REFERRAL!!!

Yes, we finally got the exciting call today! Our baby is an adorable 7 month old girlie!! She has the biggest, most beautiful eyes, and we could not be happier! We are not able to post a picture of her online, but feel free to stop by if you're in the area so we can show her off! We now wait for a court date in the next 2-3 months, and if we pass, we'll travel to Ethiopia about 3 weeks later. Thank you to everyone for your encouragement and prayers over the past 7 months of waiting!

Peace

My prayer for today is to NOT be anxious and to be OK waiting on the Lord. I want God's peace this week.

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

Philippians 4:6-7

Wait for the Lord

I've been getting anxious more and more about getting our referral, and feel like I just need to meditate on God's word and rest in Him this week. The verse for today is:

Psalm 27:14

"Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord."

Imagining Us Together - Posted by Talia

The other day I was flipping through my Study Bible and I read the verse Isaiah 40:31. It says: "But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint." I told my mom I liked that verse and she said that was the verse she had just posted on this blog! I think God is telling me to trust in Him to have just the right little baby for our family, even if it takes longer than we'd hoped.
Also, sometimes I imagine being inside an airport and walking up to my parents, holding our little baby. The picture in my mind is beautiful - us kids taking turns holding the baby, hugging and kissing it, and loving it. All of us together with addition #6. I know God has a plan for that child, and I'm overjoyed He's using our family to make that plan work.

We'll have a baby this year!

Happy New Year. We were hoping to have received a referral before Christmas, but God's timing is perfect...and not always what I plan. But, I can now with confidence say that we will have a baby this year. :) I find myself getting so anxious as we wait. I blog surf and find so many other families adopting from Ethiopia and know I am not alone. It is hard to describe the feeling of love and anticipation for a child you have not even met. It's definitely a God thing. I am so thankful for other families who have gone through this and have been an encouragement to us. I hope that I can in some small way encourage others along this adoption adventure as well. Isaiah 40:31 says, "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." ....teach me Lord, teach me Lord, to wait!