Tickets are booked and confirmed!

It's official . . . we fly out May 14th, on Naomi's birthday. Can you believe it? This is the quickest International adoption I have ever been part of. We were able to call Kristina yesterday and tell her when we were coming. She is so excited and ready to spend time together. We are very thankful about everything that has happened from the moment she stole our hearts, right up till now. Even though our vacation time is now not going to work, we know the Lord will make this all work out how He wants. We will continue to have faith in His ways, for He sees the entire map, and we only see one step at a time. We are thankful the kids are being well taken care of by family and friends and can stay at home. We are thankful our friends in North Carolina got their travel date today and are coming right behind us by one day . . . so we will be able to do things together over there! Thank you Lord, for Your plans for our family.

INVITATION!!!

We woke up this morning to email with a copy of our invitation to travel to Ukraine. We are glad we waited (although not as patiently as I would like to think) because our facilitator said the woman could change the dates, and she did. We don't care though, because God's timing is perfect in every way! We will be having our first appointment in the Ukraine on May 17! Praise the Lord! Now off to spend the day organizing all the details, because now Jon's vacations are not going to fit correctly. Please keep praying for provision with us, as now Jon will have to have unpaid time to travel. Also pray UPS will work with us on his vacation dates. Maybe we can get them changed. This in itself will be a miracle! ;0) Have a blessed day!

Shout to the LORD, all the earth;
break out in praise and sing for joy!

Sing your praise to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and melodious song,
with trumpets and the sound of the ram's horn.

Make a joyful symphony before the LORD, the King!

Psalm 98:4-6

PRAISE THE LORD . . . and Thank You!!!

We made it through the yard sale weekend. It was as good as a yard sale can be. We drove into town Friday morning to set up around 5:30 AM, and was blessed with a beautiful sunrise. We prayed that the Lord would hold off the scheduled rain until after 3:00. At 3:00 the slight drizzle began and as we got everything back in the garage, the showers began. Thank you Lord!
Today, Saturday, it was so beautiful for an April day. The sun was shining, the breeze kept the bugs away, and stuff sold! WE are blessed and happy to report that we, together with all your help in donations, raised $1950.00 this weekend.

As I reflect on all we have been doing, and all the prayers and support we have received, I am still in awe of how GREAT our God is. He asked us to move on Kristina's life, and in doing so, He has been faithful to show us how. What seems impossible to us is always possible for Him. We are still not at the goal yet, but know He has a plan He will reveal in His timing.

We are counting down to two weeks until travel day. Can you believe it? What we thought would be a long process has come down to starting in Feb. and leaving in May. Our fund raising efforts had to become more intense. We do ask that you pray about if the Lord has put it on your heart to be part of bringing Kristina home. I can honestly say this is His church family effort, and each part, whether big or small, has made a huge difference in the life of this child. Since our hot tub still has not sold, we know the Lord has other plans for raising that $4000.
If He is calling you to be part of this miracle to this 16 year old, you will be a huge blessing. I can't wait to see all the Lord is doing through this trip. It appears we have an opportunity to make a difference in a community that needs a "light" right now.

Thank you again and may the Lord bless you and your families with all He has for you.