More Africa confirmation

Yesterday's mail brought the World Vision update. The whole magazine focused on the situation facing African (Sub saharan, Kenya, Ethiopia..) children and people. The AIDS crisis coupled with the food shortage is devastating for this country. Again, a confirmation we need to help.

We rented a movie last night called, "Faith like Potatoes." Guess where the movie took place? AFRICA Potatoes grow in Idaho..... :) Well, again, the Lord is not letting us forget about HIS people that need us in Africa.

Thank you Lord for writing it on the wall. Help our doubts be minimal as we face the challenges of tomorrow. Provide for us as your Word says. We love you and want to serve you. Use our hands, mouths, minds, and bodies to serve you! Please protect our babies. We just heard that they had their first "outing" to the city this week for fun. Thank you for answered prayers! This is an amazing journey....

Confirmation!

150 people were laid off from Dan's company yesterday. This made me, Cyndee, a bit apprehensive. Then I started thinking about all the stuff breaking and all the money we are spending on that stuff. Then I went to , oh my, we are spending all this money to get the kids. Are we suppose to do that? Dan said, "That never even crossed my mind. We have to get OUR kids." As a woman, I need to have security and so that brought questions and doubts. I took the kids for breakfast and as I was getting out of the elevator, I came across a black gentlemen that worked at the hotel. He politely said hello and excused himself out of our way. I noticed an accent and asked (do you know where this is going?) where he was from. He said, "ETHIOPIA, mame. Nice to meet you." I almost kissed him. The Lord was again confirming in my heart that these babies are ours. They have no mom and dad and we need to be that for them. I am just a mess of emotions over these kids. I cannot wait for them to get home. I know the Lord will provide all we need for our home and our children. He is good! May we give Him praise and the glory for this amazing journey!

Another medical report

We received another medical report on our kiddos and will have it reviewed by our pediatrician. From our eyes, they all look good.
A couple things stand out:
* The 2 older children do not have any education.
* There platelet counts are high. In doing research that might mean they have an infection. All will have parasites and this could be a reaction to them. ?? We will found out.
* All are HIV negative
* All have a "Healthy looking" status

May the Lord continue to watch over them and keep them safe until they are home with us.

C

A day of praise!

I drove today! YEH!!!!!! It has been 8 weeks ; a long 8 weeks. Anyway, I am very thankful that all went well and there was not much pain involved. The foot is healing and I am loving my freedom and independence. Dan is excited (he did not say this though) to be able to be relieved of all my duties that he has graciously been doing. He is a good hubby! Sure do love him.

No new news on the adoption. Still waiting for all the dossier stuff.

Waiting - Dossier still not complete

The end of April is almost here and our dossier is not complete. We are a bit bummed but we have to continue to leave it in the Lord's hands. Our timing is much different than our Saviors. We are waiting on our medical forms and our notorized copy of the homestudy. Then the dossier is complete. It will need to go to Indy for authentication and then to DC and then to our agency and then to Ethiopia.

I pray that this delay does not put us back so we cannot get our babies this summer.

Looking forward!
Cyndee

A Great Day

Despite all the crazy things going on with this adoption, we are encouraged by the Lords care and blessing on our life. The Lord will provide all that we need for this adoption and for all that is breaking and falling apart around us. Today we purchased a new lawn tractor (ours had black smoke billowing out of it on Sunday- dead), a new stove, and had our sewer sucked out in hopes of getting rid of the sewer smell in our bathroom. Now, is this not a good day or what?

Someday when the kids are in their teens, I will bring out this journal and share all the "attacks" we endured just to get our babies home.

If you are reading this, we urge you to pray how you can be a part of an orphans life. We would love for you to adopt a child, but if that is not where the Lord has you, there are many other ways. You can pray for an orphan, you can financially support an orphan thru sponsorships (World Vision), go on a mission trip, or help a family that is adopting. The Bible makes it clear in James 1:27 "look after the orphans". What are you going to do about it?

homestudy to BCIS

AHSS sent our homestudy to BCIS on Wednesday. They did not give us a final copy to proof so we are praying for the Lord to take care of any mistakes.

We are still waiting on our doctors letters and a copy of the HS. Hoping to have everything by Friday so we can move on to getting the Dossier together. We are 2 weeks behind our planned schedule but that is ok. All in God's timing.

The Lawn tractor blew up today. Just one more thing..... We are hoping to get a new stove, have the door and window ordered and put in, and get a lawn tractor this week. More money out the door. A bit frustrating but the Lord knows our heart. He will protect us and provide. I chatted with a friend today and she told us to pray Psalm 91 over our house. We are on it!

Can't wait to see our babies faces. They are precious!