A Tentative Referral

Hey Everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that tonight we received a tentative referral. We are so excited!!!! We don't have many details on her yet, but we do know which province she is from. They told us we will get our official referral within a 4-6 weeks. That will include her picture, name, weight , and medical information. We will let you know as soon as we hear more. We are so excited, ans are starting to get things organized and ready to get our baby.
Yeah!!!!!!

Our Life

Many of you know that Harry and I home school our children. Morgan is in third grade this year, Kristian is in Kindergarten, and Harrison is into everything :-) We are so thankful for the opportunity to teach our children. I'm especially glad for the distractions that it causes. When I am starting to feel anxious about the adoption, and that nothing is happening yet, the kids bring me right back to reality.
The other day I laid Harrison down for his nap, and sent the older two outside so I could eat my lunch. I was just finishing up, when I heard Harrison hysterically laughing. I went to check on him, only to find him standing on the dresser with the window wide open, and Kristian spraying him through the window with a hose! Aagh!!! I cleaned him up, went outside to talk with Kristian, and found he and Morgan covered from head to toe with mud. Literally, head to toe!! At the time I got VERY frustrated, but God is showing me that the things my children get into (and that's alot) are keeping me from getting over anxious about the adoption. I praise Him for my children, and their messes!!!!!

Our Story

So here is the story I promised.
Back in the summer of 2005, Harry and I sold a piece of property that he had been given as a boy for Christmas. We had talked and talked about what we would do with the money that we received. We both had big ideas for the money. I wanted to use the money for a downpayment on a bigger house, and he wanted to invest it. We were in the process of making a decision, when I was invited to a Steven Curtis Chapman concert. For any of you who have been to his concerts, you know that he does a big promo. for adoptions. I cried through the entire thing. Afterwards I filled out a card requesting more information. When the packet and DVD came we sat down to watch it and we both cried. I started feeling a tugging at my heart, but I didn't act on it.
A few days later,while making PB&J's for our three children, I felt the Lord telling me that He wanted us to adopt. He reminded me that this was His money, and He wanted us to use it to glorify Him. This money was to be used for something eternal, not something temporary and materialistic. So, I went to Harry and asked him to pray about it. He agreed. We prayed for a year and a half. Last August was when we both felt that, yes we should this. So we started the paperwork and our journey. It has not been easy, but we know that this is what God wants for us. He will give us our baby girl in his timing. So, for now we are resting in Him,and learning a great deal of patience.
Again we thank you all for your prayers.

Hi Everyone,
We thought we would start this blog so all of you could follow 0ur journey to our baby girl in Vietnam. For those of you who don't know, all of our paperwork is done and we are in the waiting process now. We are currently number 6 on the waiting list. We can't wait for our referral to come. We are hoping it will be in the month of September. Thanks to all of you who have been praying for us, and who are always interested to hear of our journey (as boring as it may be) Many of you may wonder why we have embarked upon this journey. In this next post I will tell the complete story! I've gotcha on the edge of your seat don't I? ;_)