Category Archives: Adoption Preparation How do you get water to boil? You stare at it of course;). No. We all know not to stare at water waiting to boil. I have tried the same thing during our adoption wait. Each month, I would hold my cell phone in hand waiting for it to ring. I’d check my email–I confess […] Isaac, Today—May 7th, 2010—you turned 9 months old! 9 months ago TODAY…you were born into this world. 9 months ago today, God called this momma to be your momma. It has been a long road, but worth every bit. AND TODAY…I long to be with you. I wish I could photograph this 9 month milestone…whatever […] happy 9 months, isaac!!! I was trying to click “like” and then I realized…this isn’t FB! =) That. Is. What. I. Am. Tonight. Thankful. And. Amazed. Soooo…just earlier today—I wrote our FINAL cupcake total ($2,229.90). AMAZING. God’s provision. Not sure if you remember–but in an earlier post I said we were told to expect our trip to cost approximately $3,000.00 a person. I was thinking—we could use our SkyMiles for our ticket…but […] Incredible!!! Proof again that God is writing every DETAIL of Isaac’s story. Love how HE is writing your testimony one step at a time! “TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!!!” That’s just awesome, just plain and simple, awesome! Oh How He Loves!!!! whhhoooo hoooo!! YAY !! GOD IS GOOD!! That’s so amazing! WOW! WOW in the highest! Glory!! Thank you for sharing what God put on your heart!!! I love the part about it isn’t about you and how all of the children are HIS. Love IT!!!! What a wonderful fundraiser idea and awesome story of God’s sovereign provision through His body! I love it!! I know that journey of humility and trust. It is sooo hard but so sweet because you just KNOW God is doing something beyond your ability or imagination—He is sooo good! Thank you–praying for you! In just 24 hours God has blown our socks off…and 1/2 of our travel expenses have been raised to bring our cupcake home! *IF* we are able to use our Delta SkyMiles (praying that works with the dates we will be required to fly)…then the SkyMiles would cover the OTHER half of our expenses! As […] Keep an eye on your mailbox OR doorstep this week (wink). Always in my thoughts and prayers, Andrea. andrea – that is amazing! Our God is awe-inspiring!!! Praise the Lord for His continued faithfulness!!! Praying, praying, praying about the skymiles!!!!! Oh, Yay Andrea! He funds what He favors and He so favors the orphan. My heart is happy is for but is drawn further to worship Him. Sweetness.  Okay…this is Andrea being completely real–completely vulnerable…and the Lord asking me to die to my pride. This last month has brought AMAZING surprises for our family…AMAZING! We have seen the Lord over and over and over…meet our need and show up in the unexpected! We have been able to pay for our adoption all in […] Just wanted to encourage you as you raise funds for your adoption. My husband and I just brought our little girls home in January and we also emptied savings accounts and fundraised our way home. God will provide. It will be an awesome thing to watch! I love, love, love this idea!!!! I am thinking of this crazy way I may can help…I’ll email you once my critters are sleeping:) Don’t fret….dying to pride- huge step….letting others help you bring home GOD’S CHILD- nothing better than that! Love…love…love. Hi there! I just recently found your blog through lucy lane’s. So excited for your journey and can’t think of a better thing to contribute to. Hope our little donation will be one of many drops in a soon to be overflowing bucket. God will provide! And although we don’t know each other personally, just knowing that you are a sister in the family of God is enough! Praying for Isaac’s swift homecoming. Andrea, spoke with my sister and we have an idea for you to raise $ for your trip. Please email me if you are interested. Do you know about our Prayer Angels -Psalm 91- God will put his angels in charge of you… They could be sold to you at wholesale price and you could price them like the stores do and I think it could be wonderful for everyone. I know that you could make something very cool…it is like a blank slate except for the verse in the middle…it is great personalized or left as is. It would make us feel so happy to help you and your family on the journey to bring Isaac home ! […] Friday, we posted a cupcake fundraiser to help fund our Ethiopia trip. I contemplating selling t-shirts and emailed a few places…told […] We are just starting our adoption journey and am interested in how to do this virtual cupcake fundraiser? We have been calling our little dumplings our cupcakes….so cute! Any help or advice would be very much appreciated! Blessings on your journey |
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Praying for your court date and claiming VICTORY!!!
Jenny
oh Andrea…I am praying for you….I am singing the same familiar song as we are on our journey also. “You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal. Isaiah 26:3(notice how the Lord is said twice in this verse)
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Phillip. 4:7
I am praying for you Andrea. I am also praying with you for your family and your sweet Isaac to be united in HIS timing. Much love,
Amy
oh, i wanted to puke on my court date…prayin girly, kj
I think Frank and my Lil Monkey must be bout the same age. I find myself in your same position…longing for my baby, but wanting to cherish these sweet, sweet moments with my baby now. It’s sometimes the only thing that I find comforting about God’s timing right now. Praying with you for Thursday.
Praying for you every day in daily mass and through out…The Lord loves our prayers and the constant talking and trusting and obedience….relax. It will all happen beautifully for the conductor of the universe has each of you in the palm of his hand . Angels are protecting each of you. Don’t let Satan in any way destroy the JOY you feel right now. I am convinced he is miserable to see the love you are sending to the world to love the orphaned and God has made you ,Andrea, Isaac’s mom. It is sealed and I believe Isaac will be in your arms soon to feed and heal well. All the love ya’ll have and the laughter is the medicine Isaac needs. Your sweet children will get their brother strong. Ahhh, love sweet love …their are no boundaries.
Oops…there are no boundaries for love ! Misspelled word above …too early.
On our knees for you too. Hang in there friend!!!!!
Jenn
oh andrea, your post made me cry! A friend and I were just talking last night about how she see’s God’s magnificent power and beauty in flowers and how He chooses when to bloom them and then I read your post! Beautiful! Since we are hopefully getting on the waiting list this week, we will have a time of waiting! We’ve have plenty of other times of waiting in our lives including 4 years of waiting as we tried and had four miscarriages but this time, the waiting will be yes hard in a way but also more hopeful and exciting knowing once the waiting is done we will be holding a precious baby in our arms that God decided we would raise before time began! What a great God we have!