Peace! No matter what happens....

We met with the Birth mother today! She is soooo nice. I Love her already. It is a kind of love that the Lord puts in your heart immediately. She has the SWEETEST spirit. I feel as though I have known her a very long time. I know in my heart that ONLY the LORD could've orcestrated this entire situation so....I am at peace. I know that when Darrell and I were driving to meet her we were praying for God to give us a peace about this decision.. We also prayed that He would allow us to know if this was not HIS will. I was so nervous. As you can imagine. We have been hurt so bad and so many times in the past. It did not take 5 minutes until we were talking and sharing. When we left we felt such a peace that we were doing the will of God. We truly have a peace that surpasses all understanding!!!! We do not know if we will adopt this little one but we are going to be still and see what God has in store for us. THEN.....When we thought the day couldn't get any better. We received an e-mail from our China Adoption Coordinator!!!! E-mail stated: Dear Missy: CCAA has started the process of matching your dossier with Qi Nan Nan. YIKES!!!! This is really happening and FAST!!! I am over the moon!!! This Christmas we will finally....... after 18 years of marriage have our family complete!!! UHM....I think! You never know! JK!!!

Jesus took MY punishment!

This is the lesson that Josy had in Children's Church today. She was talking and talking about it on the way home. I am thrilled she likes to go to church and she is growing in Knowledge. Although, this evening when she got in a bit of trouble she tried to say that it was alright because.....as she quoted, "JESUS TOOK MY PUNISHMENT" meaning she should not get in trouble!!!! UHM.... well that is not how it works my sweet Josy!!!! Yes HE did take the punishment for His Children. But that does not mean that we can intentionally do bad things because we think that Jesus will forgive us. When we have the Holy Spirit living in us He compells us to do things that please God. Yes we still sin, but we are truly repentant. I pray that God will bring her to HIMSELF and her eyes will be opened to the FULLNESS of the GOSPEL. I pray that one day she will be a mighty follower of Christ.

I am in SHOCK!!!

I talked to Gail and the missionary family feels this in not the time for them to adopt a baby. We are going to continue to pray about this situation. SO many things are going through my mind. We would not be able to send all of the children to private school. They would not have LOTS of material things. I think about activities and eating out. All the stuff that costs a fortune now to do. I am 38. I would be 58 when my youngest is 20. But...then I think what does God want for our life????? If HE has orchestrated this situation then may HE have HIS way. May He receive all the GLORY AND PRAISE. I know that HE will provide for all of our needs. I must rest in the assurance that HE is STILL IN CONTROL.........

Remember the post office???

We are waiting patiently for the LORD. We do know that China has our documents for our CHINA DOLL!!! I have to say I feel like this is our daughter already. I will be disappointed if something goes wrong. I am trying to TRUST AND OBEY the Lord. Below is an e-mail that I received from Gail about the God Ordained post office meeting with Ken. We will know what the missionary family has decided to do....will they feel led to adopt this unborn child or will it be another step of faith on our part????? God have your way! Lead out lives in a way that we may bring glory and honor to you!!!!!! Patiently seeking HIS will and direction for our life...... Until tomorrow!

You know you are getting OLD when....

Your husband keeps you up all night with his snoring!!!!!! I understand why older people have their own bedroom!!!! This big house may come in handy in our old age.......

Daddy' welcome home breakfast.....

Darrell got in last night after midnight. I had not told Josy that he was on his way home, for fear of disappointing her. I was afraid he would be delayed, with International travel you never know. During the night Josy came to get in the bed with me and she ask "Mommy who is that?" It was sooo dark she could not tell it was Darrell. I told her daddy and she snuggled up and went fast to sleep. A SWEET welcome home for daddy! Normally when Darrell comes home I make biscuits and gravy. His favorite. Boy was he surprised this morning. Josy got up EARLY before anyone and she made breakfast all by herself!! PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES!!!!She was so proud of herself. She ran up the stairs to wake up her BUBBA!!! The look on Bubba's face was priceless when he saw the breakfast menu!!! LOL!!! Darrell was so sweet with her, he sit there and eat every bite. I tried to give him mine while Josy was not looking. A half sandwich was all he could handle. Johnathan hid what he couldn't eat in the trash when Josy went into her room for a minute. When she came back she walked around and checked to see if we had eaten it all. Then she wanted to make more, uuhm. No thanks baby girl!!! Daddy we are so glad you are home!

TRUST AND PATIENCE!!!!!

NO news about the adoption. I have been at peace today about it. Some days are easy and some~~not so much! I hope for a speedy LOA. The LOA is the OFFICIAL YES from China that says we have been matched with the baby. The difference in PA and LOA is the PA says they agree to consider our family for adoption of the baby. The LOA means they have given the FINAL OK for us to adopt Qi Nan Nan. It all is sooo hard. Remember we are in a real different situation with this adoption because of switching agencies. There are no guarantees, until we get LOA!!!! I am not good at the unknown. Please help me LORD with this waiting!

Johnathan's Spring Break!

Johnathan is SUPER obsessive over his car!! He lives, eats, and breathes Mustang. I guess it is a Boy Thing! Several people have asked why we don't buy him a Mustang that is already fixed. Well, my answer is this~~please don't flame me! If you have to work for something you will appreciate it more. Yes we could have bought him one~but he loves to work on his car. Yes he does gets frustrated at times that the car is not done yesterday, but that is the way the REAL world works. Anything worth having is worth working for and it does not come overnight. At least for me it hasn't. I want him to understand that he is a very capable person and he is able to accomplish anything he sets his mind too. HE IS BRILLIANT, you know!!! Yes we could have bought him one, but where is the lesson in that? I truly believe that one day he will look back and be thankful for this lesson.

MORE MEMORIES!!!

I know you can hardly tell what this is, but it is an old cedar tree being loaded into the bed of the truck. This is a cedar tree that my great grandfather planted many years ago. When my mom started renovating the farm house the tree had to be cut. So she made arrangements to have it picked up and cut into pieces. Mom said she would like to have the tree made into a hope chest. How cool would that be~~I love the idea!

What would Spring break be without a little MUD???

No frills for this country girl! Notice her shirt, it is on inside out... At least she has on clothes, right?