Author Archives: admin Just had to share my most favorite thing in Zeke’s nursery and his very first gift…a keepsake I will always treasure made by my friend Megan… On one side of the quilt is his name. And on the other is his birth country and then a red thread of love all the way across the […] yay!! ONE step closer to our Zeke!!! We were cabled to yesterday and received our NVC (National Visa Center) letter! Noooow we wait for our Article 5 drop off. Our agency is overnighting all of our documents to Guangzhou to the U.S. Consulate–but it will not arrive in China until Monday morning. SO–we SHOULD have […] I’m so very happy for you and your family! And I am thrilled to get to see the excitement through your blog! To give you hope, we traveled just 8 or 10 days after we got our TA. I am praying with you for a May 10th Gotcha Day!! We missed Hannah’s birthday by 10 days. At the time I was heart broken. I still don’t know why God allowed us to miss the actual day, but on the day we met our 8 year old Hannah–those missed days just melted away. We have since learned that Hannah never celebrated with cake for her birthday. This year she got 2!! A little redeeming. LOL! I know from reading your blog that you have faith in God and will have peace as His will takes place. But I will join you in prayer that you get to arrive in country to celebrate his birthday. Bless you on the next few weeks as the roller coater ride to travel continues! My sister just got her TA 4 DAYS after Article 5…just to give you hope that the impossible can happen! 🙂 I love this! Praise God for another step. This is how I love to hope and believe too. I accept that our referral could very well be in September, but I hope, pray and believe that it could also be next week! 😉 LOOOOOOVVVVVEEEE!!!! He is alive! And He still performs miracles! Of course. As hoped for. As prayed for… We got our letter TODAY. He never ceases to amaze me! Y’all–it’s so obvious. It’s so amazing. I couldn’t write this stuff myself! He lives!!! And on the most perfect day…we got the letter in hand that makes Zeke […] How is it that you stsy so in tune with God tgat things always work for you’re good? Seems no matter what i do, no ever is in my favor. I struggle to give Him glory and praise. Its hard in those kinds of circumstances. Ive read your blog for quite a while now, and it never ceases to amaze me how you give Him all the glory. You are so inspiring. Im still trying to figure out what im missing. To say God has been in the details for our most recent adoption–well, although true–that is quite the understatement. Every corner turned…every milestone reached…every prayer asked–He has been there… …in the most perfect timing. We saw Ezekiel’s (Zeke’s) picture just when we were ready to “try” to grow again. It had been four weeks since […] loved every. single. word. of this post. 🙂 I also love how you’ve brought us on all the highs and lows and ins and out of this journey for quite some time. I long to be consistent and disciplined and vulnerable enough to also do that better. Thanks for being an example for me. Love you friend!!! God ROCKS! Adoption is always, ALWAYS beautiful and scary and convoluted and filled with moments of God showing Himself to be the author of these stories! Hallelujah! My heart just needed to read this. I just needed this reminder of God’s love in the details right now in this terribly busy and stressful season of life. Thank you! Wow…! What a beautiful story He writes. So excited for your family! All I can say is WOW. God is so incredibly amazing. I just love how He is there in all of those little tiny details. So very happy for you and your family! Andrea, Your story has me wiping tears this morning and thinking of my own journeys… I love it when He allows us to see the beautiful bits that make up our stories! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing God moments….it is a completely AWESOME thing to watch Him meet us where we are and pour our His love on us in such personal ways. Once again your post hits home. As I sit here reading tonight I read over your post and my mind flashes back to when our son Mason died and then we buried him….I remember the agonizing tears and screams often not realizing they were coming from my mouth….and too sitting in church with tears streaming down my face unable to lift my hands or open my mouth to praise. But it was in that season that God revealed himself in a huge way that only God can and changed my life. Praying for you and your family as you wait for travel approval. Blessings this Easter! Mimi OH YES! He is a God of details!!! We got our letter Monday, April 1st and now you had encouraged me to call and check on our cable date??? and she what “day baby” we will have! LOL “JoY” our girl is a “Thursday” babe!!! My prayer for her is that God calls her to be a missionary so well see! Passion week. The week we remember Christ’s path to the cross. The crowds watching him walk…mixed in their belief. And for those who had decided they believed He was the Messiah–well…crap–if He is the King–why doesn’t He do something??? Why doesn’t He stop it all here??? Why doesn’t He reveal His power and put all […] Amen…wow, just when I think it is okay to be normal for a little while. Just when I think it is okay to put work first for a little while. Just when I think it is okay to give but to try to hold myself off emotionally from those in need with painful burdens. I thought that a break from the overwhelming feelings that come with mercy would be okay. I thought that as long as I gave that I could at least separate myself from the empathy that urges giving every last drop. God will let us know loud & clear exactly what we need to do in our walk with him. ALL things work for the good for those who serve the Lord…yet we need to give our ALL to him & for him. When we pour ourselves out for others he will refill our cup to overflowing. Girl, you have overflowed & I thank you because my cup sure needed refilling! Thank you! 🙂 This post has blessed my day in so many ways! Thank you for being so transparent! Beautiful and inspiring! Thank you for sharing your heart and your journey.. How awesome! I wonder how many people God was able to reach from “hanan’s” child-like faith! That IS truly the test of faith, when things are perfect where are your eyes fixed? On the problem or on God. Such a great message to hear this week! |
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Oh my goodness! Love, love, love the applique on the quilt. We had planned on a litte Zeke too, but we got our twin girls instead. We now have two new little guys in our home that we will be adopting through foster care. We plan on changing one of the little guy’s middle name to Ezekiel.
Jess
I just love the book. How wonderful; I just teared up listening and imagining him hearing this from his family!
Hello….I love your “i love you ” book GREAT idea! I’m am praying you through and so excited that you are still leaving me foot prints to follow. Not by very much though! Our Article 5 will be picked up on April 23rd and Bell’a care package will be delivered hopefully tomorrow. OH how I would love to be in GZ on the same week. But we are still fundraising and believing. So not sure if that will hold us up any days?? Oh and I know it depends on when we get our US Embassy appointment too. Pray for us…. we will hear back from all three different funding possibles this week. Pretty awesome timing I know. God’s like that. Can wait to share pictures of each of us on the plane and then with our babies in our arms!! Gods love is so precious to us. Talk to you soon! LaKasha