New Years Eve

It is a rainy, cold dreary day here in Charlotte. But...that does not hold back the good times that the evening will hold. Looking forward to spending time with friends and celebrating Christmas and New Years.

Very thankful for this long break that we have had from school. It is always good to go back to MO and see my family. I was even able to meet up with a high school friend at Panera's and catching up with her.

The offices at Nightlight are going to be closed until the 3rd, so no news. I sent out a care package today to Jamie Hedges and her family to take over to Yosef in January. They will be traveling at the end of the month. I have learned alot from their process.

I pray that this year holds new and exciting adventures for me and my friends. May God's blessings be ever so evident in our daily walk. Let all that we say and do glorify Him, our creator and maker of all things.

Christmas Eve

I am in MO. visiting with mom and family and it is nasty out here. It has been raining all day. We have the forecast of snow for Christmas, but the weather has to get more frightful before that will happen.

I heard news from my agency that Shimeliss is coming home to celebrate the holiday with his family. We were never able to get ahold of him and find out the status on Yoseph. I did receive some more pictures of him these last two weekends. Wow he has grown. I think his eyes are getting bigger with each picture. He turned 8 months old on the 22nd. Doesn't seem like I have been waiting for 7 months to hear something about a court date, but that is the time frame.

HOPE. I keep it at the front of my mind all the time. What are you hoping for this Christmas? May God bless all of you and your families as you spend time focusing on the Savior. Merry Christmas!

What Child is This?

My pastor at Forest Hill has been preaching on this series for the last two weeks. We are talking about God's presence in scripture from the Old to the New Testament. Today was about Shad, Mesh and Abed in the firey furnace. Such a great story of how God was with them in the fire and the testament to staying strong to what you believe and know to be true.

The motivating speech by Mel Gibson in Brave heart was shared during the service. It brought a smile to my face when I thought of my visit with Heather to the William Wallace Monument. Oh how I have grown up since then. :) Once again I am convicted about having courage and standing up for the right thing all the time. As Wallace said "They may take our lives, but they will never take our freedom".

Courage and Hope. My focus for the week has been set.

Update on the adoption front is that three people from my agency have passed court last week and will potentially travel in 6 weeks. There were 42 cases that had paper work problems and over half have been solved. I am in the last half. I do feel encouraged that something is happening in my agency. Mondays are when we usually get updates, so it is always a great way to start out the week.

Better news yet, I received an email from a friend with my agency telling me that there were new pics on snapfish. Yoseph was in about 7 of them. Holy smokes this kid has huge eyes! I got a chance to see him sitting up and playing. He also has a lot of hair on his head. It is always great to see new photos of him.