Bring on the Homestudy!

     The Lord provided the funds and we were able to send our homestudy application in today! I am excited to get rolling on this! AND, we are 3/4 of the way to our next goal of $1,700! I was thinking today about how we have no idea from day to day whom the Lord is going to nudge to help bring our Maggie home. All in His timing! HE is the great one in this!

Such a crazy ride!

     Today has been a whirlwind of emotion! Just feeling overwhelmed with all of the paperwork, and not being at home to really do it (I am in IN and Matt is in PA). However, I have done what I can and now I have to allow my incredible God to hold my heart once more.
     I went for a drive today and had a good cry with the Lord. Why do I worry? This is NOT who I want to be. I will NOT give the enemy a foothold. This is the path God has chosen for us. And I know our sweet Maggie is more than worth it!
     Thank you to all of those I have talked with today! God has used you to steady my heart!

OK, now God is showing off! I can't say I'm surprised!

     Yesterday I traveled to Indiana with my kids to visit family. My heart was calm regarding all of the paperwork and funds that need to be raised to get Maggie home. My heart was very content to leave the timing to the Lord as to when HE sees Maggie joining our family. (Even though it is hard for me to think about waiting years).
     I recently found Psalm 116:7 which says "RETURN to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you." Such a great reminder that it is a great thing to continually seek God through this time of waiting for our Maggie.
     About 10pm last night Matt called and was speechless. We had just been given a check for $2,000! Then, he got the mail (he had been with youth kids all day) and there was a check for $100! The reason this is so incredibly awesome is that our initial homestudy costs are $2,100!!! God is so very cool!
     And we are on our way to remaining homestudy costs, donations are starting to come in and we are so very, very grateful!!!

This little girl has no idea...

     I was just thinking about how Maggie has no idea how loved she already is. She will be coming into an extended family with cousins, aunts/uncles, grandma/pa's who love her! And not only related family, our faith family! She will learn how much God loves her!
     I just get so excited when I think about holding her and introducing her to the amazing support system we have!
     The kids and I are traveling to Indiana to visit family this week! I am hoping to get time to fill out lots of paperwork to get Maggie home!
     We have not yet met our goal of $4,000.00 to begin the homestudy, but we are convinced that the Lord has it all in His time. If you would like to help bring Maggie home, just click the PayPal button on the side! Thanks!!

We got the PA today!

     That was a welcome e-mail! We received our PA (pre-approval) from China today!  God knew we needed that. Today has been a day of worry for me. Not that we wouldn't be approved, just that we won't ever be able to raise the money for the homestudy. We are already filling out applications for grants and interest free loans, but we can't turn any of those in until the homestudy is done. So, right now, we need funds for the homestudy to the tune $4,000.
     However, even in this time of waiting for the funds, we trust that God's timing is never early and never late. He has also taught us that time is a beautiful thing. Thank you for your continued prayer and support!

FAITH can be so scary when it comes to bank accounts

This A.M. I have two things on my mind.
1) Our adoption application was delivered to the agency on Monday, however they were closed for the day. So, a notice was given to them and it is to be redelivered. Well, it wasn't delivered yesterday either. I am praying that today would be the day!
2) We have been told by several whom have adopted that we have to let our needs be known, or no one can help. Aaaggh! I am so afraid of looking like a beggar! However, GOD placed us on this journey knowing full well our bank account status. Today we will start letting others know of the need. We are in the process of getting a paypal link on the blog (oh that turns my stomach).

I have to let God do his thing with this. Hebrews 11:1 says "Now faith is being SURE of what we hope for (to bring Maggie home) and CERTAIN of what we do not see (GOD IS OUR JEHOVAH JIRAH, our great provider).  Parenthesis mine. : )

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