My day

RUNNING all day & waiting...got the offical adoption decree, got registered for new birth certificates ( took hours) FOUND THE GIRLS THEIR "GOTCHA OUTFIT" ...took kittens to the orphange. Their new mamas are young ladies who are residents there ( they house kids and women with SNs) They are leaders & when we walked into their nice neat room, there was a big old calico cat on a bed:) They were thrilled with the kittens & we were thrilled with them taking them & thankfully to the director that let this happen:) Bet we're the FIRST couple to "give" an orphange kittens in Ukraine history LOL. Gave out our few remaining bibles to some older neighbors & our friend the owner of the internet cafe, pray that their hearts will be touched! This might be the last time we have a chance to post until we get to Kiev. And guess who offered to drive us all the way to Donesk (70 miles)....the orphange director himself in his car!!!!! We were speechless! I was so worried about how hard it would be to come here & know I'm so worried about how hard it will be to leave here....we will certainly leave a part of our hearts here!!!! Just in awe of what God has done...less than 6 months ago a little girl's picture kept me up all night, praying for her....now she is going home with us & our extra blessing is too!!!!! all I can say is listen to God's voice & He will take you places you never dreamed of!!!!!


The above was my FB post today....

All I can say is this has been the biggest unintended (by me- what I mean is it was not on my bucket list lol) adventure of my life AND I get to take two wonderful soviners home with me!!

I just want to tell you listen to God and be open...you have NO idea where · He can take you if you are obeidant! A year ago I could not have imagined any of this... Certainly, 8 years ago I could have never imagined where God would take us after we chose not to become bitter because of our little boy being born blind... Since making that choice & it was a choice, God has taken us all over the world and added three kids to our family! I thank God that He helped me to trust Him all those long nights in the hospital. he helped me to trust when sadness would wash over me like waves. He helped me when I was all alone with a sick baby, no friends in sight...it was hard and lonely but God was faithful and He was preparing my heart. Thank you Lord for being there in our darkest hours! now tht long hard walk has paid off, Sam is doing good, he has some sight after 40 plus surgeries/procedures and we have three more children to love! God knows best and he will order our steps....So no matter where you are right now, God can give you a future and a hope and use your situation to bring glory to HIM!!!!