Catching Up/Prayer

I’ve had about a hundred things go through my mind where I’ve thought …I should write a post about that. Maybe later when there is more time (right) but for now I will summarize them all by saying: God is so personal, so tender, so kind.
Some wild things have happened since Thursday…
– In the next [...]

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THE REFERRAL IS HERE!

We’ve had quite a week with our adoption. Although we’re not at liberty to share all the details on this blog, I will say that God continues to call us to SEEK HIM … not the next phase of this adoption … not parenthood … not even just these children. I’m so grateful for the [...]

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Who Reads Our Blog? (and our referral celebration practice)

Those of you who have blogs know that there is a stats page that shows us how many hits we get a day and, in general, the links and searches that lead people to our blog. (Don’t worry — although there is some way I’m sure for us to figure out who is behind each [...]

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Why Pray?

There are times when I feel pressed to pray for our children, this adoption, and Ethiopia in such a way that I just can’t shake. Now is one of those times.
If God is sovereign and has goodness in store for us — why would we need to pray some of the prayers we’ve been uttering [...]

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The Adult Blankey

My cell phone has now become what some might call the adult blankey. I carry it everywhere. Parameters I once set up so as not to have the phone take priority over my already pre-set priorities have all fallen to the wayside. As long as we’re potentially receiving referral news any day … that cell [...]

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Dusting off the To Do List

Now that my orchids have bloomed (three beautiful blossoms, to be exact), I figured it’s time to dust off that Pre-Travel To Do list I created a little less than a year ago.
Thanks to cyber friends from our adoption agency who shared their lists, I’ve updated it with things I never would have thought of [...]

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