FINALLY!!! Good News!  

Thursday, January 15, 2009

(okay, so it's Thursday and I really got this great news on Monday but I've been running around screaming at the top of my lungs and so I know most of you have already heard it and so...well...I'm lame! Just pretend like you're surprised....)

OUR LOA FINALLY ARRIVED ON DAY 199! Clearly we didn't want to wait as long as we did, but I REALLY didn't want to count into the 200's, so I'm especially thankful that God finally put us out of our misery!!

This was us receiving and signing the blessed document (the mail carrier came and went without a trace so you don't get to see a picture of the actual delivery!) Following signature, we immediately sent it back to our agency to be returned promptly to China. We're now looking at about a 2-4 weeks to get our Travel Approval followed by 2-4 weeks until we get on a plane to FINALLY be united with our precious son.

There's much I should be saying, but my mind just won't settle down enough to say it right now...I might be in a more comtemplative mood later, but right now I'm rejoicing in the freedom of having that hundred-pound-'wait' off my shoulders. Praise God for His Great Gifts...D

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New Pics for a New Year  

Thursday, January 1, 2009



Well, it's 1:30 am and I'm quite exhausted, but I wanted to take a moment to share the new pictures I received of G today. I didn't post them earlier because I was holding out one last day of hope that our agency would call with LOA news before the end of 2008, but it was not to be. So, I'll joyfully share pics of my precious son now, but the LOA news will have to come another day.

2008 was difficult and certainly not what I expected it to be, but we were blessed nonetheless. There have been many struggles and tears, but also MANY more things to be thankful for...I haven't forgotten that! God is good and even if He never did another thing in my favor, his gift of salvation is worthy of praise and a gift and a blessing I don't deserve. I trust, however, that He WILL continue what He started with this adoption journey and that He WILL work in our favor and that when all is said and done, the painful extra months of waiting will be forgotten much like the intensity of labor pains seem to fade as soon as that blessed bundle arrives. (A broken tailbone is remembered a little longer, however, let me tell ya!)

Anyway, I pray that you too can look back on 2008 and see more blessing than pain and that you can look forward to 2009 as a year of the Lord's favor.
Much love, D

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