Slumping

This week at Desire Worship I spoke about being Lukewarm like the church at Laodicea (Rev. 3). God had been showing me many things that I was to share with the ladies. It was a word especially for me. We tend to get comfy or maybe just complacent in our lives. We find the rut and it is easiest to just stay there. I was challenged by God's word and I hope the ladies were too. Are you slumping? At this time of year we tend to be breathing easier because we've made it through the holidays but spring is a long way off still. For me, I feel like the momentum of this adoption has waned and it too seems a long way off. We have no guarantees of a time frame which is so difficult at times but on the flip side-I know God holds the perfect plan. Each day I have to choose not to get bogged down by remaining in cruise control. You know, when we stay on cruise control we think we can dodge feeling disappointment because we aren't "passionate" about the things going on in our life. I don't know about you, but I don't want to stay on cruise control. I want to be passionate about the life God has given me. It is truly a gift. Nothing can transform my mind like Hi s word- so my challenge is to go even deeper in what He is trying to say to me. What about you? God says in Revelation 3 that because the people were lukewarm He wanted to vomit them out! I want to please God with my actions AND my faith. So, I choose to live passionately for Him in all areas of my life and to allow Him to increase my faith for this baby to come soon!

Snow to Spring?!?!

Hard to believe that just last week it was snowing but now this week we are experiencing temps in the 60s! Wow! I'm ready for spring! No adoption updates, but we are expecting a baby soon! Please continue to pray with us for the birthmother and our sweet baby. We are also hoping to hear something soon about the grant as well. We are praying for favor!
Thanks for agreeing with us in prayer!

Horton Hatches an Egg

Well, Benjamin has completed his first school project (with mom and dad's help)! For the 100th day of school he will dress as Horton the Elephant! He's so cute! While we are somewhat hoping for snow tomorrow we are also hoping for a school day --the 100th day to be exact. Hard to believe.....
No adoption news if you all were wondering. Keep praying for the birthmother to choose us and for our baby. I'm ready to see him/her!

Report Cards

Benjamin got his second report card today. It was one of those moments where you hold your breath as you begin to look and then you slowly let it out as you see that your child's teacher thinks your child is as great as you think he is. The areas that he needed to work on all got "improving" marks and he had so many satisfactory and very satisfactory marks. We are proud. He's a smart and fun little boy. Just the way he should be! We are so blessed!

Karate

So today Benjamin tried something new....karate. He had told us emphatically that he didn't want to play t-ball again this year. "It's boring" were the exact words. He's not old enough for coach pitch so we offered soccer for the spring. He was very excited about this until we got a pamphlet in the mail from The Little Gym. They teach karate. He had his trial class today and loved it. We got him all set up and committed for the next few months. I was amazed watching him listen to two black belt instructors and then do what they demonstrated. I had previously told him that he would probably not get to do any activities on the equipment, or break any wood, or kick anything but he was thrilled that I was wrong about it all. He used the equipment, he kicked a target, and he will get to break wood at the end of the course. WOW!! The best part was that they have to promise after each class not to use the karate they learn on their family, friends, or pets. That was our rule too! Maybe I'll try my hand at putting some pictures on here. That'll be huge for me...but maybe!

Small steps

Hi! Benjamin is feeling so much better from the last time I blogged. His ears are healing!
I wanted to ask for your prayers as I know you are so faithful to pray. We have no news about our baby, but we did get some good news. One of the places we applied to for an adoption grant has contacted us for more detailed information. This means that we have at least moved on to the next level of the process so we are currently completing the paperwork. Please pray that God's favor will fall on us because we could use the financial assistance. God is good and it makes my heart race thinking that we are that much closer to seeing this dream come true!!!!

"My ears Hurt"

Not the words you want to hear from your little guy while eating dinner. But, truth be told, I wasn't surprised after watching him endure the head cold he had last week. So, at 6:15 tonight we walked into the pediatrician's office where Benjamin was asked which ear hurt more. He said the left one so the doctor looked in the right one. We were told it was "a little red" so Benjamin proceeded to say, "then this one (pointing to his left) is really red". We all chuckled at that and sure enough he was spot on. So, double ear infection but amoxicillin is great and he should be better soon. Poor guy. But we avoided the screaming through the night (I HOPE:) because my very expressive son told us how he felt. WOW!! God is so good that our insurance is doing a promotion this month and all generic drugs have no copay. Free meds!!!! Praise God in all things!!!