Saturday, September 17, 2011

Please Pray for Us!

We received some bad news today. News that may mean that we will not be able to bring Allen home. This is a roadblock that only God is going to be able to remove. Please pray that the situation will be resolved and we will be able to bring our little man home.

And please pray that I will be able to trust God that I will be O.K. no matter what the outcome is. I am a complete and total mess tonight. I know it is very hard to understand (because a year ago I wouldn't have understood it either), but once God shows you your son or daughter you immediately fall in love. Facing the possibility of losing them is overwhelming.

Please pray for Allen as he continues to wait for his Momma and Daddy. We are trying so hard to get to you, little man. We love you...

Friday, September 2, 2011

The Paths We Travel

We have faced a long list of challenges and setbacks over the 6 months that we have been working on our adoption. Injuries, surgeries, the death of a mother, financial problems, paperwork issues, loss of friendships, and behavioral challenges with our children to name just a  few. I was starting to get discouraged with all of the problems that we were facing and honestly had days when I didn't know if I was going to make it through. You know that expression "when it rains it pours"? I felt like I was living that!

Last Sunday all of the kids overslept and we didn't make it to Sunday School, but I just felt like we had to be in the worship service. During the sermon Pastor David made a statement that helped me to put everything in perspective - "You won't come head to head with Satan if you're going the same direction as he is." It was encouraging to me to remember that many of the stumbling blocks we have faced were placed in our path by Satan specifically because we are traveling a path that that directly opposes his. Satan does not want God's plan to be put into action and he will do anything he can to prevent us from doing what God wants us to do. As hard as it is to face these challenges, I can look at them and know that they are there because we have chosen to go God's direction instead of any other direction.