Lots of pictures and updates since my last post a month ago!
My sister and I went to a consignment sale. I just had to buy something for our sweet girl!
Our agency, Children of the World, had a India Travel Class in Fairhope. It was very informative! I loved getting to meet the wonderful women from COTW and other adoptive families face-to-face!!
 Britt with Ms. Pat, Terri, and Mary Beth...such an amazing, Godly family! On September 16, Ms. Pat called to tell me our daughter's original documents from the orphanage had finally made it to COTW!! We had been waiting 5 weeks and 2 days (yes, I was counting!)   We had an authentic Indian meal made by a sweet lady who grew up in India. Thank you again Sabrina and Roy!    Once we had the original documents signed and shipped back to COTW, they started on our i800 paperwork. The i800 is a companion document to the i800a (which we were approved for on 8-11-16). The i800 looks at our child specifically. Terri e-mailed the information for us to proof-read on September 28. Two days later this was at my door...  Our church, First Baptist Eclectic, had an Adoption Yard Sale for us. We were BLOWN AWAY with how much was raised...$1,138.36!!      
Britt found lots of chairs to rest on during the sale. As soon as one sold he would find another one. Hahaha!
The next day we had Sunitha Joe from Christ Faith Home for Children in Chennai, India with us at church!
    
Sunitha brought beautiful items made by the women at Christ Faith Home. I had fun shopping, especially knowing it all goes to support their orphanage.
My sweet friend, Christie, bought me this Ozark Trail cup. I love it (it's made me drink way more water) and I love it even more with my India vinyl on it...
Now for the title of this blog...A New Name...
In my next blog (which will hopefully be this week!), I will tell you where we got her new name and all about our puzzle fundraiser that we will be starting. So stay tuned...
This is so, so good! Please take time to read it. I know I needed it...
From Journey (Lifeway) Waiting on God "But God often forces us to wait on Him to teach us, first, that He doesn't need human means to accomplish His plans for our lives; and second, that we can trust His ways even when they seem strange, risky, and even impossible...(1 Chron. 14) Essentially, God told David not to attack the enemy head-on. Instead, David and his army were to go to the outside of the Philistine camp and wait for the enemy to retreat. The signal that David and his army could march out to battle was the sound of God's angel army marching on the tops of the balsam trees (v. 15). Can you imagine the sound of God's invisible army marching on the treetops, waging war on behalf of David? Friend, this is the same angel army that God commands to go before you, to wage war on the impossible in order to bring about His plans for your life. Will you trust Him? Will you wait for Him instead of taking matters into your own hands? Will you stop assessing your circumstances by what you can see with your natural eyes and instead keep your focus on the One who created the world out of nothing? In 2 Kings 6...When Elisha's servant woke up the next morning and saw Aram's army surronding them, he was terrified. But Elisha prayed that God would open his servant's eyes to see reality. God answered that prayer, and the servant "saw that the mountain was covered with horses and chariots of fire" (v. 17). God's angel army. I think we get restless in the waiting because we can't see God working, so we assume He's completely forgotten about us. But just because we can't see God working doesn't mean He's not. In all things, at all times, God is working for our good."  |
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