Songs

Sometimes, when I am going through something, I find a theme song. 

Usually, theme songs make me cry. 

Which isn't good when I'm driving. 

I have two theme songs for our adoption and I thought I'd share them with you. The first one is "Home" by Phillip Phillips. Things I learned while looking for this video: He's from Ga. He was on American Idol. This songs was used for a lot of Olympic commercials. I live under a rock, so all that was news to me :)

The second is "Beautiful" by MercyMe...Tissue alert.

Today is our 10th anniversary. It's hard to wrap my mind around that while we were saying our vows, there was a 2 year old in a country we had never heard of that would one day be ours. Amazing. 

Did you know?

Did you know my hubby learned how to make bracelets out of paracord? Did you know he was trying to sell them to help raise money for K's adoption? They are pretty awesome, and come in tons of colors and patterns. 

Just click HERE to check out. 

Then feel free to pass it along. These are easy to mail if you are not local. 

So here are two ideas. You can order 1, or 2 or 20 thru his blog. The bracelets range from $7 to $12. 

~Or~

You can make a flat donation to the Paypal link at the top of my blog, and leave a note on the Paypal saying you would like a bracelet, and we will send you the one of your choice. 

Adoptions are expensive, and we are doing all we can to make it happen. But we will need your help. This is a great way to help us, help K and get something cool for yourself in the process. :)

Oh Me of Little Faith....

Hosting has come to an end. We took K to the airport at 4:30 a.m. Sunday. We returned to a house that seemed not exactly right without her in it. Almost every night since she left, I go into the room she shares with my 6 year old and look at her bunk expecting her to be there. A few times, I have tried to make her a dinner plate.

She did email us that she was home, cold and very tired. Her school doesn't start for about 2 more weeks.

Then, this morning, I got a surprising email from a social worker associated with her orphanage.

Today, her father's parental rights were officially terminated. 

If you are friends with us, or have followed our story, you know that we thought this had already been done. Our initial information was that this had happened last fall, with some sort of waiting period that was up this past April. We thought she was free and clear for us to adopt, which is why we were completing our home study. Then of course, our adoption agency 'froze' our study for 3 mos forcing us to re host.

Am I still upset at our agency? Yes. Do I believe they are wrong? Yes.

However.....

If they hadn't frozen our home study, we would not have found out about the incorrect termination dates in time to re host. She would have been 'stuck' there all summer. By the time we knew what was going on, hosting deadlines would have been long gone. Because they 'screwed us over', we were able to spend 4 weeks with our girl, and that wouldn't have happened otherwise. 

Most of the time, when things like this happen, we never see the 'why'. We have wondered 'why' all summer. I have struggled with being angry at our agency, and even God, for the last 4 mos.

With today's email, I wanted to fall on my face. I am grateful He used all this to get her here this summer, and grateful that we saw the answer to why.

It is another chapter in the book of K's life and how God is at work on her behalf. I am constantly astounded  at how much He moves and does for her. Obviously, He has huge plans for her. Why I have so little faith is astounding....and not in the good sense of the word.

Hebrews 11:1 "Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."

H