Friday, March 20, 2009

Need a little prayer

You know when you are driving down a road or in a parking lot you all of a sudden see a speed bump and have to adjust your speed and approach? We have come to a slight speed bump, please pray for God's intervention in a matter that is small but can become large without God's hand directing the process. I need to write a letter for clarification on a matter, please join us in asking for wisdom and the correct words to convey what needs to be done and that this will be the end of this matter. Then ask God to protect and go before us with this process so that all are satisfied in this situation and that God's will will be seen so clearly in all that we are doing. It has been a week of spring things: sowing seeds, visiting friends and family outside, I am ready for spring. God's greatest miracles of rebirth are seen at this time, new baby 'critters', flowers emerging from their winters sleep, fresh crisp winds waking up and refreshing the world that has been at slumber and the promise of hope, the celebration of our Savior. What a blessing that God's creation gives life anew to all He created, may God bless each of you with renewal and new life this spring and may He bless many children with a new life and a hope in Him.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Time Marches on :)

I cannot believe how fast time seems to go by. We spent two weeks in Connecticut. Mike had a training to go to and I snuck along. I really needed the break. We saw a good many of my family: Aunts and Uncles and cousins. It was a good time for me to reconnect, since we don't know when we will get the opportunity again. We came home to our boys who are on spring break. Our youngest had his wisdom teeth out on Monday and I began to think we will be doing some of this all over again and that was a good feeling for us, not the end of another thing. We have a campout this weekend with our Scout troop and soon we will have another child involved since ours are no longer in. We have been gathering papers and beginning renovations on the room we will be transforming into another bedroom. That has been exciting. Spring is coming in spurts now and my garden is going in. We are excited about the next few months. Please pray for us our hearts desire is to go to Ukraine the end of May through June. We still have funds to gather, we have most of our dossier paperwork together and we have begun the list of what to take. Our trip to Connecticut was a trial run for the what to take and we were able to live for two weeks out of one suitcase a piece :) and a small backpack each, plus my computer. We feel good about that. Our Scouting has really helped us prepare to travel light. We even had food and some cooking items with us, ie can opener, backpack utensils, and water bottles. We did realize we forgot some things like my cell phone charger :( and panty hose :) which I hate to wear anyway lol. I was able to do some more research for homeschooling our new son and getting reunited with educational materials. It has been 5 years since I homeschooled our youngest. I studied Ukrainian history and read some of the poetry from Ukraine's poets, while on our trip. We are STILL working on the Ukrainian alphabet I told Mike maybe if we turn it on and sleep with it going it will stick :)and his southern accent is still hilarious. We are working at rewriting our will and looking at our finances, which we are grateful God has been working on for us. He is so awesome in His plans for us. I am starting to get some anxiety about flying so please pray for that. We thank you all so much for praying for this young man we hope to adopt and for God's provision. We are so amazed how much of what we are doing is similar to when we were expecting our first two. We are now doing nesting things like getting the house ready, and preparing for his future. We are gathering clothing items as best we can, hoping to get some idea of possible sizes before we go. God is so awesome is all we keep saying as we look at another child who will be a miracle to us.