…for He is good! His love endures forever! Truly, the Lord is making straight the path for our Isaac to come home. We saw the Lord again provide today for us—and tomorrow morning Isaac’s packet will be FedExed to our agency for final acceptance! Our agency already sent our FDL to the US Embassey in […]
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Category Archives: Adoption Preparation First—congrats to the 10 Seeds CD winners—Shannon, Trisha, Becca, Amy, Angela, Kelli, Sara, Missy, Jackie and Tiffani from my recent post. You are gonna love those cds! And for those of you who just bought some (look under my Mommying link in the menu bar for a discount on yours)…you are going love that it […] This was really touching 🙂 I think it instills gratefulness in our children to have to wait for something they want. What – Excited? For what- he he he- just kidding. Have I mentioned how excited we are for you all??? WE ARE!!!! I am soooo happy and praying for you all as you prepare to bring home a wonderful present from GOD! YEAH!! Makes my heart happy just thinking about it! Love hearing about your journey and all of the steps in the process–even the sacrifices that are so worth it! 🙂 awesome post…so well written..I love the wagon…still have to go look at his pics…going now..and then will email ya 🙂 kj i’m so blessed every time i read one of your posts. i love the story of his name…both the one chosen by you and the one chosen by his ethiopian family. it is obvious how you THANK GOD for him and how god is using your adoption not only in your family’s life, but in many others as you let us into the way you are seeking Him in the process. Andrea, I needed this post today more than I can express. Your perspective is such a breath of fresh air to me. In a culture where people don’t always have to sacrifice much to fulfill their “wants”, it is so refining when the Lord stretches us to sacrifice for a human life. We have been allowing ourselves to give into the “how will we pay for this adoption” fears(even though the LORD completely provided for our last adoption) and I needed this reminder today. Can’t wait to see what the Lord does today at CIS. Much love and prayers!!! Another post, another learning. Happy Monday full of Blessings, Andrea!!  I just love to see God working…and I continue to be encouraged. So today—I’m sitting by the mailbox…wishing and hoping and planning and praying that our FDL would just show up randomly today by Mr.Postman. NO it did not. (We are ok…because we know when Rich goes to the office on Monday we are going […] Thank you so much for sharing with us about these CDs. I can’t wait to sing songs with my baby (due in August), and I know this CD will get a lot of use! I think this is the third or fourth time I have heard about these CD’s lately. I can’t wait to hear one of them and I’m guessing I’ll want to collect them all! We love worship music and sing often in our home. We can’t wait to do it when our little one comes home! I just happened to be up and wanted to read some other Ethiopia adoption blogs tonight! Yay I’m the first to comment! I have listened to some of these songs online and daughter loves them! Am I really the first one to comment?!! I love that John Waller song too!! And thank you for the tip on the Bible DVD’s. We put them in Easter baskets and we’ve all been enjoying them! Prayers and more prayers are going out for you. Prayed for you this evening on my run. We have just started the adoption journey and I have become a blog stalker and you are on my list. I have so enjoyed reading about your journey, your family and your sweet faith. Thank you for sharing your heart and journey with us all!! Also excited about new music! Praying for the Young’s, Isaac and your FDL. Such an awesome give-away!!! I am sorry you didn’t get your FDL but this does sound like an awesome package 🙂 LOVE this post. so glad you got worship in the mail today. still hope you get your fdl on monday. i have never heard of those cd’s before. so glad you can worship while you are waiting. how sweet to know just who it is you are waiting for!!!!!!!! What a wonderful give-away! I have been waiting for God’s timing for many years, and I am still being patient about when my time to adopt will come! I know that His plans are way better then my plans and His timing is perfect, so I will wait. Very excited for your family and you new son 😀 Praying for his health and wisdom for all his caretakers there. oh Andrea – you always have the right encouragement for my heart! We just found out about these cds, and are saving up to get one! Praying for you all as you worship and wait Good morning, Andrea! Fell asleep praying for you last night and you’ve already been prayed for this morning. Yes, let’s worship the Lord today! My mind was already trying to figure out our travel dates as soon as I woke up, so what an excellent reminder to focus on worship of my GOD!! I love your positive, sweet spirit…we’ve been praying for you and sweet Isaac, and will continue to…now, i just need to buy me one of those cd’s!! I have never hears of those cd’s before but I am so thrilled that you shared them with us! Praying Monday will bring wonderul news!!! bummer that the 797 wasn’t in the mail…praying you get that golden ticket on monday! PRAYING BIG!!! Love this post! Indeed a time to worship! I am running to my mailbox anxiously waiting for our I71 form! All we need for our dossier………what a wonderful reminder for me! Isn’t it amazing how God works? Praying that you receive your FDL soon! Oh!! not the first 10…but I’ll go order some!! So EXCITED for your journey to your baby boy waiting for you in ET!! I wake up in the night thinking of you and praying for you!! Maybe we’ll actually get to meet one day 🙂 I am a fellow AGCIer and have read your blog but never commented before. 🙂 I just wanted to let you know how encouraging this post AND the song have been this morning! It’s such an amazing reminder to keep up the worship while we’re waiting. Thanks for sharing! Sometimes I swear you are writing a post specifically for me. That song speaks to my heart every time I hear it. Praying for you .. I just worship music and I never have heard of these .. just love them! they are great gifts Oh man! That’s awesome! Too bad I saw this post too late to receive one of those! Praying that you will receive your FDL tomorrow morning!  Our referral story…written on 2 different days…to document one of the most precious times in our entire lives—Our Journey to our precious Isaac… Written on April 7, 2010 (Wednesday)… We just walked in the door from Traverse City Michegan. Suitcases finally down. All are sleeping in our home. As this momma does NOT like to […] That’s GREAT news Andrea! So happy for you guys and can’t wait to see a picture of the little guy! oh my friend – I have tears of joy running down my cheeks for you. What a blessing Isaac is already to your precious family. and what a blessing you all will be to him. We are fervently praying that your FDL comes now and that your Isaac is home in your arms soon. Oh, how I wish that I could be at the airport when you arrive! Praise God for His perfect Plan, perfect Timing, and His perfect son that He has given too you. Beautiful. Like I told you a long time ago, the timing is always perfect, as is the child for your family. Beautiful! Amy Kirk AAHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!! I’m so excited for you & your precious family!!! Congratulations! What a wonderful (and unique)referral day story! CONGRATS!!!! YEAH God he always has the perfect timing! Praying for you and your next steps! I just love reading your story! We leave next Wednesday for Ethiopia to get our little Jonas. Just so excited for you! Thrilled for your family! Prayers for smooth sailing (and flying!) as you complete the journey to bring your precious boy HOME! Wow–what an awesome, awesome story! An even more awesome God. Love it!!!! Thank you for sharing your story–can’t wait to watch it all unfold. 🙂 what a GOD story! i love it! i’m so so happy for you guys!!! praying for everything to go quickly and smoothly from here on! That’s the most beautiful story! I can’t wait until we get to see pictures of your little guy! I’m praying for everything to come together smoothly so that you can get him home ASAP!!! 🙂 Horray! Rejoicing with you today! My heart felt congrats to you. Love your story how God is writing it. ((hugs)) Cris Wow!!! God is so amazing! What a great story!! Can’t wait to hear the rest. :O) Andrea, I am new to your blog and new to adoption. The experience you have described here is what is in my heart. We just started down this road, but the sense of urgency to get started RIGHT NOW is an outstanding feature. My daily prayer it that we would stay on God’s timetable, whether we get our baby sooner OR later. We just want the child He has chosen. I will be praying for you in these next months. May the Lord Jesus continue to grace you each step until you bring your Isaac home. PS. I love the story of Isaac in the bible. What an appropriate name! He is so GOOD !!! What an Easter story brought into all of our lives….and now you can scream from the top of that mountain…Alleluia…your son Isaac,will soon be in your family surrounded by love ,yummy food and great prayers. what JOY ! God is in every seemingly tiny detail of our lives. God Bless You as you continue your journey to Isaac. God could not have blessed a more appropriate mom to spread His glory through this story! Wow! I was SHOCKED to read the title to this post today. I was not expecting it, as I ‘m sure you weren’t either! Such an amazing story of how God truely has a plan for our lives….wow. I don’t know what else to say, but wow. Oh yeah, and CONGRATULATIONS MAMA!!!!! =) I’ve been following your journey and are so happy to hear this joyous news. God has watched over Isaac and your family. He will flourish with all your love and care. WOW. Wow. WOW! So amazing. So glad to be on this journey together. So thankful for a HUGE GOD who can orchestrate every little detail. Rejoicing with you!!!!! Jenn This post has me in TEARS! I am remembering the day we got Eliza’s picture. The whole family, including eight month old Shipley, gathered in front of the HUGE television and we opened the e-mail together. We cried at how beautiful and perfect she was. Still to this day, I feel 100% she was meant to be in our family. Amazing! Wow!!! I am thrilled for you and your family!!! I am totally amazed at how perfectly that worked out for you! Our God is amazing!!!!! YES!!!! How exciting and with chills all over I send you a huge cyber hug and congratulations!! Praying for Isaac and praying for the wisdom of God to continue to shine down upon you!! Andrea, how very exciting! I LOVE the vacation-fear-of-flying-perfect-story of hearing your referral WITH your husband. God is so incredibly awesome!!! CRYING…SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!! I cannot wait to hear more! What a beautiful story….Praise the Lord! My little brothe has special needs (lots, BIG ones!) My mom has openly told the other 4 of us that if she could just coose one child (obiously crazy and she never would!), she would choose him, Stephen. She said you cannot comprehend the love of Christ until you have a special needs child. A beautiful, perhaps at times heartbreaking, journey awaits you all. Guess you are gonna be heading to Africa after all this summer, huh 🙂 Praising the Lord for you tonight! Congratulations to the Young Family! Great news and lovely story! PRAISE THE LORD!!! Oh my goodness… I can’t imagine how thrilled you guys are! Congratulations- I am so excited for all of you! God is so Good! A-MAZ-ING!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing with the world the way God has done an amazing work in your family. Only our AWESOME Father can orhestrate such blessed circumstances…ending of course in your sweet baby boy coming home forever!!!! woohooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! When I saw that you had a referral, I was shocked and so excited. I kind of feel like I have a referral. To have been through this journey with you, it feels so real to me. Wow, people do get a child at the end of this! I will be praying that Issac comes home soon!!!!! Congratulations, Andrea! I can’t wait to hear more…and see pictures of your amazing family “reunion” soon! Love you, girl! SO overwhelmed with joy and excitement for you!!! What a BEAUTIFUL story!!! Thanks for sharing! I am so excited for your family. I am praying for your little Issac and everything goes fast to get him home. What an amazing story! The Lord truely does move mountains. YAY!!!! Andrea, I am SO thrilled for ya’ll!!! Didn’t you sometimes feel like the Call would never come?? The details, the circumstances of the call, the significance of the dates, just everything makes me in awe of how God worked the details together. Your post brought tears, and I can’t wait until I see your son in your arms!!!! Can’t wait to see pics and hear more…. love you!!! We’re leaving Hong Kong in a few hours to fly to Kunming, and it will be wild to be just minutes from our little girl and yet not be able to see her yet. I love traveling this journey of adoption together……. much love! Kelley This is beautiful and wonderful and perfect AND SO OBVIOUSLY FROM GOD! I love it! praying everything goes so smoothly and that your precious Isaac will be in your arms very very soon! oh my word Andrea…i am SO EXCITED for you guys! Love the pictures and video and guess what…i did not even realize it that you were naming your song Isaac…guess what…that is our top pick right now if we get matched with a boy! How exciting is that! SO happy for you! Congrats! Amazing! What a special story. I LOVE how God weaves the details together in a way that only HE can do. Each detail, so precious, so perfect, planned by God from the beginning of time. Praising the Lord along with you today. I understand the uncertainty that comes with health issues. God will provide. Praising God with you today friend!!! I’m so excited for you all and your new little boy. I know during the wait, we all feel like – come on already, but then when you get your referral for the perfect child, you realize that the timing was perfect and that you have the perfect child – only God could orchestrate (sp?) it! What a beautiful story! Hugs to you!! That’s an amazing God story, Andrea … CONGRATULATIONS! LORD Jesus, we thank you for baby Isaac and Your provision in his life already. We thank you for bringing him into this family. Lord, I pray for Isaac’s health, Lord, that you would surround his body and protect him … allow his body to process the formula and get the nutrients it so dearly needs. Jesus, I pray for His heart … that you would start the bonding forming in it so that when they meet him SOON, the attachment will be so strong from day 1! Lord, bring him home soon! I know you have amazing things planned for his life. It’s in Your Name that we pray and believe Amen! On Andrea! I am flooded with tears and praising God for you today precious friend. I am so excited for you and your precious family. God worked the same way with such recognizable timing (in the rear view mirror) with the twins adoption. Every date (despite the seemingly endless delays) ultimately revealed His perfect timing. I love all the details that lead to Isaac’s referral call and how His plans were for you and Richard to enjoy this moment together. Just. The. Two. Of. You. What an amazing post. Tears of joy for you and your family. We are a AGCI family also! i’m not sure the chills i have will ever go away! what a beautiful story. how sweet of god to make it clear that this is YOUR boy. i remember when you posted about the wrestling you had over a waiting child. how perfectly it has all been woven. god was the one waiting…waiting to bring you all together. and how sweet it will be to bring your dear isaac HOME. Congrats!! Praying for all to be quick to bring your sweet baby home!! God is Good!! Praise HIM!! Oh Andrea…just opened up your blog and just about fell out of my chair! Tears of joy are running down my face! What an AMAZING story that only He could write. You have been on my heart so much lately…prayers are being sent! Lots and lots of prayers being said for you and your precious family!!! What a story!! Tears in my eyes!! Wow!!!! Amazing what happens when you don’t check a blog for a week! I’m so excited about your news, your sweet new son… God is so, so good! Congratulations!! 🙂 I have been following your blog for a while. I am so happy for your family and am praying everything falls in to place so you can get Issac hope quickly. God Bless You! Tara Andrea- I am sooo thrilled for you!! I love to read how God weaved this story together. Just as you have trusted Him to provide your son in His time… trust Him to take care of all the details. He cares about every one, even down to the smallest piece of paperwork. I can’t wait to read the rest of your story… about God’s faithfulness, and His provision. I’ll be praying for you and all the details that are to come! Blessings, Wow Andrea; it’s so true that God is all-knowing! How he gave you a sudden urgency, the details of your Lent story… he is such a God of details it’s incredible, and so wonderful to hear from another real-life story! Praise God for his kindness to Isaac and your family. Blessed to be a blessing. […] I was OVER-JOYED to hear our case-workers voice that day (if you missed that entry, you can read it here). I didn’t really share much about his referral at the time–other than he was severly […] […] I hear therapists say, “Well, he’ll always have a harder time physically…” and I catch myself wondering before even going to a neurologist what his underlying cause of his hypotonia might be. I keep asking, “It COULD be NOTHING–right? I mean, you can JUST have this right with no underlying cause?” NOW…REWIND WITH ME TO THAT PLANE RIDE BACK IN APRIL… […] […] we got your referral call…(you can read about that joyous day here)…we said YES in our hearts LONG before we ever saw your face…I’ll never forget […] […] If you would like to reminisce with me you absolutely must journey with me down memory lane by clicking on the sweet airport run-way call HERE (yes–I was ON an airplane runway when THE call came!) I will NEVER forget that phone call and […] […] April 7, 2010–my cell phone rang unexpectedly. In another part of the country–another mom’s phone rang […] Back in January, we asked many of you to please pray for us that our FDL (Favorable Determination Letter) would arrive from Immigration USCIS after sending in our 161-A form. 3 months later—we are still waiting. Richard went to the USCIS local office (about 30 minutes away) this week—and got the answer that it has […] Praying, Praying, Praying! Ours took about 3 months to get back and I think we were about #10 on the list when we got it. When I talked with AGCI about worrying about its whereabouts they said not to stress until we were in the top 5 and then they have some ways of speeding up the process. My biggest concern was that fingerprints wouldn’t go through. I will definitely keep praying for you guys and this! I would call your congressman’s office – that was one of the options to get it processed quicker. Andrea, I am praying. When we received our referral, we had not even been fingerprinted yet! I am going to e-mail you with some specifics, but I wanted to tell you that we got our FDL TWO WEEKS after fingerprinting!!! Our God can do anything that HE purposes to do. Praying friend! Hope your family has a wonderful Easter celebration. praying.praying.praying! Praying big things! Praying for you guys and that the timing works out perfectly! Praying for God’s perfect timing… and for His peace while you wait. 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Haha ~ I’m still in Monday while you are in Tuesday … Love the blog world!! =) You know what I like about your posts? They are so full of love, happiness, and encouragement. While I am not adopting, I still “get it” more than I ever have and I feel God’s Love in my life as He shares your world with me. Thank you for including me in your journey.
Your blog has been one of my favorites lately bc everyday God is doing something amazing to bring that baby home!
Amen! His love endures forever!
SINGING PRAISE sweet friend. Rejoicing with you. And yes, you know I AM DYING to see that referral photo. :o) Cannot wait to check out your link to resources.
Love & Blessings from Hong Kong,
Kim
rejoicing with you!
I don’t think I have ever commented on your blog but I enjoy reading it when you post!!! I just want you to know that I have been praying for your little guy!! We also just got our referral for a 5 year old girl from Ethiopia!! My heart aches ,as I am sure yours does for your little one , to hold and kiss her and I just want to tell you thank you for posting your journey!! God bless your family!!
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 God has planned for Isaac to be in your family even before you were a family. His plans are right and true. God will be glorified through this entire process because you are following His will. Love to you and your family. We are praying for your BEAUTIFUL boy.
Blessings,
Amy