“The B-I-B-L-E! Yes, that’s the book for me!” My girls love that song and it really sums things up for me right now. I just reached the halfway point in my Bible in 90 Days Challenge (you can read about the start of this adventure in this previous post) and I’m so happy to say [...]
I don’t have to tell you how much I love Matthew West’s song “One Less.” And when I found this Scripture-filled video I knew I had to share it here! The truth is, I’m wrestling. There is a deep wrestling in my soul regarding PURE RELIGION (James 1:27). We are called to the widows and [...]
I was just looking at our blog and was not very happy with how little I’ve been writing lately. I was even less happy to see that the last two posts have focused on our fundraisers. Although a big reality in our adoption story, it’s not so flattering to have two posts in a row [...]
Our t-shirt fundraiser has been quite slow lately and we really need to clear some out! In addition to wanting the big box of them out of the way, we’d love to boost our adoption fund. Finances have been tight in recent months and we’ve not been able to save extra as we’d like to [...]
Friday’s trip to Raleigh was a total flop. I was so pumped when we left home. All the plans were made for my mom to take Kate to school and watch Claire for the morning, then pick Kate up and drop both of the girls off at our house with their favorite babysitter. David and [...]
Finally, as of today, I am no longer a mail carrier stalker. I will no longer hurry home from my errands just to check the mailbox. I will no longer be thought strange by the neighbors who see me walk to the mailbox several times before 10 am and then run out the door as [...]
This morning was our USCIS Biometrics (fingerprinting) appointment. That’s the last big hurdle in the paperchase, and now we just wait for the approval (I-171H) to come in the mail and we can submit our dossier!!! From everything I can tell, we can expect that to take anywhere between a couple of weeks and three [...]
Today is David’s birthday. I honestly think I enjoy his birthday much more than my own. I love figuring out ways to make it a special day for him and thinking up ideas for gifts, however large or small they may be. Last year’s gift was certainly not small–a Bullmastiff puppy that has now morphed [...]
First of all, we were thrilled to receive our completed Home Study in the mail last week. Copies should also be in the hands of our family coordinator and USCIS and now we are simply waiting for USCIS to assign us an appointment for our fingerprinting (yes, we’ve already been fingerprinted once). We’re learning to [...]
I mentioned a couple of posts ago that we were going to be having a yard sale and I was pulling stuff out of the attic while we had a cooler weather spell. Glad I did it then because it sure did heat back up–right back up to the 90′s. I spent several days last [...]
