Much Prayer is Needed

Bad news today--our application for a grant that we were really hoping to get was not accepted.  There are simply more applicants to these organizations than there is money.  I was really praying that our application would be accepted since we are about to have a rather large amount of money to pay, and this grant would have covered it.

I know God has called us to do this.
I know God has a plan.
I know God can do the impossible.
I know God already has it figured out.
I know that I need to have faith.
I know everything works out in God's perfect timing.

I know all these things and more, BUT my heart is still heavy and overwhelmed.

So, please, join with me in praying that God provides the money we need, and may I ask that you give if you're able?

The Very Best Kind

I have been so encouraged the past couple of weeks by some very dear friends that double as prayer warriors.  They are friends of the very best kind.  They pray with me and for me.  They hear the cries of my heart even when I can't put them into words.  They understand the call that drives me.  They uplift and encourage.  They amaze me with their friendship. They cause me to thank God for filling my life with such wonderful people!

P.S. I know who to call for diaper duty ;0).

Considering HIM Faithful

God is definitely up to something around here. We don't know how it'll all work out or where we'll end up, but we have faith in the One who called us.


"By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country
By faith Abraham, even though he was past age—and Sarah herself was barren —was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful who had made the promise. And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore." (Hebrews 11)

I Wonder

When you come home, what will it be like?

To hear your feet pitter-patter down the hallway?

To feel you cuddled up next to me as I rock you to sleep?

To see you tucked away safe and sound in your bed?

To sing to you and read to you and pray with you?

To watch you play and learn and grow?

To hear your voice and your laughter fill the house?

What will it be like? Better than I can imagine, I'm sure.

Praying you come home soon, Sweet Girl...

Current Happenings

Current happenings include--
~Applying to the placing agency.
~Being accepted into the placing agency's program--yay!
~Beginning another round of paperwork--these are documents that will be sent to Russia.

I am so happy to have gotten to this point in the process. It's amazing to look back and see all the steps that we've completed. God has been faithful the whole time, and we're trusting Him to see us through to the end.

We are also at the point of the process that requires another chunk of money. We're not sure where it's going to come from, but we're praying and trusting that God will provide it. We'd appreciate your prayers for this!

To God be the glory, great things He has done (and will do).

She Will be Covered in Prayer

I have spent the first part of this summer working on a very special quilt--a Sunbonnet Sue quilt for the baby. When she is wrapped in this quilt at night, she will be covered in the prayers that I prayed for her as I stitched it.

I pray that she is safe and protected wherever she is.

I pray that she is getting the nutrition and care she needs to be healthy.

I pray that she will come home soon.

I pray that she will know and never doubt the love that we have for her.

I pray that she will see adoption as a gift from her Heavenly Father.

I pray that her journey to our family will point her to Christ.

I pray that she will know love, joy, and peace.

I pray that she will always realize her value and worth.

I pray that she will know God knit her together for a purpose.

I pray that she will know Christ and the power of his resurrection.

I pray that when she looks at this quilt she will know that she's cherished.