 6th: Austin turns 18–Have his pizza party and icecream… Read More
RE*AL*I*TY is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined. Sometimes REALITY stinks!!! Last weekend I cried a Big Girl Cry when I had to face Reality. This weekend I got ANGRY with REALITY! Today–I’m Processing REALITY. My Best Girl Friend in St. Marys is moving… Read More
We will board a plane to China. I can hardly believe that almost a year ago–I was preparing for Orphan Sunday and it happened. We Saw Hannah’s Sweet Face! On a waiting child’s list. I believe on that day that there were over 2,000 children waiting for families. That was just on one list. God… Read More
The will of God is never exactly what you expect it to be. It may seem to be much worse, but in the end it’s going to be a lot better and a lot bigger. ~Elisabeth Elliot I’m not sure exactly what God has going on behind the scenes–but I am thankful that God… Read More
“Be assured, if you walk with Him and look to Him, and expect help from Him, He will never fail you.” –George Mueller I told you God has a sense of HUMOR!!! Guess what we got today??? T.A.!!!!!! So what does that mean? Well it means that we will travel sometime in October. We will… Read More
I guess I set myself up for failure yesterday. (My peace about TA went out the window–for a little while.) I had this idea in my head that we were supposed to travel in September to go get our girls. I guess somewhere in all of this raw emotion floating around I thought that God would… Read More
All I can say is that God is moving the mountain–slowly–but hey–Gods ways are not my ways! (You can be thankful for that!) No–We do not have TA yet. And Really–We have given that over to God. It will get here in His timing. I’d like to say that I have been extremely patient, but that would… Read More
