Thursday, September 15, 2011

A Thankful Heart...

   I just wanted to take a minute to update you all on our appointment yesterday. It went great! Our social worker came and looked our house over, interviewed the kiddos, and interviewed Nick and I again. It was our prayer that she would come into our home, and get a feel for what it would be like to be a member of our family. With Alex being his polite, kind, loving, insightful self (saying he couldn't wait to get our babies here so that he could show them love, teach them about Jesus, so they would have everything they need, and so they would be safe), and Ave being her spunky, sweet, silly self (singing karaoke at the top of her lungs up in her bedroom, and dancing around the house like a little dumplin' in her favorite costumes) I believe quite assuredly that she got to see who we are and what we're about. 
  We cannot thank you enough for all your prayers and encouraging words as you support us through this process. We literally felt "cloaked" in your prayers, covered in them. There was a Holy ease leading all the way up to, and then through the home study visit. I find myself continually amazed at the love we are surrounded by, genuinely astounded by the outpouring of it. So, from the bottom of our hearts, we thank you. 

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you. Philippians 1:3

One step closer to our family being complete!!!!

DISCLAIMER: I would like to formally apologize to my high school english teachers, my mom, and anyone else who may be reading this blog that has a propensity towards editing. This is a collection of thoughts, and personal stories characterized by terrible grammar, poor punctuation, and an amazing amount of run-on sentences. So I leave you with my sincerest apologies ;)

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, it's only a day away!

The day we've been waiting for is almost here! Tomorrow we will have our final home study visit. Our case worker is coming here to the big MS to inspect our house, get a feel for who we are as a family, and interview the kids (that should be quite interesting:). So, if you would be so kind, if the Lord so leads, please pray for us. We know that He started this work and He will bring it to completion. We are experiencing such peace, and we know that it is the result of the prayers of faithful friends (some we already know, and some we have never even met). Thank you, thank you, thank you, for lifting us up in prayer, like sweet incense before our God. There are not enough words in the english language to express how humbling, how precious that sacrifice on our behalf is to us.

We are so ready to be on the other side of this appointment at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. So, So, ready to be one step closer to welcoming our sweet babies into our home, into our hearts, into our lives forever.


Friday, September 9, 2011

What a day that will be....

So much life has happened since the last time I blogged that it's hard to know where to start. So, I guess I'll start by sharing with you an answer to a prayer that we have been praying for years. Avery received Christ as her Savior!  She had been asking us a lot of questions for about six months. We would answer her questions, love on her, and reassure her that when the time was right she would absolutely know. So Sunday night after church she ran up to me under such conviction that she was broken. I held her in my arms, and told her that if she still felt that way when we got home she could settle it that night. When we got home she said she was ready! We sat on our bed and asked her some questions, then we listened to her explain the gospel, listened to her talk about why she needed a Savior, and watched tears well up in her eyes as she talked about His ultimate sacrifice. It was absolutely Holy. When she finished sharing her heart with us, she asked if she could pray. There are really no words to explain how I felt, as I listened to her daddy usher her in to the kingdom. What joy! As she finished up her prayer, she was all out happy crying... it was precious. As soon as she said amen, she looked up at us and said, "I'm a Christian." Followed by, "I'm a Christian, I'm saved, I'm saved, I'm saved........" She took off out of our room, and darted up the stairs to tell her brother, shouting all the way. We could hear her from our room downstairs telling Alex, "Wake up Alex! Wake up! I'm a Christian! I'm a Christian." I will never, ever forget that night, and I don't ever want to take for granted the simplicity of the gospel. That out of His great love He sent His Son, His ONLY Son (who knew no sin), to die on the cross for my sin, for YOUR sin, so that if we confess our sins and believe in Him we can be saved! Do you know Him?



Me and My Sister in Christ:)