"Who me Lord? "  "We have a full house already."  "We don't have enough money for an adoption."  "I don't feel sufficient for the ones that I already have."  "After a decade, we don't have anyone in diapers."  "How will I possibly  get paperwork done and homeschool this year?"   "Lord, I don't have … Continue reading “My power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 cor 12:9 

Introducing, THEODORE LEE WARD   The naming of our new son has taken a year. We were forced to put the ink to the paper and name him on a document that was required. Like all our other children, it proved a challenge.  One might think that we could get better at this with practice, … Continue reading God’s Gift, Sheltered from the Storm

I was recalling in the Aaron and Hur post how much the body of Christ has been such a blessing to us. When Joshua led the Israelites into the promised land he had the people choose 12 men to  take 12 stones from the Jordan where they had just crossed. "He said to the Israelites, … Continue reading Remembering

But this time it's all TRAVEL PLANS!! Now this is some paperwork that I can get excited about.   Not to mention we hurried to the store to get diapers and wipes for you!

Blake and I have seen an amazing thing in this adoption. The body of Christ lifting up our hands like Aaron and Hur did for Moses when the Israelites defeated the Amalekites in Exodus 17:11-13. We have been amazed at others praying for us and sacrificially giving financially to help knock away at the gigantic … Continue reading Aaron and Hur

  We're Rockin', We're Rollin'.... it's time to BOOK SOME FLIGHTS!! One day later and the call came!! WE expected to wait 1-3 weeks, but what wonderful news! The call came while we were having a play date with my friend, Marci, and her precious son, Kai, that was adopted 6 months ago from China. … Continue reading TRAVEL APPROVAL!!!

We got an email today!! It says some things that I don't understand...    I basically haven't understood most of what we have done in the piles of paper work. 🙂 But I just keep doing what I am told and it's working our way to our little one.   They said in a few weeks … Continue reading Article 5 letter

Luke 24:12 "Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened." Peter was  so secure in his devotion to Jesus. In Matthew 26:35  he shows that he was confident in his declaration of how much … Continue reading He Is Risen!

So I am getting the I - 800 finished and overnighting it to Fed Ex- The poor worker at Fed-Ex has seen me crying far too many times during this process.   I am not sure exactly what brings me to tears every time I am mailing off another set of paperwork. I think part of … Continue reading I-800 is the work for the day