Followers

February 3, 2009
I have added a way for my followers to register to the right. If you are following my blog please click on the followers to the right and let me know you are following. It's nice to know who is out there following and praying for our journey. Thanks.

Day 100!

February 3, 2009
I have joined the 100 day club unfortunately but hopefully CCAA is working furiously again to get our LOA's out. I look at our Di Di's (little brother) precious face every day and just ache to finally hold him. I know it is all in God's timing and that is what I keep telling myself. It will all happen at just the right moment. I of course am praying to hear this week but I don't really even know if they are back from the Chinese New Year break. My other concern is that if we don't get to travel in March that there is some kind of trade fair in April driving up all the prices. Again I am trusting God. It is all in his hands. Kate had told me prior to the Chinese New year break that they expect our LOA in the "next batch", whenever that may be. I'll be continuing to pray for a week of LOA's for everyone this week and of course I will post as soon as I hear something.
I leave you with this: "Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them." Psalms 127:3-5.

Day 87

January 21, 2008

Well no LOA today but I did receive some photos of our Gideon from another family that was in Yugan to pick up their child in October. He is smiling and oh so cute! Hoping to still get our LOA this week so we can get this little guy home to his family.

God Moves Mountains!

January 19,2009

God is really the mover of mountains. Our biggest mountain has been a financial mountain. We truly stepped out in faith when the Lord called us to adopt again. He has provided the finances every step of the way. We have had multiple fundraisers, many donations and a grant. As we are going into the last leg of our journey we still needed around $10,000 with the increase in the orphanage donation, travel expenses, hotels and other fees. A month ago we received a $1000 donation, and last week we were given frequent flyer miles from our dear friends that covers 1 roundtrip ticket. This Sunday we had a dinner at our church and we raised an amazing $2692. Our church family is just amazing. They all pitched in to help buy and cook the food, help set up and serve and to clean up. I am overwhelmed with the love shown to us this weekend. Our Sunday school class collected enough money to pay the expense of buying the food for the fundraiser and an additional $100. We are so blessed to have so many friends and family who care so much! The praise songs Sunday included " If You Say Go" and "The Voice of Truth". Oh how these speak to me! The Lord told us to go and we had to have the faith and trust him as we took that step to go where he has led us. We hear so many voices telling us we are crazy or that we have no business doing this without having the money but the only voice that matters is His and we are listening. He has promised to get us there we just have to trust as he moves the mountains out of the way. We are now on day 85 of our wait for our LOA and I know we will have all the money when it comes time to go. Maybe we will hear tomorrow. It will all happen just as He has planned. I just love watching this miracle working, mountain moving God work!

Christmas 2008

We had a great Christmas. We were just
missing our sweet Gideon. This was our last one without him.

One Year Ago Today

December 23,2008

It is hard to believe that it has been 1 year since I got the call from Tiffany. Though we had been told that we could not begin the process until the end of January -when we had been home 6 months with Gracie-Tiffany called to say she had been praying for our Gideon and for us. She had read the story of Gideon in the bible and decided to talk with her supervisor again. After praying and talking they had decided that since no one had expressed any interest in pursuing Gideon's adoption that they had decided to allow us to begin the process right after the holidays. I was ecstatic but knew we had a long road ahead of us. Little did I know that 1 year later we still would not have our little warrior home. We came across many obstacles but today we are on day 58 of our wait for our LOA. We are praying to get our LOA before Chinese New Year on January 26th. We still have the hurdle of finances but we know that God will not dessert us now. His timing will be perfect! I found this quote today and it is so fitting for us:

"God calls us to go where we have never been in order to do things we have never done so we can see God's power in a way we have never seen it before."

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified. Do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9.

God will be and is with us now and when we bring our boy home. That day is coming!

This picture of Gideon is the first one I ever saw and fell in love with.

God is Good! We Have a LID!

As you know we have been waiting to hear what our LID is so we can start the countdown to our LOA (Letter of Acceptance), the next step to bringing Gideon home. Our dossier was sent Oct 13 and we knew it had arrived because CCAA confirmed this on Oct 22. Well on Thursday Kate called me to finally tell me that we were logged in as of Oct 27th. That means that today, Saturday is day 48 of our wait. Typically it is taking around 90 days. Kate thinks we should hear something before Chinese New Year at the end of January. Hopefully we will get Travel Approval (TA) by mid Feb and travel early March. Not the timeframe I had in mind but again it is all in God's timing not mine. He knows we need more time to get the money together. We had another denial from a grant but are applying for more. We are trying to come up with more fundraising ideas as well. We are of course praying for God's mighty hand to do a big work as we know he can! The verse he keeps giving me is "Put your hope in God for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God." My hope is in him and I am praising him and will continue to praise him always. I will shout from the rooftops how he has made all of this possible for he is a mighty God bringing home our mighty warrior.

Please all of you reading this blog pray for a mighty work to happen with our fundraising. Also pray that out little "didi as the kids call him remains healthy and warm until we can bring him home to his forever family.