A Care Pakage for Peter

The past couple weeks have been scary times. Loved ones in our family are sick and in the hospital. We have been praying as a family and have seen God work in bringing one of these precious ones home. Thank you Jesus!

What I did not see coming was what happened the other night. Nathan heard Selah crying and he went into her room, picked her up and asked what was wrong. All she could get out was that she had a bad dream about Peter. He brought her into bed with me, where I snuggled and kissed her and wipped away her tears. We prayed for Peter and she was comforted. The next morning when I got her up I asked "Why were you upset last night? What was your dream?"She said the teachers were not taking Peter to the doctor to take care of him. Now I could not speak. How could I speak to this fear of hers that was very real FOR HER. She lived this. I gave her a hug and said " Selah, Jesus is with Peter just like He was with you. He loves Peter. We will continue to pray for him and once Peter is with Mama and Baba then we can take him to a doctor." For this moment, that was enough for her. As for Nathan and I we are broken yet again.

This morning we got some cheerful news! We got pictures of the care pakage we ordered for Peter! The kids all yelled "Pleasant Goat"! This is a very popular kids cartoon in China. We got him a photo album with lots of pictures. A back pack ( he is coming HOME), a stuffed doll, candies to share and the all important flash card, so we can have pictures from when he was a baby.

Please pray for Peter as this package and photos will be introducing us to his heart. He will be finding out that he has a family! Please cover his heart in prayer!

In other adoption related news we received our LOA!!!! It has now moved on to the next step our I 800 approval. We are looking at a matter of weeks to travel now. So mid/ late March! Hopefully soon I will have an update in the FUNDS needed department. As of a week or so ago we were at $15,000-$16000 to go. But GOD.......is at work and hopefully soon I will have some BIG news to share with you!!!

Adoption UPDATE ... we have been waiting for you!

This week has been a hard one, for more reasons than I can share on hear. 

One reason that I can share and that has been on the forefront of our minds is our LOA ( Letter of Approval) for Peter. The celebration of having our dossier approved a couple of weeks ago was followed by a lot of silence. Where was our LOA? Others were coming and going and still ours remained unsent. 

Such little faith. I wavered. I let the waves of doubt and fear toss me around. Last night was my breaking point. My tears were turning bitter. There was just too much heartache and I told Nathan I needed a night out. So what did I do?

I joined the baby registry at Target :) Something about holding a device that gave some "control" and allowed me to plan and look forward to the future was comforting. 

I then met with a sweet friend for Starbucks and I was able to come home refreshed, with my heart much lighter. I am so thankful that God knows ours hearts, He knows just what we need to get us through, to hold and sustain us.

I made a promise that evening to longer hound my agency about it. I needed to let go. I knew they were looking out for us. Ultimately I needed to trust The Lord and his timing.

This morning Nathan woke me up and started reading to me an e- mail." Wait.... wah....." I was trying to focus my eyes on him and really hear what he was saying.

"Our LOA has been sent! It will be at the agency on Monday!"

The news is STILL sinking in. I am starting to get excited but I don't think it will fully hit me until it is in our hands on Tuesday.

Oh........ Thank you Jesus. Forgive my lack of patience. We sure do love this boy.