What is Faith?  Is it doing only those tasks that can be easily accomplished?  Is it obeying only those commands that can be accomplished with the resources we have on hand?  Is it only following God in the direction we want to go?  Or is it radically obeying, following, and doing every task God sets before us and trusting Him to provide the needed circumstances, resources, desires, and abilities?

Hebrews 11:1 " Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." (NIV)


Daniel

So far from FUN - - but SO worth it - I know!

Just got ALL the information on getting our homestudy completed!! WOW!!! God, give us strength!! Of course, all Daniel sees are $$$$. :) Although, he was the one who made the initial decision to take this 'LEAP' of faith.  $$ needed for the homestudy report but also for all of the STUFF to go in the report! So, if anyone would like to 'purchase' a FBI report for $18/each (of course, this takes 8-10 wks to complete) or we can get one done in 5 days for $50/each, please feel free to donate!! lol Or you can purchase a physical for each of us at the cost of who knows how much along w/a TB test. Then, of course, we have to get the GBI clearance for $33.65 each - so if you feel led to stay in GA with your purchases, you can go w/the GBI clearance. ;) I am sharing these specific sums of $$$ with you so you can pray SPECIFICALLY for us. My prayer would be to receive $100 in the next two weeks SPECIFICALLY for getting the 5 day FBI report. But if we have to wait 8-10 weeks - we will praise him, love him, serve him!!!

Weekly Phone call

Well, it's Sunday again - so we called Vita! She was eating chocolate cake when we called. Hannah was excited to tell her that we sang Blessed Be Your Name at church this morning. (This was Vita's FAVORITE song while she was here, and she took it home w/her on her MP3 player!!) Vita had received the care package we had sent her via New Horizons and was excited about the things we put in there - candy, stickers, pens, pencils and especially pictures!! It was great to talk to her but made us that much more anxious to see this process behind us!! Thanks for your prayers and thanks to those who have already given - I even found a bit of money in my church bag this morning. (Thanks to whoever you are!!) Check out the fundraising link! If all of my facebook friends would give $10 that would be almost $8000. :) Just keep giving! Just keep praying! We can't wait to be on the other side - but while we're waiting... we will love him, serve him, praise him and you do the same!!!

Let the games begin.....

Well, the first of the MOUNTAIN of paperwork is ready to mail today - - along with the first of the $$$$. So, prayer request #1 - the next sum of $$$ we need is $1600 for our home study.  Pray with us that God will send this $$$ at JUST THE RIGHT TIME.  He knows when we need it!! Prayer request #2 - - be praying about how God would have YOU help BRING V HOME!!! We serve a GREAT GOD - - who is not limited in any way! He can do GREAT THINGS, and we can't WAIT to tell V all about it!

She's AVAILABLE!!!!!

Email just received from our ANGEL, Kelly! Vita is available to be adopted - and quote from the Latvian attorney, "orphan court is VERY pleased Vita will be adopted". So, may the RACE begin - - and the fundraising!! Keeping you posted!

Going to try to keep you updated as we go about this process - so you will know how to pray.  God has called HIS church to 'minister to orphans & widows in their distress'.  To some, this ministry is through adoption.  To others, it's through prayer - and, of course, to others it's through giving (but we'll get to that on another day!).  We have our paperwork ready to turn in - - but we are waiting on an orphan court approval for Vita to be adopted abroad.  This should not be a problem to acquire - we just have to wait for the right person to do what needs to be done! In the meantime, we wait and pray and wait and pray!!! You can also be praying about our first big sum of $$ due after we receive this approval - $1600.  God is not limited by our lack of resources!! Thanks for your support through this and we can't WAIT to see what our God is going to do!!!

Ephesians 3:20 - Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, (NAS)

Already one of the family

Numbers 11:23

There are many things in life that we can not do.  There have been many times in my life that God has called me to do things that I couldn't afford, didn't have the ability or talent to accomplish, or that just plain didn't make good logical sense to me.  Adoption is one of those things.  And yet that is exactly what God has called me and and my family to do!!  Lucky for us, we serve a God who is not limited by the same weaknesses that limit us.  


Numbers 11:23 says, "The Lord answered Moses, 'Is the Lord's arm too short?  You will now see whether or not what I say will come true for you.'" (NIV)


The awesome aspect of accomplishing a task that is impossible is that God gets all the glory!!


Adopting Vita is God's will.  It is God who will accomplish this adoption!