I BELIEVE

I BELIEVE IN A GOD WHO SAYS EVERYONE HAS WORTH

Psalm 139:14

COLE

GABE

Dusty

Carrington

Hailee

Theo

I BELIEVE IN A GOD WHO SAYS ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH HIM

Matthew19:26

HAPPY COLE AT HOME

DUSTY HOME IN GRANDMAS ARMS


CARRINGTON HOME AND SINGING PRAISES

HAPPY HAPPY HAILEE AT HOME

HAPPY AND THANKFUL THEO AT HOME



I BELIEVE IN A GOD WHO SAYS, DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT THE WORLD TELLS YOU...
Romans 12:2

LISTEN TO ME AND TRUST, BECAUSE
Romans 8:28
Proverbs 3:5,6
Jeremiah 29:11
Isaiah 43:2

I'VE GOT THIS.


Holding on to His promises and BELIEVING Gabe will be home soon.

GOD OF MIRACLES

I can hardly see to write this cause the tears of thankfulness are flowing faster than I can wipe them away!  Little KIRILL DAVIS who's adoption came to an abrupt stop afew months ago because the judge and prosecuter said NO to his adoption, is finally COMING HOME. The NO came as a complete surprise to everyone in the courtroom that day. His parents, their adoption team and everyone who had been following their adoption couldn't believe what they were hearing. The NO was given because he is considered special needs. He was born with down syndrome. A life sentence that was to be carried out in an orphanage for the first 5 yrs. of his life and to be finished off in a mental institute where the conditions were unthinkable and I choose to not even write about at this time. But, OUR GOD OF MIRACLES, OUR GOD OF WONDERS, ........He had different plans.
After an appeal to the Supreme Court and months of waiting, their court date arrived and yesterday they prayed for a miracle. They prayed that the courts would overturn the NO previously given to them and grant them a NEW court hearing.  Well, they didn't grant them a new court hearing........they didn't need a new court hearing because the Supreme Court overturned everything and gave them a YES..... not for a new hearing, but a YES, this child is now yours.......effective IMMEDIATELY!!!!  I wish I could tell you the whole story so you could see how God has worked in these people and others who have been involved with this adoption.  Its just the neatest thing to be apart of this. Here is Kirill and his mom.



And, if that wasn't enough to move your heart.....here's another GOD THING that I found out just after I learned about Kirill.

This is Brady when I first learned about him

This is Brady now and his soon to be dad.

Brady has been living in the land of "the lost boys." He was the tinest among many, and he, like the others, faced a life of nothing. That is until the Hartman's saw a post by Julia. God began to work on them and began preparing their hearts to bring this child into their family. After lots and lots of road blocks and heart wrenching details.........."Brady" is now Judd Denis Hartman.  Another victory for the "least of these."

A happy Brady!

If you have time and you want to know alittle about what a day in the life of an orphan is like.......you should click on the links above that are highlighted.  If you want to know what its like to be the mom or dad that is praying for this child to be theirs and are encountering set back after set back, then you should really click on the links above that are highlighted. 

But, if you are just in need of alittle glimpse of what our GOD OF MIRACLES can do and IS DOING on behalf of these little ones and the families that are answering His call.....then you MUST click on the links above that are highlighted, because:

THIS IS THEIR STORY

AND

THIS IS THEIR SONG

PRAISING THEIR SAVIOR

ALL THE DAY LONG.

They will be the first to tell you......this victory is nothing that they have done. They are giving all the glory to the ONE that sent them.

Please remember that there are so many others that need a family to come for them. Go to REECE'S RAINBOW and see where the Lord might be calling you. There are several ways to help these kiddos and they need is so great. 

We have no recent news on Gabe. Still just waiting on a court date and believe me, the waiting is drivin me CRAZY!!! So, if you have time, you might throw a prayer up for "patience for Kim!"  Thanks for contining this journey with us. Blessing to you and yours! 

IS IT DECEMBER???

NOPE, IT'S JUST GABE'S PAPA, GETTING READY FOR HIM!!

I think I told in one of my posts that for some reason, I had been draggin my feet getting Gabe's room fixed up, and Rick told me to get my hiney in gear and get it done! So, Rylie and I moved a ton of furniture and made her room now Gabe's room and she went to the back bedroom. (and I am still suffering from it.)

Anyway, Gabe had a bed and a chest in his new room when we finished up. But.........according to Rick, it was lacking some of those essentials things that make up a little boy's room and a little boy's world.......

A TRUCK AND A BIKE!

So, since we had to go to WF on Saturday anyway, Gabe's Papa said "we're gonna get that boy some toys."

It was just Rick and I, and we had more fun looking for a BIG truck and just the right bike.

Our little guy has no idea how much we love him already. He has no idea the family AND friends that await him.

My heart breaks though when I think about how lost he will be at first. He has been with much of the same ladies for almost 5 yrs. He knows them, he understands them. I pray that when we go back for him, he will remember us and when we finally are able to leave that place, he will feel safe and he will know he is loved.

HOLD ON SWEET BOY.....WE'RE ONE DAY CLOSER.

STILL HERE.....STILL WAITING......

Sorry I haven't been real good at updating my blog.  I just don't know alot of new things to tell. We have been told Gabe's release papers should be where they need to be this week and then we're still looking at maybe 30 days before we can go.  Ugh..... I want to go now!  We still are waiting on USCIS clearance here in US also.  So please, don't forget us......keep praying that everything will go smoothly and we will have our son home soon.   In the mean time.....I wanted to share these thoughts and these pictures of what  LOVE and A FAMILY can do.

This is the first time I saw this little orphan child.  I'll NEVER forget this. He made no eye contact, didn't respond to me talking to him, didn't know how to respond to my touch and my trying to cuddle him. There was nothing. Just a blank look and distance.

But in just a short time, that look.......that blank stare and that distance.......slowly began to fade away.

Our LOVE for this child, began to show in his eyes, in his smile, and in his body language. He was a different little boy.

SAMUEL TADAS COLE LAWRENCE

Now, fast forward about 13 yrs. ( I can't believe its been that long!)

Last night at the awards assembly, Rylie received 6 different awards. She is a very good student and we are really proud of her. And then theres my little, big man!  Cole didn't know he was receiving an award, so when Mrs. Shahan called his name, he was so delighted!  So much that he gave her a kiss on the cheek!! I was in tears of course.

Who would of thought........ that same little orphan who made no eye contact, who looked so sad, and who didn't know HOW to be loved......

would turn out to be

the HAPPIEST

MOST LOVEABLE

LOVE OF MY LIFE!!!

Once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God, who weighs on our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know and holds us responsible to act" Proverbs 24:12

UPDATE

We're kinda sitting on hold again as far as our Gabe goes.  Our latest batch of papers are enroute to Gabes country as I write this.  I don't know if you've noticed but I don't ever write the name of his country because we were advised not to until our court hearing.  Most of you know what country he is from though. Soon....maybe soon, I can say it, write it, sign it....whatever I want to do with it, I can do!! I can hardly wait to hold him in my arms again and kiss his sweet face.

Looking at him right now, ah, i just want to swoop him up!!  Hang on Gabe.....we're tryin so hard to get there.

Please continue to pray for our son and also the ones making decisions about our adoption.  I have watched time and time again, as the body of Christ all come together and pray these kiddos home to their forever families. I believe in prayer. I believe Gods heart is for the orphan and I believe when we stand in awe of Him.......He can and will move mountains. 

If you too believe in prayer, please check out Reece's Rainbow Prayer Warrior page. Reece's Rainbow was created on the principles of Christianity and the teachings of Jesus. And we all know that He teaches us that prayer is a key part of our faith, that it is powerful and effective, and that our prayers are HEARD.  And just so you know....it is FREE.  Thanks for continuing this journey with us and know that any help you've given us, whether in the form of a donation, words of encouragment, or just said  a simple prayer......we are so grateful. We still have a ways to go, but we believe that, with Christ....all things are possible. Blessings to you and yours.

THE VIEW

My view.....my perspective......how I see things......is sometimes so blurred. I know the good Lord must get so tired of re-directing me to positive thinking!  I think thats ONE of the reasons He gave me Cole Lawrence.  Yesterday on the way to take him to school, Chrissy called and they were talking and she told him she was stuck in traffic(in Austin) and looked like she was gonna be late for work. He said, "make you mad....awwww I sorry."  When he got off the phone, he said "we better pray for gig and that traffic so she don't get wrote up." (everyday he tells me we're late and Mrs. Dutton is going to "write him up!" or, "Coach Corcoran is gonna "tear my *** up!!"   yes, he does pray like a saint....but he also has a mouth on him!  he's a work in progress, just like his mom.) Anyway, I said go ahead and he said this.."Lord Jesus, please help gig get out that traffic jam so she don't get wrote up....I just lift those cars up to you right now....just lift them up....in Jesus name i pray....amen."  Now then.......what do you think his view was???  I know it wasn't like mine would of been had I been stuck in traffic.  I would of been beating on the steering wheel....HURRY UP AND MOVE CARS....MOVE. All i probably would of thought about is being late for work.  I certainly wouldn't have thought about "lifting these drivers, these other people, up to the Lord or their cars!"   I wonder if he thought God would actually "lift those cars right out of the way" so gig could get to work on time.  I don't know, but I know this.....Mark 10:15 says, "I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."   Cole Lawrence, I love you beyond measure........ I want to have your faith.....I want your perspective, your view of things.  I want to see as you see.  Thank you Lord, for this child, please continue to use him to teach me of YOUR love and YOUR grace and YOUR faithfulness...in YOUR precious name I pray. amen.