13 Weeks - Getting REAL...

We made it through Christmas a the New Year celebrations! It has been such a busy, fun and crazy time... lets see if I can recall some highlights from the past 7 weeks since my last post!
We met with the Adoption worker in late November and she said we MIGHT be able to finalize the adoption as early as JANUARY! We are praying for that to happen so we can get middle and last names changed and have a BIG HONKIN party!


Ok so the reality of this major life change... I can't really publish in words some of the things Bill and I have both experienced, the depth and intimacy of emotions and the highs and lows of this are so personal and just can't be shared completely because some things are just meant to be kept between us and the Lord. It is hard for me not to share it all because that's just my personality... lay it all out there, but this isn't just about me, I have two little girls to think about now and some day... they will see this.
Bill and I have really come face to face with our true selves...many times... and came to surrender our lives yet again. I can't say with out a little wrestling. The awesome part of the physical and emotional struggles we have faced these last 13 weeks is this has given us both a deeper appreciation for what our Lord Jesus Christ must have felt and experienced as He was the payment for our Adoption into God's family.
My biggest revelation so far I think is that not always is the price of adoption of a financial cost. When we started down this path of adoption through the Foster Care system we did not know it but the state pays for the majority of all costs as well as pays us (a small amount) to take in these children. The price that we are paying is physical and emotional. In my past I had always had a huge negative outlook on the financial cost of adoption, which I still think is outrageous and ridiculous BUT as I have stated since 2010, God paid the highest price for our Adoption and we can only look at this outrageous cost of adoption as a reflection or glimpse of what it cost God our heavenly Father to Adopt us.


We also know and realize the girls have had the same emotional and physical struggles in their little lives. I am not at all trying to make the focus on Bill and I but I want to remember that it wasn't always easy and for anyone going through this too... I think it is NORMAL to go through these emotions... even depression at moments. We have had to really help each other through these difficult times and talk many things out and keep the lines of communication open. It has been good therapy for all of us to go through these hard times.


For the first several weeks for me... this felt like baby sitting but never ended. I think after my first experience nursing Jo1 through her slight flu... which I hope and pray we never have again!!! Oh the smell.. I know... I know... she was the sick one... but oh the smell... I'm sure it will happen again but I can pray it doesn't!
Anyway I really feel like a mommy now! These are OUR girls and we LOVE LOVE LOVE them with everything that is in us!
I have tried not to think to much about the reason they are even with us, but the more I see the fear and insecurity in Jo1's poor lil face at times I start to get really angry with the birth mother. This poor girl has spent the last 17 months of her life getting shots at the dr every 3 months because she NEVER went to the dr for the first 3 yrs of her life. It makes me SO angry... like tonight we spent 45 minutes taking about taking off her band aids from her last shots on Friday... she cried and cried big huge tears rolling down her face... no no no it hurts mommy...
I never saw a child so terrified of removing a band aid in my life. It breaks my heart... I just sat there trying to help her see that it's just like a sticker. We finally got one off, and daddy had to come help with the other one.
The more I think about how she reacts when she gets her shots the more I get angry again at the birth mother... I try to explain to this 4 yr old that I know she has had to get multiple shots every time she has seen the dr but now that is over for a long time... no more shots until a whole year from now... not that she understands how long that is but trying to teach her not to be afraid of the dr.
I know I would be scared too of I was her but it's my job to make her feel safe and teach her that the dr is there to help us stay healthy and heal us when were sick.


I know the girls will probably not remember most of this part of their life but this will impact them for the rest of their life.


Ok enough of that...
Christmas was super fun! Of coarse we began the season out by putting up more decorations than we EVER have... and as we were getting the lights on the tree Jo1 tells me "I never had Christmas lights before Mommy"
That made me sad that one of the most exciting parts of mine and Bill's childhood was not yet part of her life. It was sweet on the other hand because I confirmed that with the foster mom and so really this year's Christmas was somewhat of a "First Family Christmas" for all of us...

 I finally got brave enough to take both girls shopping all by myself!!! We actually had so much fun, I LOVE shopping with my girls!!!
We had 4 Christmas celebrations, the first was for the Johnston/Murphy side at Jami's house the Sunday before Christmas! The girls had so much fun just playing with all their new cousins! Cousin Charlie is the same age as Jo1 and I think she REALLY like him... hee hee hee... since the first time they met and he took her for a ride in his jeep and gave her some oranges she wants to go see him all the time... they are so cute together, they play together very well.
It was perfect, we had a great spaghetti and meatball dinner (their favorite food!) then some gift opening. I think they each got 3 or 4 gifts, that was perfect, simple and small!
We were all pooped after our first Christmas celebration... Mommy and Daddy were really beginning to push some physical limits. Not complaining but the reality is Bill is over 40 and I am pushing 40, it has been quite the adjustment going from no kids for 19 yrs to these two balls of energy and super excited for the holidays! They LOVE to socialize!
So 1 down and 3 more to go... we did get Christmas cards made... however, they are still sitting on the table... lol... oh yes... they will be going out!

Disappointment... the Martin/Byrd/Johnston celebration on Christmas Eve... Daddy was violently sick and didn't go along with us. I was so disappointed. I know he couldn't help he was sick, BUT IT WAS A FIRST... and there have been a lot of things I have done with the girls by myself and I just wanted share with Bill and enjoy watching them and shooting pics and video. I had this expectation of us doing all of these things together and it didn't happen.
So we went without Daddy and we still had fun and enjoyed the celebration!

Next was Christmas morning at our house : )
We were awake before the girls... waiting... waiting... waiting... for them to WAKE UP!
Finally 9:00 they were awake...
Two little girls were spoiled...spoiled...spoiled with WAY too many presents! We wanted them to get lots though for their first Christmas. We haven't really got them anything since they moved in outside of necessities because we knew this was going to be coming up soon so it was really fun to see them get some fun toys. It only took me 4 hours to put together the Barbie Castle! It's pretty cool and she even let's me play with it some times!
Baby J got this really awesome kitchen... when you set the pan on the burner it sounds like boiling water and the skillet sounds like something is frying, it's so cool! Where was that when I was a kid... ha ha ha!
All season we made sure that Jesus and giving to others was our main focus but we sure had fun with the Santa Claus tradition too!
All the decorations were in preparation to celebrate Jesus birthday and we even made him a PINK cake with PINK icing because big J said... He likes that! Oh and sprinkles too! I love her!

Gonzales/Carpenter/Johnston... Christmas evening... Daddy was still battling his sickness but he was well enough to come along so Mommy was happy!
And again the girls were spoiled some more! Baby J got this dolly makes a kissing noise and says "I Love You" she really loves that dolly, she squeezes her and dances around and around with her! She is so dang cute!

Whew... we made it through... so for new years eve we all stayed home, watched a movie...
ELF... and it was the cutest thing... Big J got her Dora couch out and her and Baby J sat together with their bowls of popcorn and juice cups! They both LOVE the pop corn! Baby J did good until she ran out of pop corn in her bowl... she came over to mommy for a re-fill and sat back down with sissy then again was out of pop corn... thus began the up and down, up and down... she was getting sleepy too!
I thought she did good to make it half way through the movie!
Baby J is growing so fast, she's been getting at least 1-2 new teeth every month and is now getting 3 at once! She just turned 18 months and she thinks she's 4 yrs old! Wants to do everything sissy does but she won't stop putting toys in her mouth... I know it's mostly because she is getting new teeth but we had to come up with the new rule that Big J has to keep her door shut so Baby J can not get to her small toys and choke on them and OH MY GOODNESS... it's so sad... when Baby J wants to play in sissy's room with her and can't... she just cries... then mommy has to go play with Baby J in her room then she's happy again!
Baby J is also getting very clingy, doesn't want anyone to leave her... even cries when company leaves now. So sad but so cute too!
Both girls are still the same weight but getting taller and taller!
Big J tried becoming a bully for a few weeks but I think she now understands that we don't put our hands on other people, and we use our words to get what we want not violence! That was not the call I wanted to get from her pre-school teacher!
She is doing good though... she filled up her first sticker chart for listening and obeying the first time so we went shopping for her own outfit she picked out! She did so good, great taste and she likes the most expensive cloths too... just like mommy... lol!

We got our decorations all down and the house back to the new normal and mommy and daddy are feeling confident that we are all adjusting and getting used to each other and we all know the rules and are going to have a great 2012!
Now we just need to get this finalized so we can stop thinking about what we will do if we lose them.
We try not to think about that because we really do believe these are our girls but we also know anything can still happen so we want that fear behind us and them.  I can't imagine what that would do to them if something crazy like that happened now.
Lord... move the mountain one more time! ...(and Momma wants to post their precious faces everywhere!!!)

Thankful! Week Six

So much happens every week and I think I must remember to log that... and here it is the end of the week and the best thing I can remember is that we have celebrated our first Thanksgiving as a family of four! What a day, 17 adults and 8 children all in our house and dinner was ready almost on time!!! I am a little proud of that!!!

All week Jo1 has been talking about "HER PARTY" (Thanksgiving) she has no idea just how much this party was about her and her lil sis. Bill and I have been telling the girls how thankful we are that they are in our family!

Monday on our way to school this week as we were singing the Zacchaeus song... I ask Jo1 if she knew that God has a BIG plan for her life and she replies, "Yea, Uh-huh...what is it?" I explained to her that I didn't know but we get to spend the rest of her life discovering what it is! She says... OK! She melted my heart once more last Sunday!

Saturday night baby Ja2 was up most of the night and momma was too tired to get us all up and ready for church so the girls and I had our first Sunday School lesson at home while Daddy went to preach the Word to the College class!

I wasn't sure what I was going to tell them about so I was thinking and praying about what we should learn over breakfast and I was looking for something to teach and God said...uhhh HELLO.... how about Zacchaeus! That was the same story I taught for my very first VBS in Peru! I got to tell our girls a little bit more about my trips to Peru and how Aunt Amy was in Peru right now with Miss Laci picking up Laci's forever little girl too.

As we went through the story and the girls colored their pages it was just such a sweet time just to get to tell them how God took me to Peru to help build a home for other children who are waiting for their forever families just like us.

As we came across photos of the orphanage and I explained that this is what mommy helped work on while she was there; Jo1 says to me... “I wanna do that too, and I want to go on the air plane to Peru!" That was it... I had a good cry over that, I said you made mommy cry, she laughed and said, "No I didn't!" and here I am again tearing up. I know she is only 4, but what if that is God's plan for her life, and He did take me all the way to Peru twice to set us on the path to find this little American girl so she could grow up and go serve the orphans of Peru like her forever mommy!

I remember telling Bill in 2009 that whenever we do find our children I want to take them to Peru so they can see where God planted them in our hearts!

I want to get on a plane with her right now and take her there!

She always wants to help me with whatever I am doing even if her favorite show is on. Is this a servant’s heart or is this a typical 4 yr old that wants to be just like mommy and do everything mommy does?

I guess we will see in the years to come...

I think Poor lil baby Ja2 has allergies like me... between her teething and sneezing, her lil nose is all red and runny most of the time. Hope she sleeps well tonight! I know that alarm in my mattress is going to go off as soon as I log off here and get into bed, so we will have some sweet time in the rocking chair again! Although she did act like she wanted me to put her to bed tonight... maybe she will sleep good!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

                                                                                                         

Scene overlooking the unfinished portion of Hannah's in 2010 the moment after God confirmed His calling to Adoption.

The mountain to the right of my camera's view on the same day

Psa 113:9He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

Everyone is learning

Today is 5 weeks and were all learning each other pretty well, and my body is adjusting to all the lifting and the spring in my rear that pops me up just about every time it sits down... ha ha ha...
The girls now have their own rooms so nap time is so much smoother the last few days and mommy can do things like journal some memories!
Jo1 loves her stickers so those are great tools for helping us listen the first time! We're doing so well this week, only 1 bad day out of 5 so far!!!
Mommy and Daddy have learned so much about how we really appreciate grace when we mess up so we have been giving much grace to the girls also. The first time I told Jo1 that I was giving her grace she started crying and told me she didn't want to go to grace!!! Lol, Oh it was so hard not to laugh... I explained to her that grace meant that instead of putting her in time our or taking away her sticker for the day that I was not going to do either of those things even though that's what should happen because of her behavior. Now she understands grace, it was kind of a neat teaching moment for both of us!
Both girls have been sick this week so mommy is learning how to nurse little noses and coughs... it's so scary when babies are sick but they seem to pull right through... these girls are real troopers!

This week Ja2 let me rock her to sleep for the first time! She loves her lil feet and tummy rubbed. My heart melted just watching her sleep in my arms, I wanted to hold her all night... looked like a sweet angle.

Both girls love watching mommy in the kitchen & get to help sometimes! They even like to help with the laundry but that doesn't usually help to much we end up with laundry from one end of the house to the other... so funny, then mommy gets to re-fold. This is now  a nap time chore! ; )

Daddy is so sweet with the girls! He took Jo1 on their first special outing last week to get Ice cream then to the Bass Pro Shop to see the BIG HONKIN fish... that's what she likes to call them... hee hee! She got her picture taken with Santa too and told him all about the BIG HONKIN princess castle she's wanting for Christmas... she cracks me up with some of her words... like thirsty that comes out as sirsty  and stirred and skerd . I especially love it when she starts asking WHY... Bill and I love to do it back to her... it's so funny because she really gives us an answer for a while then she goes... You don't say WHY I say WHY!!! It's so funny!
Daddy helps Jo1 be a big girl with her things and has so much fun with Ja2 for bath time, her laugh fills the house and makes me smile while I clean up dinner I hear it, so great! My favorite is still when he does story time and fills in Jo1 name to the story... it's so funny! I hope she's not disappointed in a few years when she learns to ready and finds out her name is not really in the story! LOL!

We had our first official family photo's taken a few weeks ago and our Christmas pics too, they are so good... wish I could post them on here.... it's killing me not being able to share our pics...
We did find out the adoption may be able to get finalized possibly around January so I REALLY hope so! Then we can have a BIG HONKIN party!!!!
I think it's finally settling in with me that this is really our life now, the life I never thought would really happen is here now and all the things I ever dreamed are coming true! These two gifts from the Lord are so precious.

One Chapter Closes and a New One Begins...

Just 4 weeks ago I finally completed  an 8 year project. I began journaling my emotions and feelings after our last miscarriage in 2003, God led me to publish it as a book to help others like myself find healing through honest self evaluation and trusting in God's promises from His Word.

The very day after I sent the final draft to someone for help getting permissions and copyright's taken care of we received "THE CALL!" (October 14th)

Husband Bill was out of the country on his first mission trip in several years so it was me and our two gifts from the Lord! For now we will refer to them as Jo1 and Ja2

Honestly I have to say that single parenting is not the way I had envisioned starting this phase of the process out, but as always, God had other plans.

We knew this could happen while Bill was away but were torn because all parties involved would prefer that both of us were present for this phase as well. Also the 6 month clock would not begin until they were in our care even though we had been selected as their adoptive parents back in September. Bill and I had agreed that if we got the green light that we would just do this because it was becoming to hard on the girls, they were ready for the move!

What was supposed to be our first overnight visit that Friday turned into moving in day! WOW... momma officially has her hands full!!! Praise God for Amy and Kelly who came to help out for that first evening, Mrs Amanda who comes every morning while I take Jo1 to school, Schreibers & Robin who come to play and Nana and Grandpa who graciously attended soccer with me on that first Saturday morning to help with Ja2 while I coached soccer for 4 cute little girls! y huge blessing that day was the free BBQ the church provided for the soccer league... very perfect, hot dog never tasted so good!

Bill was due home on the 19th, so it was single mommy for 5 LONG days. I got so discouraged at times. Between missing Bill terribly and finding myself unable to even enjoy what had just taken place in our lives I was at my breaking point by the end of those 5 days.

It was so great to finally have Bill home!!! The next thing to do was train him on what we had already established... baths bed times, snacks, meal times, school stuff, Dr's all the rules ect...

Crazy first days... it has been 4 weeks now and I do have to say the girls are doing much better and they are typical 1 and 4 yr old girls... I do think PMS starts way before the actual M happens... Just Sayin!!! LOL

Jo1 LOVES attention and snuggling and can't forget PINK and she is sure that she's a princess, mommy loves that too! Ja2 we have learned really likes her lil feet rubbed before bed and her cup of milk helps her sleep through the night.

Just when we thought we had sleep patterns figured out a few weeks ago Ja2 got sick and her sleep was all messed up, then about the time she was better it was daylight savings time, and were just getting adjusted from that and now Jo1 is trying to get sick!!!

And this is our new normal now... 7am wake up get dressed take Jo1 to school, come home take care of breakfast and dress Ja2, play for a while, get our 1030 snack down then it's time to pic up sissy from school, then its home for a little play time and then lunch around 1230 then our nap which we are still working out the issues there. Then it's up around 230 if we even nap... then mommy attempts to do chores or run errands that are needed then it's time to begin the dinner preparations. Yes it takes at least 2 hours to get dinner together in between Mommy... Mommy... Mommy... she took my toy, she pulled my hair, she ...or Mommy I want... I want... I want... and baby Ja2 wanting mommy to hold her while I'm cooking, which can't happen... so she gets all sorts of bent out of shape...

Feels like I am always cooking or trying to get some laundry clean or other general cleaning... everything takes 10 times longer now with the two little ones, slowly I am getting used to it and even tonight I actually was enjoying holding baby Ja2 after she woke from her sleep scared or something... I think she is still adjusting to the new surroundings. I rocked her and rubbed her lil feets and she was so happy and snuggled with me! : )

We're really getting to know their personalities to. Jo1 is very strong willed and likes to be in control so we are really trying to work hard with her on letting us be mommy and daddy taking care of her and giving her areas of independence. She has also just begun falling out of bed at least three nights in a row now... not sure but I think she's out-growing her bed... they are both growing so fast... Ja2 has such a big head I am having to get her cloths 18-24 mo now... poor thing the shirts fit but her pants are too long... still cute though! Lil Ja2 is pretty smart for her age... she knows what the No No's are and she will look at you then go for it while smiling at you... now how do you train her that this is not a game when we say NO! Sometimes we just have to laugh... like the first funny family moment we had was after Daddy came home from Brazil, we were at the dinner table and dad let one rip... I was like REALLY daddy... I tried to hide my laugh as the baby appropriately uses the phrase "Uh-oh!" We all laughed so hard...

Now were trying to find new balance to our new normal and still have lots of family and friends to meet but have to take it slow with them, I think they get insecure when meeting to many new people in a row so please be patient with us as we continue to adjust to the new normal of our 4 member family!

Much love and thanks to all who have been helping and supporting us through the transition... we are so very thankful and know that we could not do this on our own... I have a whole new respect to those single parents who do this all the time. Prayers to them...

We are praying the finalization goes through much sooner than 6 months... and then we can share pics of our lil family! There are many more details to share but not enough time... perhaps another day there will be... until then,,,

Adoption…Redemption…CELEBRATION!!!

Romans 8:15

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

 I recently took part in celebrating with some friends who after 4 long years are now one step closer to getting their little Peruvian Princess and make her part of their forever family through the miracle of adoption!

As I  focus on the amazing celebration taking place my mind is flooded with scriptures from the Word of God that describe for us what happens in Heaven when just one person turns their life over to God and receives the blood of Christ for their redemption. God’s gift of eternal life!

The scene as I enter the house is absolutely a feast and party atmosphere setting, Pink, brown and white balloon bouquets all around, food from wall to wall a room full of gifts for the new addition to the family, a place for guests to leave words of celebration and encouragement, magnets for guests to take home as reminders to pray for the continuing journey, Pictures everywhere of the new addition to the family, ribbons and banners, wall to wall guest to participate!!! What a celebration!

The place was just a glow with excitement and chatter over one little 3 yr old girl who is about to come home for the very first time!

So many days, weeks, months, and years have gone by as this family has waited. The character qualities I think of as I reflect on watching them as they have waited put me in mind of our God.

Our God is described as Patient, Kind, Longsuffering, Passionate seeker, Lover of my soul.

This family has no doubt experienced & displayed some if not all and more of these characteristics as they have long waited for the news, for the ‘’CALL” that this little girl would soon be theirs. Preparations and sleepless nights have surely taken place in anticipation of “THE CALL” month after month, year after year through pushing piles and piles of paper work forward. Sounds and feels a lot like child labor but harder and longer.

How God does long for us to “CALL” His name, and he waits and is longsuffering, waiting for our call to be redeemed by the blood of his Son.

When the time comes and we finally call… the celebration begins… REJOICING is the word used in scripture to describe what takes place. When we rejoice we call everyone we know near and far to celebrate our excitement with us!

That is just what happened on Saturday and I just can’t stop thinking about God’s story of Redemption… His Gift to all mankind to be redeemed by the blood of His OWN son, and while so many reject it, He waits, and waits and holds back his wrath on mankind and he waits and he waits because he is NOT WILLING that any SHOULD perish but that all should come to repentance!

Luk 15:4-10

15:4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

15:5  And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

15:6  And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

 15:7  I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

15:8  Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? 15:9  And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. 15:10  Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

While I continue to observe this magnificent occasion my mind drifts to meditation on the many gifts that were opened… so many lovely gifts for this precious little girl… Everything she could need or want was provided and then some. God said he has given his children gifts, and he said he would provide us food and clothing. What another amazing picture of God’s provision and awesomeness… this puts me in mind of just how much God wants to give us! He has a storehouse FULL of gifts for us, the things we want and so much more, just waiting for us to grow into our gifts so they can be used by him…

I know this goes much deeper and I just can not wrap my mind around it all. God has so much he desires for us to have, he wants to give us much more than we can even contain!

God SO loves YOU! (John 3:16) He is waiting for your call!

God Still Moves Mountains!



Taken in Peru

Move this mountain Lord Jesus!
 Matthew 17:20    “And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you”.

 September 6th we were selected by the state of Missouri (Jackson County) as the adoptive resource for our precious gifts from God.

However... there was a mountain that stood in our way. The mountain was that another petition for their adoption had been filed for these same children. We have been at a standstill for the past few weeks, hoping and praying that this other petition would be dropped. We have been holding onto the fact that our prayers have been answered in ways that continued to lead us to believe that these are our girls. We specifically prayed that we would not make it through the staffing if these were not supposed to be our children, we prayed for God to move in the heart of the leadership and powers that surround this case and turn them whichever way He wanted them to, and they did select us.

Proverbs_21:1  “The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will."
I took that in faith and fully ready to push forward knowing KNOWING that these girls are ours.

As the days have passed and I have struggled with not being able to meet them and begin the transition to their forever home with us I had to once again remind myself that we do not always understand God's ways.
 I even wondered if God is allowing things to come together this way because there is someone out there involved in the case that needs to see His power and His glory revealed.

 September 16th I asked God to move the mountain that was standing between us and our children. Everyone that asked us how things were going we simply requested them to pray for God to move the mountain! (Matthew 17:20) 

 September 21st I surrendered my heart once again, to watch him work. "Today I give my heart again to the Lord that I may see His ways above my own:
Proverbs 23:26 “My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways."

September 22nd I received a phone call from the Foster Mom informing me that she/ we got an e-mail saying the adoption was no longer contested, meaning the other petition has been withdrawn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE MOUNTAIN WAS MOVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 23^rd, we will meet our precious gifts for the very first time! God YOU are Awesome, Powerful, Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth…Mountain Mover!!! GLORY TO YOU FOREVER AND EVER.

Psalm_113:9

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

Going to FINALS!

Bill and I had our 'HOLLY WOOD' performance (staffing/Interview) yesterday! We have been selected by the state as the Adoptive resource for the girls! Praise the Lord

One more detoure to overcome, the judge will decide who is the best fit for the girls.

Pro_21:1

"The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will."

May the Lord turn the heart of those in power toward His will for these precious little lambs.

Thank you for all your support and prayers!

We Love you