November 4, 2014
Over a year and I haven't posted. Life is busy and good. We have new news we are adopting ,again a baby girl from Henan China. We totally weren't expecting this. We were reviewing the files of a brother and sister from Uganda . Sunday night two weeks ago I prayed , God if these children are not for us please let it be perfectly clear. So clear that we can't mistake you. We as humans mess up a lot. We want to make good choices for our entire family. So Monday morning there was a message from Chinese children international . We had not talked to them for quite a while. So I called them back and they said they had a possible match for us. My mind was spinning, how could we have a possible match? We didn't realize that when we filled out a family profile and medical conditions check list to view a child's file off of Reece's rainbow that we could be called with a potential match. So I called them back and they had a file of a baby girl for us to look at!!! Unknown to everyone was that I secretly had been praying for a baby girl from China. I had been praying this for years and thought it wouldn't come true. Our God is bigger than any hopes and dreams we might have or imagine. Once again I am in awe of the great God we serve.
Last year at this time was hard to say the least. From June until November I had been struggling with feeling bad. I was dizzy, had shortness of breath, and chest palpitations. Feeling terrible and trying to be a good mother engaged with the children left me feeling exhausted. I prayed and prayed for things to get better. I wasn't even excited for the holidays which is so unlike me. I love holidays and Christmas !!! I have learned to manage my postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. I drink lots of fluid, take salt tabs(to raise my bp), rest enough and limit my walking. I am feeling better all the time. I won't be able to go to china which makes me so sad:(. Brent will bring baby girl home and experience her china.
Over a year and I haven't posted. Life is busy and good. We have new news we are adopting ,again a baby girl from Henan China. We totally weren't expecting this. We were reviewing the files of a brother and sister from Uganda . Sunday night two weeks ago I prayed , God if these children are not for us please let it be perfectly clear. So clear that we can't mistake you. We as humans mess up a lot. We want to make good choices for our entire family. So Monday morning there was a message from Chinese children international . We had not talked to them for quite a while. So I called them back and they said they had a possible match for us. My mind was spinning, how could we have a possible match? We didn't realize that when we filled out a family profile and medical conditions check list to view a child's file off of Reece's rainbow that we could be called with a potential match. So I called them back and they had a file of a baby girl for us to look at!!! Unknown to everyone was that I secretly had been praying for a baby girl from China. I had been praying this for years and thought it wouldn't come true. Our God is bigger than any hopes and dreams we might have or imagine. Once again I am in awe of the great God we serve.
Last year at this time was hard to say the least. From June until November I had been struggling with feeling bad. I was dizzy, had shortness of breath, and chest palpitations. Feeling terrible and trying to be a good mother engaged with the children left me feeling exhausted. I prayed and prayed for things to get better. I wasn't even excited for the holidays which is so unlike me. I love holidays and Christmas !!! I have learned to manage my postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. I drink lots of fluid, take salt tabs(to raise my bp), rest enough and limit my walking. I am feeling better all the time. I won't be able to go to china which makes me so sad:(. Brent will bring baby girl home and experience her china.
