Author Archives: admin Last Fall we decided to update our kitchen. We wanted to do it without tearing out the cabinets–simply because it would cost a fortune to do that–and we aren’t planning on staying in this house forever (still dreaming of farm life;). In our old house, I painted our cabinets myself–BUT that was when I just […]  After working the fancy off the last few months getting ready for our mommy retreats–we planned a fun little family get away to see extended family and have a little fun in Park City. Minus mommy being out of shape and needing Tylenol after just a few runs–we’ve had a blast. We’ve squeezed in ski […]  We have just wrapped up the 2nd retreat of the year–and now we will spend the rest of 2013 seeking direction and making plans for the heart of 2014. We just do 2 retreats each year–back to back (in January and in March)–simply so we can serve more moms without spreading out the crazy of […] You are so brave to perform for the ladies like you do! I love hearing your husband giggle as he’s videoing you as Napoleon! I had an amazing time (at both retreats!!) and am so thankful for your heart to serve us mamas!!! it was an honor to be able to serve in a small way with you this year!! love you friend!! C4C was amazing. Thank you for this ministry! Loved the weekends and loved getting to be with you. Your heart to pour out on others is such a blessing and I feel blessed to be even a small part! Thankful for you!  Those are the words that I heard this morning on the other end of my phone when our agency called us! We are so excited to share that in just 49 days we received our LOA approval! This means–our sweet boy is officially our sweet boy…a YOUNG…and I am officially a mommy again! China recognizes […] I’ve been waiting for this post because I knew it would come. We prayed big for a court date before the rainy season last summer for our son waiting in Ethiopia when it looked impossible. To God’s great glory, we passed court just 2 days before closures and our sweet boy, our seventh, came home just before Thanksgiving- we had prayed he’d be home before Christmas-God did one holiday better! His ways are always higher.I was so blessed by c4c this weekend and encouraged to love big and pray big. God is awesome! So happy for you. Gods way is so much better than ours…through the pain His glory will be shown!! OH my goodness – he is adorable!!!! I am SOOOOOOOO happy for you guys! Congratulations, mama!!! xoxo, urthmama.com I know I just met you this weekend…but I’m just plumb dumb excited for you. The Lord is so faithful. We experienced loss on our journey as well…not in the same way, but devastating too. Our son, Seth, died in China before he could come home. He DID make it HOME though! Home to heaven and Jesus’ presence. We stepped out in faith to bring a very sick little boy into our family and the Lord answered our prayers perfectly…by healing his heart in death rather than in life. I don’t know that I’ll ever fully get over it. But through grief and pain, our Gabe came to us last September. Both of our sons are exactly where they are supposed to be…Seth with the Lord and Gabe with us. He is so faithful. I’m amazed at how small the world is…Lisa Dykstra is a good friend of ours from church. {My hubby is a staff pastor} We’ve prayed and begged and wept with them this year as they struggled to bring Daniel {Lesha} home! I wondered if you guys knew each other when you mentioned New Horizons and June in your talk {which was incredible btw!}…and when I saw T in the green teeshirt, I knew you must know them! I’m also a friend of Becky Passons…we have several friends in common. God is good. Anyway, just wanted to pop over and say congrats again. So very happy for your family and for Zeke! Hang on, China mama, it’s about to go sooooo FAST! Much love and many hugs… Oh oh yay yay yay! Jumping with you! Yippee!!!! So happy for you youngs!!!! Can’t wait to hear all about c4c! Congratulations! He is a sweetie! Praying with you for May travel. Oh yea! We got our LOA today, too! So did a lot of families in our facebook group. Are you a part of that group? It’s called DTC or Travel Spring/Summer 2013. Lots of families there who have adopted from China before so lots of great info! Congratulations to you! So sweet! I loved seeing this post. 🙂 Congratulations!!! So very happy for you! Praise the Lord! Congratulations. Congratulations, Young family! He is beautiful. God does all things well. Congratulations – he is gorgeous! Praise God! Congratulations! May God use him for his kingdom!!! oh andrea! my heart is so happy for you, my eyes swelled with tears when i read your joyful news! hallelujah! What a cutie! So fun to see your son’s face! Every day is a little bit closer! Andrea, This little guy is so very precious. Does he speak or understand any English? Oh Andrea! He is beautiful! I wrote you several months ago after checking in on your family. I watched your gotcha day video when we decided to adopt and then I learned that you were adopting again from China this time. that led me to read your “miscarriage” post and healing began there for me.I shared my heart about the lose of our baby (then two wks ago)in the middle of our adoption process and even though you never may have received that I wanted to try again. you really prepared me for the unexpected triggers that surly DID come. I shared that we sent our adoption off the same day and my hopes that God would cross our paths. I am so excited to tell you that we too received our LOA on March 11th. God is good. Hope to hear from you. Zeke is beautiful!! God bless. Oh, Andrea! Zeke is precious! Congratulations! I’m catching up & SO thrilled to see your sweet son is officially a YOUNG. Our God will cradle this sweet boy until (and after!) he’s in his Mama’s arms. As I sit here this morning listening to Chris Rice’s version of “It is Well” I am overwhelmed with His goodness…His plans…His purposes–even when they don’t make sense. Right now–in my heart so many things stir. But it is well. As March approaches…I think about the baby we lost in September. She would have been […] Thank you for sharing your heart. Your daughter was a gift from God and she should be remembered and God should be given the glory no matter how short her little life was. Praying for you as march approaches. Oh friend, how I needed this today. Thank you for sharing. Thanks for sharing your heart. Have you seen the Julian of Norwich piece, “All Shall Be Well?” I was re-reminded of it last year thanks to something I was reading and posted it on my blog – http://godhasnoproblems.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/all-shall-be-well/ I thought of it when reading your post today. Know that you continue to be in my prayers. Your offering of God’s grace and love touched me deeply. A week ago, as I was driving through the mountains of my beautiful state, processing a difficult situation at work, ahead of me was snow covered mountains with sun shining so brightly I knew it was God’s hand. and the words of the song “it is well, it is well with my soul” came out of my mouth, and I was touched and knew that the difficult stuff at work, and in my personal life, was part of a plan by the Creator that was responsible for the beauty in front of me! And, it is well with my soul. |
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What a beautiful kitchen! I bet you love cooking in it! 🙂 I can’t remember how I found your blog but we’re in the Article 5 process for our little girl from China, so I’m loving following along with your process! I hope you are able to travel in May!
i love it andrea!!! Thanks for sharing! the island looks fantastico!!