Friday tomorrow DTC

So many acronyms... its crazy but this one is a biggie.. it is the day our dossier - Notarized, Certified, and Authenticated goes to China!!!!!!! So very exciting.  Our part is nearly done.  At this stage - the dossier gets translated then goes to committee.. I am praying for favor.  Will you join us??? We have been miraculously gifted with all the funds so far. Isn't God gracious?!!! Thank you to each of you that have gifted us with your resources and prayers.
My agency received their last payment today and now we wait for Travel.  It will be a long wait.. maybe 6 months or so.  Please join us in prayer for patience and God's continue provision. 
My sweet friends and I have been making bracelets to help fund this journey and we have recently added domino necklaces!!! I have put pictures here...

Aren't these fun???
This Saturday my sweet friend is hosting a Make some Earrings Party. We are ever so grateful for all those that have journeyed with us so far...
So we have just the travel section left to pay for and this is the breakdown:
Orphange fee - $6000
Travel Expenses - $10,000

That is where we sit - resting in God's rich provision and gloryifying His Holy Name!!!!

Please continue to pray for us and our little guy waiting for his family that he doesnt know yet.....

August - 2012

It has been a crazy summer and I have not been on here in a while.  The papertrail is FINISHED!!!! All of our documents are out and about getting Authenticated by the Consulate and once finished there..... they are off to China.  We are inching closer and closer.  Once the paperwork gets to China the waiting game begins.  A prayer that I have is that I become more and more dependant on God and know Him better through this next phase.
Before school started I sat down with Maddux and asked him of the fruit of the spirit which one does he think he needs to work on during this school year.  After some discussion of what some of them meant he answered - "Self Control" ---- AAAAHHHHHHHHH.....  wow is that a tough one or not.  And since school started just a week ago, we have had ample opportunities to explore that fruit.  As for me I have been searching a for a verse... I have narrowed it down to two and am still praying over which one it will be... so what will little guys be??? I sat and prayed and sat and prayed - i will have loads more time to do that.... and I really couldn't come up with anything concrete but what I did find is a song.  So a song it will be until God moves us in another direction for him.  Here are the lyrics to it and I am guessing it fits him perfectly....


The days will come when you don't have the strength
When all you hear is you're not worth anything
Wondering if you ever could be loved
And if they truly saw your heart they'd see too much
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are made so much more than all of this
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are treasured,
You are sacred,
You are His
You're beautiful
I'm praying that you have the heart to find
Cause you are more than what is hurting you tonight
For all the lies you've held inside so long
And they are nothing in the shadow of the cross
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are made so much more than all of this
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are treasured,
You are sacred,
You are His
You're beautiful
Before you ever took a breath
Long before the world began
Of all the wonders He possessed
There was one more precious
Of all the earth and skies above
You're the one He madly loves
Enough to die
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
In His eyes
You're beautiful
You were meant for so much more than all of this
You're beautiful
You are treasured,
You are sacred,
You are His
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You're meant for so much more than all of this
You're beautiful You're beautiful You are treasured, You are sacred, You are His

Read more: MERCY ME - BEAUTIFUL LYRICS http://www.metrolyrics.com/beautiful-lyrics-mercy-me.html#ixzz25EFK4IOn
Copied from MetroLyrics.com

I pray that the message of this song touches you the way it has touched me. 
We are still fundraising!!!!!
please pray for our family and our little guy waiting... may we all wait well....