We got a referral for a boy on Monday around noon. I was out grocery shopping with Thad and the girls and Curt had Gavin at home... He um got himself in some trouble, so he had to stay home... ;)
Anyways, my cell rang, but of course at that time, my girls decided to start arguing and fighting and I couldn't get them quiet to pick up the phone. I noticed the number and thought it was Aimee our contact from AWAA. Then I get a text from Curt, hurry home, I got news. So when I was in Giants, I texted back that she had tried to contact me but couldn't pick up, I said it's either a final approval for our girl or they gave us a referral for a boy, or both! :)
It seems so weird to say approved when talking about our kids! But it's what it is... ;)
So we get home, unload the van and he said we got a referral for a boy! So we sat down, looked at the pics they had of him and all the info about him. Then we showed the kids and they were SUPER excited!!! :D
They said that he was dropped off alongside the road at the age of one, they have no official birthday so they gave him the birthday of the day they found him.
He's 5 and deaf.
I wish I could share more, but I have to keep it at that. God knows which one he is so please be in prayer that everything goes smoothly and China says yes, we can have him!
I can't post any pics up here as of yet... But he's a cute lil dude!!!! :)
We are still waiting on final approval for our lil girl..
We will also have to be in China for 3 weeks instead 2 like we thought. But if we get the 2 we said yes we will take, they live in opposite sides of each other. But trying to get a child in the same orphanage and all would be hard, not impossible because with God ALL things are possible, BUT I truly believe the kids we said yes we will take, will be ours! :)
I feel like we have 2 feet in the door now and not just one. Yes, we still need to wait, and I'm seriously patiently waiting. This will all happen in HIS timing and it will be perfect!
So as I sit and wait, I'm praying that God blesses these 2 little kids. I seriously can NOT wait to share more info, but can't on here! Soon enough, we will be a family of 8! WOW!!! I'll have 6 kids!! :D
Only by God's strength and grace!! Thank you Jesus for all your blessings, the good and the bad!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Update- Adoption
I realize it's been while since I posted anything, but there really isn't anything to post...
We are still waiting to hear back from China if we can have our girl.... :) We are also still waiting on referrals for a boy... I found 2 that were deaf and 6 years old, they were on another website, so we contacted AWAA if we could have one of them. BUT they aren't an agency that is shared with this website, but they could try if we wanted... just don't know how long it would take... So we will let them find a boy and wait on referrals... :)
We could be waiting up to another 3 months on word about our lil girl.... But I'm ok with that. I know it's all in God's hands and it's under control! :)
We are almost at our $10,000 matching grant! We have about 1,500 more to go! :)
We go the end of this month to get more fingerprints and something with our eyes, and it's totally slipped my mind at the moment... Biometrics? I'm tired, I can't think! haha!!!
That's pretty much it! We are still praying for our lil girl, our kiddos are super excited! We are also praying for our lil man, where ever he is....
Thank you for all your support and prayers! We can't tell you how grateful we are for all the prayers and support!
We are still waiting to hear back from China if we can have our girl.... :) We are also still waiting on referrals for a boy... I found 2 that were deaf and 6 years old, they were on another website, so we contacted AWAA if we could have one of them. BUT they aren't an agency that is shared with this website, but they could try if we wanted... just don't know how long it would take... So we will let them find a boy and wait on referrals... :)
We could be waiting up to another 3 months on word about our lil girl.... But I'm ok with that. I know it's all in God's hands and it's under control! :)
We are almost at our $10,000 matching grant! We have about 1,500 more to go! :)
We go the end of this month to get more fingerprints and something with our eyes, and it's totally slipped my mind at the moment... Biometrics? I'm tired, I can't think! haha!!!
That's pretty much it! We are still praying for our lil girl, our kiddos are super excited! We are also praying for our lil man, where ever he is....
Thank you for all your support and prayers! We can't tell you how grateful we are for all the prayers and support!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Fund Raiser
Hey all! Someone contacted me about doing a fund raisier... She sells Chocolate...
So in time for Valentines Day....
Here's the deal...
24 pieces of truffle chocolate from Dove Chocolate Discoveries
(It's good stuff, I've tried it at a chocolate party I went too.. ;))
The cost is with tax $41.34.
BONUS: it gets shipped to YOU, AND you can personalize it up to 60 characters for FREE!
You have to pay for it up front. Let me know if you want any..
Call me on my cell or home, find me at church, or post a comment below or let me know on Facebook!
Thank you!!! :)
So in time for Valentines Day....
Here's the deal...
24 pieces of truffle chocolate from Dove Chocolate Discoveries
(It's good stuff, I've tried it at a chocolate party I went too.. ;))
The cost is with tax $41.34.
BONUS: it gets shipped to YOU, AND you can personalize it up to 60 characters for FREE!
You have to pay for it up front. Let me know if you want any..
Call me on my cell or home, find me at church, or post a comment below or let me know on Facebook!
Thank you!!! :)
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
My Other Blog :)
Yes, I am trying to keep up 2 blogs... I know, what was I thinking? HAHA
I've had a lot of friends who wanted recipes for this and that, and they are all over the US... So I decided a while ago to just post them all on a blog... Well, I HAD very good intentions of doing a recipe a day... Then life got crazy, then it got crazier, and I know the fun has yet to start! ;)
Here's a link, I'm doing my best to keep up... It's not an everyday post, but there are quite a few recipes on there, including, home made laundry soap... just an FYI, go for the powder one, not the liquid one... ;) There are healthy recipes and not so healthy ones... Different ways to use vinegar, like putting it your dishwasher where you would put your Jet Dry... Also use it as your fabric softener for your washer... ;) No, your clothes will not smell! I've been doing it for almost 6 months now!!! :)
Anyways... If you want, check it out, if not, no biggie... ;) But if you want a recipe of mine, chances are is already posted in this blog! If not, it will be soon... or so I hope... :)
http://mandysboxofrecipes.blogspot.com/
I also have a page on facebook called
mandysboxofgoodies
I try to post links to my blog once I post a recipe, so you can get it that way too... ;)
I've had a lot of friends who wanted recipes for this and that, and they are all over the US... So I decided a while ago to just post them all on a blog... Well, I HAD very good intentions of doing a recipe a day... Then life got crazy, then it got crazier, and I know the fun has yet to start! ;)
Here's a link, I'm doing my best to keep up... It's not an everyday post, but there are quite a few recipes on there, including, home made laundry soap... just an FYI, go for the powder one, not the liquid one... ;) There are healthy recipes and not so healthy ones... Different ways to use vinegar, like putting it your dishwasher where you would put your Jet Dry... Also use it as your fabric softener for your washer... ;) No, your clothes will not smell! I've been doing it for almost 6 months now!!! :)
Anyways... If you want, check it out, if not, no biggie... ;) But if you want a recipe of mine, chances are is already posted in this blog! If not, it will be soon... or so I hope... :)
http://mandysboxofrecipes.blogspot.com/
I also have a page on facebook called
mandysboxofgoodies
I try to post links to my blog once I post a recipe, so you can get it that way too... ;)
Adoption Update
Well we thought we were waiting on AWAA, but turns out, they were waiting on US! :\ We sent an email to them after the holiday's to see what was going on. Turns out, we needed to fill out 2 more forms, but we didn't know that!
So we filled them out and the one is $890 due when we send in the form.
We were REALLY hoping to be able to send that in RIGHT away, but we had to have a plumber come out and fix our upstairs toilet... So that took some money...
Trusting God in this, we have something that needs fixed on van before February so we can get the emissions test done. We failed the first one.. haha, go figure! It's all the SERVICE ENGINE light that caused it, but it could be up $300-$600 to get it fixed.
We have just over $8,000 in our Life Song Fund. If you feel led to donate, you still can. As long as we have adoption bills that need to be paid, that fund will be open to us as long as there is money in there! So as of right now, with the matching part, we have just over $16,000 that is for us to use!
We won't be able to use that money for the $890 that's due because Life Song sends the check right to AWAA, and we HAVE to have the money WITH the form when we send it in.
Again, I'm not worried, I know God will provide! It may be tight, or last minute, but I know it's all in His hands. This has been from the beginning and I know with out a doubt that He still has it all in His hands! :)
Thank you for your prayers and support through this! We have felt your prayers and REALLY appreciate all the support from our friends and family! <3
So we filled them out and the one is $890 due when we send in the form.
We were REALLY hoping to be able to send that in RIGHT away, but we had to have a plumber come out and fix our upstairs toilet... So that took some money...
Trusting God in this, we have something that needs fixed on van before February so we can get the emissions test done. We failed the first one.. haha, go figure! It's all the SERVICE ENGINE light that caused it, but it could be up $300-$600 to get it fixed.
We have just over $8,000 in our Life Song Fund. If you feel led to donate, you still can. As long as we have adoption bills that need to be paid, that fund will be open to us as long as there is money in there! So as of right now, with the matching part, we have just over $16,000 that is for us to use!
We won't be able to use that money for the $890 that's due because Life Song sends the check right to AWAA, and we HAVE to have the money WITH the form when we send it in.
Again, I'm not worried, I know God will provide! It may be tight, or last minute, but I know it's all in His hands. This has been from the beginning and I know with out a doubt that He still has it all in His hands! :)
Thank you for your prayers and support through this! We have felt your prayers and REALLY appreciate all the support from our friends and family! <3
Monday, January 2, 2012
Dakotah
Tonite Dakotah got baptized! And the cool thing, she got to do it with a few of her friends! Abi, Hannah and Ty all got baptized too! Plus there were a few others from the Garage Church that got baptized as well!
What a way to bring in the new 2012 year! I'm so proud of her! Words can not express! She asked Jesus in her heart the nite my dad went into the hostpital, she and daddy had a talk with Gavin and Skylar. She wanted to make sure she would get to see him in heaven when she died... I am kinda bummed I didn't get to be with her when she asked Him in her heart, but I'm ok with that... I got to be with her tonite, and I'm one proud momma!
I'm one proud friend too! My friends are raising they kids to follow the Lord and live their lives as He wants them too! I'm so glad they all got to do it together, one day/nite they will not forgot!!!
I pray that we all continue to raise our kids to follow our AWESOME God and that even when the times are tough they will stand up for Him and keep their eyes on Him! I pray that the rest of my kiddos will get to experience what my lil jitterbug just got to experience tonite... :)
There is a video on my facebook page and I'm sure people will be posting pics soon too! :)
(ok, my spell check won't work... it's late, ignore the mis-spellings! :))
What a way to bring in the new 2012 year! I'm so proud of her! Words can not express! She asked Jesus in her heart the nite my dad went into the hostpital, she and daddy had a talk with Gavin and Skylar. She wanted to make sure she would get to see him in heaven when she died... I am kinda bummed I didn't get to be with her when she asked Him in her heart, but I'm ok with that... I got to be with her tonite, and I'm one proud momma!
I'm one proud friend too! My friends are raising they kids to follow the Lord and live their lives as He wants them too! I'm so glad they all got to do it together, one day/nite they will not forgot!!!
I pray that we all continue to raise our kids to follow our AWESOME God and that even when the times are tough they will stand up for Him and keep their eyes on Him! I pray that the rest of my kiddos will get to experience what my lil jitterbug just got to experience tonite... :)
There is a video on my facebook page and I'm sure people will be posting pics soon too! :)
(ok, my spell check won't work... it's late, ignore the mis-spellings! :))
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Ugh
I know, really good title huh? There has just been so much, going on, feelings, emotions, stress, grief, etc...
It has been a whirlwind!!! Don't get me wrong, it's been good, but there has been some bad too!
I haven't posted in so long, I don't know where to start! :) I did write a blog, but I haven't posted it, but I just may, it's my blog, right? haha!!! :)
If I don't post the other blog, it's been REALLY hard on me. Grief has hit and it has hit hard. Starting in Nov, and it hasn't gone away. I'm trying my best to deal with it, but I just want it to go away! Not gonna happen! And the fun thing about grief, you never really know when it's gonna hit or how hard. It could be a song and BAM. :\
Curt's dad was diganosed with prostate cancer. Just say the word cancer and I'm saddened. Yes, this is very treatable and for that I'm so thankful, but just the word, it's so ugly.
Then my mom's pastors wife has cancer again and it's not looking so good, so I'm deeply saddened for them and my mom becasue it's hard. I know she dis-likes that word too! Deb is her name, say a prayer for her and her family... She had it last January and then was cancer free in June, and now she's got it again. It's a very rare cancer, so she's going to get a second opinion and go from there. I also know that our God is bigger than this and He can choose to heal her on this earth. We jsut have to keep trusting him and know that He does have a plan and it's the right and perfect plan. Keep our eyes on Him, it's all going to work out. We may not like it, but we have to keep our trust in Him. Right?
I told that to a friend who is going through some things, and I said, oh snap, open mouth insert foot huh? I do need to remind myself of that at times. I do trust Him and I know that He has a plan. We also may not see the plan right away, or even here on this earth, but I do believe that everything happens for a reason and He will bless us. Again, we may not understand why or see why here, but we have to have that faith and trust!
I really did NOT want to go out to Indiana this time... I was seriously dragging my feet. Then the closer we got the more clamed up and quiet I got. I'm glad we went, but I just didn't want to face it, I guess maybe?
I think part of this whole grief thing for me, I don't, man, I don't even know how to describe it. I know he's gone, and I'm really ok with it, I don't blame God, I trust Him, I know He has a plan and reason, and I'm ok with that. I know He will use this season in our life and bless someone, but I dunno... I don't want people to think that, you know what, I guess I don't really care what people think. I don't mean that in a bad way, but then again, I've never had to deal with grief like this, so I am not too sure what to think. :\ I guess I don't want people to think, wow, it's been 2 years, why isn't she over this yet...? But then again, I don't care...
I went out to dad's grave while I was there. I just wanted to go by myself, I didn't really know why or understand, but just wanted to be alone. I was kinda hoping it would help, but it didn't, really. It didn't make it worse either....
There are times where I feel like I'm going through depression. Yes, I know what that is and how it feels. I went through it MAJORALLY after my mis-carriage. I just figured I'd be "over" this by now. But reading things from other people who've lost a loved one to this ugly cancer, it doesn't ever go away, and as years go on, it sometimes gets harder. Yikes, not wanted I wanted to hear or read, but I know that God will use this, and I tell Him to use me, and I believe He will. Just have to keep my eyes on Him, and trust Him completely. There have been many times where He's just carrying me, getting me through the day. But I praise Him for all He has done, even when it's not a good day, I find joy in the bad times too! Our God is so good and He is so faithful and loving and caring and protecting, and I could go on and on! Just becasue we are going through something bad doesn't mean He loves us any less, or we aren't blessed! We are!
My dad dying, yes, there were many blessings! He found out he had cancer on my birthday, I don't like that, but yet, it's a good thing in a way, it's a day I will always remember... May not bring such great memories, but yet I can choose to remember all the birthdays I had while my dad was here! Him dying, I find joy in that day/nite. The day I got there, I saw an angel with my mom and dad. The one with my mom was COMPLETELY different than the one with my dad... The blessing from that, I got to see 2 angels, one of comfort and one of death. But the one of death wasn't scary, it was peaceful, but God knew I needed to see that, and I thank Him for that. I seriously will NOT ever forgot those angels!
Blessings from grief, yes, learning to rely on God even more, turn your emotions and thoughts to Him, trust other people to help you... Oh, yeah, trust other people to help you, that's not so easy with me, as most of you know. Me posting this will be going WAY out of my comfort zone! :) But I believe that I need to open up, even if it is blog world... ;)
I thought writing things out will help, but honestly it doesn't always help.. haha... :) But then again, it's forcing me to open up, maybe not sit and talk with someone that I CHOSE, but I have NO idea if anyone reads this and I can't pick and chose... I'm forcing myself to just post this and go from there...
Please don't have pity on me, that's not why I write/blog. It's just something I do. ;)
It has been a whirlwind!!! Don't get me wrong, it's been good, but there has been some bad too!
I haven't posted in so long, I don't know where to start! :) I did write a blog, but I haven't posted it, but I just may, it's my blog, right? haha!!! :)
If I don't post the other blog, it's been REALLY hard on me. Grief has hit and it has hit hard. Starting in Nov, and it hasn't gone away. I'm trying my best to deal with it, but I just want it to go away! Not gonna happen! And the fun thing about grief, you never really know when it's gonna hit or how hard. It could be a song and BAM. :\
Curt's dad was diganosed with prostate cancer. Just say the word cancer and I'm saddened. Yes, this is very treatable and for that I'm so thankful, but just the word, it's so ugly.
Then my mom's pastors wife has cancer again and it's not looking so good, so I'm deeply saddened for them and my mom becasue it's hard. I know she dis-likes that word too! Deb is her name, say a prayer for her and her family... She had it last January and then was cancer free in June, and now she's got it again. It's a very rare cancer, so she's going to get a second opinion and go from there. I also know that our God is bigger than this and He can choose to heal her on this earth. We jsut have to keep trusting him and know that He does have a plan and it's the right and perfect plan. Keep our eyes on Him, it's all going to work out. We may not like it, but we have to keep our trust in Him. Right?
I told that to a friend who is going through some things, and I said, oh snap, open mouth insert foot huh? I do need to remind myself of that at times. I do trust Him and I know that He has a plan. We also may not see the plan right away, or even here on this earth, but I do believe that everything happens for a reason and He will bless us. Again, we may not understand why or see why here, but we have to have that faith and trust!
I really did NOT want to go out to Indiana this time... I was seriously dragging my feet. Then the closer we got the more clamed up and quiet I got. I'm glad we went, but I just didn't want to face it, I guess maybe?
I think part of this whole grief thing for me, I don't, man, I don't even know how to describe it. I know he's gone, and I'm really ok with it, I don't blame God, I trust Him, I know He has a plan and reason, and I'm ok with that. I know He will use this season in our life and bless someone, but I dunno... I don't want people to think that, you know what, I guess I don't really care what people think. I don't mean that in a bad way, but then again, I've never had to deal with grief like this, so I am not too sure what to think. :\ I guess I don't want people to think, wow, it's been 2 years, why isn't she over this yet...? But then again, I don't care...
I went out to dad's grave while I was there. I just wanted to go by myself, I didn't really know why or understand, but just wanted to be alone. I was kinda hoping it would help, but it didn't, really. It didn't make it worse either....
There are times where I feel like I'm going through depression. Yes, I know what that is and how it feels. I went through it MAJORALLY after my mis-carriage. I just figured I'd be "over" this by now. But reading things from other people who've lost a loved one to this ugly cancer, it doesn't ever go away, and as years go on, it sometimes gets harder. Yikes, not wanted I wanted to hear or read, but I know that God will use this, and I tell Him to use me, and I believe He will. Just have to keep my eyes on Him, and trust Him completely. There have been many times where He's just carrying me, getting me through the day. But I praise Him for all He has done, even when it's not a good day, I find joy in the bad times too! Our God is so good and He is so faithful and loving and caring and protecting, and I could go on and on! Just becasue we are going through something bad doesn't mean He loves us any less, or we aren't blessed! We are!
My dad dying, yes, there were many blessings! He found out he had cancer on my birthday, I don't like that, but yet, it's a good thing in a way, it's a day I will always remember... May not bring such great memories, but yet I can choose to remember all the birthdays I had while my dad was here! Him dying, I find joy in that day/nite. The day I got there, I saw an angel with my mom and dad. The one with my mom was COMPLETELY different than the one with my dad... The blessing from that, I got to see 2 angels, one of comfort and one of death. But the one of death wasn't scary, it was peaceful, but God knew I needed to see that, and I thank Him for that. I seriously will NOT ever forgot those angels!
Blessings from grief, yes, learning to rely on God even more, turn your emotions and thoughts to Him, trust other people to help you... Oh, yeah, trust other people to help you, that's not so easy with me, as most of you know. Me posting this will be going WAY out of my comfort zone! :) But I believe that I need to open up, even if it is blog world... ;)
I thought writing things out will help, but honestly it doesn't always help.. haha... :) But then again, it's forcing me to open up, maybe not sit and talk with someone that I CHOSE, but I have NO idea if anyone reads this and I can't pick and chose... I'm forcing myself to just post this and go from there...
Please don't have pity on me, that's not why I write/blog. It's just something I do. ;)
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