Sanctity of Life

Today is Sanctity of Life Sunday. Please take some time today to celebrate the value of human life. Pray for an end to abortion. Pray for women with unplanned pregnancies to choose life for their unborn babies and to know that it is ok to place their child for adoption if they can't parent. Pray also for God to birth a passion for adoption among His people.

Praise Report

I have a major praise report! (No, it's not a baby.) We now have all the money that we need in order to cover the adoption costs!! Praise the Lord for this answer to many, many prayers! We just received a large donation and then John got a bonus, so now we have it covered! Woohoo!

January

We've been back from our trip to Mississippi for a little over a week now. I would be lying if I said Christmas wasn't hard. I had been praying since the beginning that we would have our daughter in time to take to MS with us. I wanted her to be able to meet all of John's family, because we aren't going down there in 2010. So it was very hard on me emotionally to leave here without a baby. I know that we haven't been waiting very long and that most people wait a lot longer than this, but it was still hard. I kept hoping we'd get a call while we were down there, but that never happened. My heart would jump every time my mother in law's phone rang. I really thought it wouldn't be as hard for me to wait as it is for other people because I have been blessed to have three children already, but I was wrong. And the placement that fell through in November only made waiting even harder, because I had a daughter for two days and then I didn't anymore. There are some possibilities out there for this month and next month, but nothing is sure in adoption until the revocation period is over. So we continue to wait on the Lord's timing. Since I don't have much adoption news at the moment, I may post about family stuff a little more often.