Thankful/Grateful Thursday!

Thankful Thursday!!

I am so grateful for my husband who knows and loves God deeply.  I am blessed, by God, for the man I have.  I often do not understand a certain scripture or a message and my husband will sit with me until we have worked it through - I am so thankful/grateful!!

I am thankful for great kids!  Each one - just awesome!

I am thankful a friend I have coffee with once a week - we pray, we laugh and we talk about growing in the Lord.  What a gift from God!

I am thankful/grateful that my Dad still sends me a valentine!  Thanks Dad!

I am thankful for my church family.

I am thankful for The Word of God!  There is no end to its depth.  So rich - full of life and insight - a lamp.

I am thankful for sunshine - we have not had any and I miss it...BAD....this time of year always seems to get me.  So next time the sun comes out - I am going to go and just stand in it - let it hit my face - ahhhh - can't wait!

I am thankful for the awesome school bus that dropped my beautiful kiddos off...... I am off to kiss their faces!

What are you thankful for?

The Big Red Tractor from Jacob Lewis on Vimeo.

Conversation with Isaiah

Last night while I was making dinner Isaiah and I were talking about belts (remember he is two - :)) and he wanted to know if he had one.  I was reminding him that he had one and wore in it Africa (his pants were way to big!).  That turned into the conversation about planes....this went on for about an hour and a half, he was so excited!  Cracked me up - he has the cutest personality in the whole world!

Update

Update on the process (this is a blog but from an agency working on the ground in Uganda) - http://lifelineadoption.blogspot.com/2010/02/uganda-update_05.html

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Still hearing conflicting reports about the US Embassy and those receiving visas.  I wish I could tell you exactly what is happening but the truth is, is I am not there.

Instead of using my site as an information site please look else where.  I am here writing this because I love my sisters in Christ and know them.  My heart hurt badly when I was away from my family therefore I hurt for them in this hiccup - that is what we call it because I believe I will be seeing their family pictures soon - their whole family pictures - I can not wait!

There is going to be information sites to refer to - when I know - I will link - not to personal blogs - because they are just that - personal blogs.  :)

I look at adoption as I do labor and delivery - no two are alike.  I had 4 kids - all natural - no meds (no not one) and hubby "caught" two of them.  I loved it - I love the high afterwards - I was woman (hear me roar) lol - we even had a party in our hospital room 3 hours after #4 was born with about 30 people (my Dr. and Paediatrician present - we love, love, love them).  It was such an awesome celebration of life!!  Ahhh...

That little walk down memory lane was to say - every single adoption AND delivery is different - each is so complex with a ton of emotions.  Our situation was so different in Uganda. A lot of what people said would happen, we did not experience.  And a lot of things that people said would not happen, did.

So not knowing the details and not being there I am just going to say please keep praying for my friends - I know they are scared, tender at heart and going through a lot right now.

This "hiccup" may be a benefit in the long run for Uganda and the USA to have a clearer understanding - how cool would that be!!

First Canada - now the USA

~*update and correction*  I am not there in Ugand@- I am getting my info from my friends blogs who are going through the process right now.  This blog is my personal thoughts and feeling on what I have read from their blogs.  I have read on others that it is not halted so.... seems to be confusion.  To those that are reading my blog - I could be wrong, have been wrong and I am sure will be wrong in the future. :)  I wrote that I am sick because I am - there is a little girl that is sick and needs to get home...in my opinion.  I love Ugand@ spend lots of time encouraging other to go there - give there - pray for the beautiful people there.  There is a meeting tomorrow that will hopefully line all of this confusion out.~

I have asked for prayer on here for the Candi@n Embassy to issue visa and now here I am asking again but for the good ol' USA.  The have h@lted all visas to the USA coming out of Ugand@ I am sick, these are people and children I know.  These are children I held and whispered that their parents were coming.  These parents that have ALREADY begun to attachment process.  These are Isaiah's friends - friends that we are planning to meet up with this summer to celebrate what God has done in these orphans lives - orphans no longer!

I will link the three blogs that I follow closely - I know all three of these kids well and spent the first week in Ugand@ with Jade and Nathan.

Please pray!  These children all need to be released.  When I have more info I will share.

God is all knowing and all powerful and can crush this mountain.

God please pave a way for these orphans to be cared for.  Thank you Lord that you are in control no matter what happens.  Please comfort Jade, Nathan, Meghan, Chris, Court and Amy with Your peace and strength through this time.  Amen

This is Jade and Nathan's blog - http://inaweofyourgrace.tumblr.com/
This is Meghan and Chris's blog (Isaiah and Moses were buddies) - http://chrisandmeghan.com/
This is Amy and Court's blog (we knew their daughter and fought for her to receive medical care when we were there) - http://james127family.blogspot.com/

Great Post!!

I love this blog and could not agree more!  The price of our excuses are paid for by innocent children that could be in YOUR family but instead grow up not being loved, nurtured or  properly cared for.  Let us live our lives where God HAS to show up!  Build that boat, put that staff in the water, march around that city, put that blood over the door post or take that Isaac up to that alter - step out - God will meet you there.

Enjoy!  http://buildingtheblocks.blogspot.com/

Lord, please help me to live each day in a way that points to You and You alone - please help me to not desire my ways and thoughts that seem to make sense - Your ways are so much higher!  Amen