Evil Eyes

Spring Is Coming

I know that spring is a few weeks away, but I am feeling springy (I know that's not a word). I am in the mood to spring clean, wear flip flops, and open my windows and let the fresh breeze blow in. I know that it isn't time for that yet, but lately I have had a feeling of renewed hope. Spring is the sign of new life, and I feel a new life of hope stirring inside me. The days of winter have been very dark for me. With so much uncertainty, lack of information, and so much bad news, it has been a very hard, stressful, and depressing last few months. I am not sure what the future holds, or whether we will get this sweet baby or not, but I do know that God has called us to Vietnam and to this adoption. We may be wondering what is going on, and why this has to be so incredibly painful, but I know He is there. He has not left my side. Even when things got very hard and dark, He was there. I was telling a friend the other day that I thought, before we started this adoption, going through 20 hours of labor, and pushing out a 9 1/2 lb. baby without drugs, was going to be harder than this. It's not. This has definitely been harder. Who could have guessed?
Whatever this spring and summer hold, I know that God is working out His plan, and in the end we will get the baby girl He has planned for us. We may have to go through many more dark days, and hard decisions. We may not ever understand why this has been such a hard, stressful journey, but I don't need to know. It is comforting knowing that I am not alone, and the He is there carrying me through one of the toughest times of my life.
Thank you all for your prayers, you don't know how much they have meant to me and my family. I ask that you continue to pray for strength and wisdom for Harry and I, as we anticipate some very hard decisions in the near future. I could not have gotten through this winter without your prayers holding me up. There were days, that I thought that I couldn't go one more day, but I did. Thanks to you, and the Lord holding me in His strong and loving arms.
I can feel the warmth of spring and new hope, but maybe that's because I live in Virginia:-) For those of you buried under the burden of snow and despair, hope and spring are right around the corner.

Many are the plans in a man's heart,
but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.

PROVERBS 19:21

Something you can do

Hey guys, I wanted to share a website with you that has been shared with me. http://www.bringourchildrenhome.org/601.html A group of prospective adoptive parents have gotten together to draw awareness to the I-600 situation. This process is what started the problems that we are having now. I know I have talked with many of you, and you know the anguish that I/we have been feeling. Here is a chance to do something to help these babies get to their homes, and their families. I would ask that you take the time to look up your Senators and State Representatives, and send them the sample letters that are provided on the website. I found this quote and thought it appropriate:

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.
Confucius

My kids crack me up

I have been tagged again by another internet friend. So here goes...
THE RULES:

1. List 7 random things about yourself that people may not know.

2. Link the person who sent this to you, and leave a comment on their blog so that their readers can visit yours.

3. Post the rules on your blog.

4. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, linking their blog. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.





SEVEN RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME:

1. I am addicted to coffee!!!
2. I still have a crush on my husband!!
3. In high school, and college I played soccer and I won alot of awards (oh, the good old days to be young and flexible)
4. I love the smell of clean laundry.
5. I am a home body.
6. I hate leaving my kids, even when for a few hours.
7. I dont know much about computers,or how to work them (thanks Anna for your help with this.

I was tagged by my friends Anna, and Lori


I now tag: Jenny, Karen, Elizabeth,Anne, Michelle, and Lori

108 days

I know it has been a couple of weeks since I posted, but I have been very busy. We have been busy with Morgan and Kristian's basketball games. They are having a great time playing, and we are having a great time running around like crazy trying to keep up with it all:-) We have also been pretty positive the past couple of weeks. Since we got the news that we would be hearing something in March. That is when we were supposed to hear more news on Maya. We have been waiting to hear whether or not the I-600's from the 2 other people in our agency, will be approved or not. If they are approved, then Phu Tho has said that they will release our docs that we need to get our I-600 approved. So, this week we found out that they havent even started to process those other I-600's. That means, that we will not be hearing anything until May. Shocked? I'm not. We havent had any good news at all, since Nov. 1. Pho Tho has said that they will release our docs, when the others are approved, I'm not holding my breath. It appears now, that we will not have Maya before her first birthday, if at all. Im sorry that I am being so negative, but to be honest it is really hard right now to be anything but. WE have been on edge now, waiting for something good to happen for 108 days.
I know I always end my post asking you to pray for a specific thing, but I dont know what to ask this time. Nothing seems to be going right. So, I guess that I would ask that you pray that I will not lose faith, and that I will keep looking to Jesus to calm my fears and comfort me and my family.