Wednesday, August 17, 2011
CLEARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This morning we got a call from the main office to tell us that we are cleared to travel to get our girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been freaking out ever since!!!!! We're hoping for a Sept. 6th date!!! 2 WEEKS FROM TOMORROW WE WILL BOARD A PLANE TO GET OUR GIRL!!!!!!!! PRAISE GOD!!!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Embassy No-Go...
So we got word yesterday that one of the documents spelled her name wrong!!! So we got turned down and they need to correct it before we can be cleared for travel...duh, duh, duh...what a bummer for us to wake up to!!!
This hit me harder than I expected and really showed me how much I do not know how to handle disappointment and trials!! I immediately started to get angry at God and basically have a temper tantrum! We just keep hitting more and more challenges and nothing has really gone right for us all along! We've hit almost EVERY roadblock possible, and so it just keeps escalating in my heart!!
But I had some good reminders, scriptures, and devotionals come along the way since yesterday morning. One was on trials and how God brings good out of them ( I knew that, but they shared it in a different way that helped me a lot). My precious traveling friend, Tracy, sent me some more from Streams in the Desert. One said, "Nothing that is not part of God's will is allowed to come into the life of someone who trusts and obeys Him." If Satan is in this to try to deter us, God has already filtered his plans to make them good for us...what a blessing that is to know!!
And "there is nothing Christ dislikes more than for His people to publicly profess Him and then not use Him. He loves for us to make use of Him, for His covenant blessings are not simply meant to be looked at but should be appropriated."
What great truths He is whispering to me right now!! Thank you, God!!
This hit me harder than I expected and really showed me how much I do not know how to handle disappointment and trials!! I immediately started to get angry at God and basically have a temper tantrum! We just keep hitting more and more challenges and nothing has really gone right for us all along! We've hit almost EVERY roadblock possible, and so it just keeps escalating in my heart!!
But I had some good reminders, scriptures, and devotionals come along the way since yesterday morning. One was on trials and how God brings good out of them ( I knew that, but they shared it in a different way that helped me a lot). My precious traveling friend, Tracy, sent me some more from Streams in the Desert. One said, "Nothing that is not part of God's will is allowed to come into the life of someone who trusts and obeys Him." If Satan is in this to try to deter us, God has already filtered his plans to make them good for us...what a blessing that is to know!!
And "there is nothing Christ dislikes more than for His people to publicly profess Him and then not use Him. He loves for us to make use of Him, for His covenant blessings are not simply meant to be looked at but should be appropriated."
What great truths He is whispering to me right now!! Thank you, God!!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
The Wait Is Getting Shorter...
Today we found out that we got submitted to the Embassy!! This is really our last step in the process before we travel!!! Next week we should know whether they want further documentation or if we are cleared to travel. We have to keep surrendering these details to the Lord, because it really is out of our hands and in the hands of the Embassy, which comes down to it really just being in God's hands cuz He can do anything!
We also got an update on her today with lots of cute pictures!!! She is just too cute!! She even smiled in one of the pics this time for the lady!! We are just so ready to have her home now! (Well, we've BEEN ready for quite some time now, but NOW WE ARE EVEN MORE READY!!!).
I wish I could post the cute pics from today, but not quite yet...hopefully soon and the next pic on here will be of us holding her!!!!!!!!!! Please Lord Jesus bring her home quickly!!
We also got an update on her today with lots of cute pictures!!! She is just too cute!! She even smiled in one of the pics this time for the lady!! We are just so ready to have her home now! (Well, we've BEEN ready for quite some time now, but NOW WE ARE EVEN MORE READY!!!).
I wish I could post the cute pics from today, but not quite yet...hopefully soon and the next pic on here will be of us holding her!!!!!!!!!! Please Lord Jesus bring her home quickly!!
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