"Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." (psalm 27:14)
This verse has been repeated in my head over and over for the past couple weeks. This adoption is a test of patience. I have no fear that God is in control and His timing is perfect.
I've called U.S department of immigrations every other day to see if our case has been assigned an officer yet. Everyday, the answer has been nope... not yet. One day the lady said it could be a month or two. Then the next time I called, another lady said it could be within the next week. So, I'm done calling. I'm going to "wait on the Lord." He is in control of the timing of this adoption. I have put the phone number and case number back on the shelf so I will not be tempted to call again.
I am asking for prayers though. This waiting is very hard. The longer we wait, the longer it's going to take to visit little Z on the first trip. After the first trip it's pretty much 5 months later that we can pick him up. The longer this step in the process takes, the longer he waits to come home forever. Please pray that I can have peace in waiting. That I will not lose sight of God's timing. Also, please pray that little Z is protected and safe while he waits. Of course he doesn't know he has a family yet, but I just pray that he is surrounded by the Holy Spirit so that he can be prepared when we come.
He never promised that this would be easy... but it will be worth it!
We've been trying to keep our mind off the waiting. We had an awesome Easter spent with Dave's mom on Saturday and my side of the family at my parents house on Sunday. My mom made these awesome bunnies for each of the grand kids She even made one with a rattle in it and the fleece has textures for Z! (His is red)
And here the girls showing off their Easter attire at church on Sunday. It's totally a tradition to the the "stairs-step" pose on Easter. We have so many pictures growing up with my sisters and I doing the "stairs-step" pose.
We also received Dave and Hannah's passports last week in the mail. That was exciting! Dave and I will be making the 1st trip alone and the verdict is still in whether Hannah will go or not the second trip. Getting Hannah's passport is not a waste though because she hopes to go on a mission trip in high school.
We are busy passing out flyers and collecting donations for the raffle we will have at our fundraising event. We have quite a bit of stuff so far! If anyone can't make it on APRIL 20th at 6:00, but would like to purchase raffle tickets for the prizes, let us know!
Raffle tickets are $1 a piece or 25 for $20. You can specify which item you would like to try for a chance to win. Each item will be drawn separately from the "jar" next to that item.
Soon, I will post a more complete list of the items, but right off the top of my head here are some that I can remember:
Boy's bike and helmet- probably for a 6-10 year old boy?
Basket of bath salts
4 haircut coupons
4 certificates for 2 adult dinners at Noodles and Company
$20 to Texas Corral off West Main
Free bowling passes at Pinz
A few afghans (baby and adult)
Sentsy certificates (I think?)
Professional photo shoot (this is a really BIG value so we may do a silent auction)
Lots of homemade items (crafty friends!!!)
Deserts from Forth Coast Cafe made by a good friend from high school!
Lots of handmade (beautiful) jewelry
gift baskets
babysitting certificates
If you have anything else you would like to donate for this raffle... it's not too late!!!! Please contact me.
hanstella9@yahoo.com or on my Facebook
Mark your calendar for APRIL 20th and respond either here or on Facebook if you are planning on coming.
or here is one of the bands' event page. This is the second band. The first one we've heard play and they are AMAZING. Beyond Sight is a band who heard about the event and graciously asked if they could be a part of helping to bring Z home! They are a newly formed band and I look forward to hearing them play. I've heard songs from them online and they sound really good :-). They are really nice people and both bands have been a huge blessing in putting this event on.
Look forward to seeing you there. Again, if you can't make it but would still like to donate items or even $ to help bring little Z home, let us know.
Thanks for reading our blog and for the prayers.
Courtney
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