Molly's Crib

She has a bed! Molly's crib came in today and Brian put it together tonight. Now all we need is a baby to put in it!

Refiner's Fire

Purify my heart
Let me be as gold and precious silver
Purify my heart
Let me be as gold, pure gold

Refiner's fire
My heart's one desire
Is to be holy
Set apart for You, Lord
I choose to be holy
Set apart for You, my Master
Ready to do Your will

Purify my heart
Cleanse me from within
And make me holy
Purify my heart
Cleanse me from my sin
Deep within

--Brian Doerksen

Adoption Update

" In his heart a man plans his course,

but the LORD determines his steps."

--Proverbs 16:9

I got a call from our agency this afternoon and they said that when they looked into matching us with the little girl they had called us about they found that we were already matched with another child! We don't know anything about her yet, but this means that there is a little girl in Vietnam who is getting ready for us. We are so excited about finding out more! As for the other little girl, she's still on my heart and my prayer is that she will be matched with the family that God has planned for her very soon.

Good Times

Well, not much new news on the adoption front. I did get a call back from our agency yesterday afternoon, but she didn't have a whole lot of information. She said she that the baby was very young (she wasn't sure of her exact age but knew she was under four months) and that she seems very healthy. She said she would let them know we were interested and get back with us when she got new information. Of course I have been checking my messages all day today, but I'm sure it will take awhile. I'm trying not to get too excited and just trying to pray that God will work it all out according to HIS will. I really have a peace about the situation that I know God has given me. I'm leaving the whole thing in HIS hands. :-)

Only two more days of intersession and then I have a week off--I'm so excited! Here are some pictures my friend Anna sent me from our weekend. We went to Cane Creek and had some good times:

Climbing the wall

Ready to hit the trails!

The dogs enjoy a swim--okay Shelby enjoys a swim and Ruthie thinks about it.

Girl Time

Gathering wood for the camp fire.

Lighting the fire.
Geeze, boys--come on!
Alright, Anna--it's ready!

Finally, we can roast marshmellows!

Baby?

Our social worker came over this afternoon to update our homestudy and I was surprised to see when I checked our messages after she left that I had missed a call from our agency. She wanted to talk to me about a baby girl! She said the little girl is perfectly healthy other than the fact that she has an extra toe on each foot. (We said we would be open to children with mild special needs in our homestudy.) I called Brian and of course he said that was fine so I called her back and left her a message. Those of you that know me well know that patience is not one of my strong points. I have been walking around the house for the last hour with the phone in my hand twiddling my thumbs and praying--praying that if this little girl is the Molly that God has planned for our family that He will work it all out.

Mom's Blogging?!

I feel like I just posted yesterday--I was shocked to see that it had been a week! The school week flew by as it was our last week before fall break and this weekend was nice and restful. Brian got measured for his tux for Billy's wedding which is just around the corner. I'm sure there is lots of wedding fun (and stress!) going on in Tennessee right now. Saturday we did some yard work and then went to Cane Creek with some friends. We had a great time--my camera didn't have batteries but hopefully I will be able to steal some pictures from friends' blogs soon. :-D

Next week I will be teaching intersession which is a light week and then I have a week off! Woo-hoo! I have lots of little house projects planned including working on Molly's room. The social worker will be over tomorrow to update our homestudy since our move. We are ready for our referral which could come anytime between now and Christmas.

Today we had lunch with my parents and I was showing my mom how to upload pictures from her digital camera when she said something that shocked me. She said, "I want a blog!" So Mom and I set up a blog which was SO much fun. Check it out!

www.grandmamarysplace.blogspot.com

Special Family

One of the families that God has spoken to us through on our adoption journey has been the Donahues. We met Brad and Annie Beth after Zeke was born (Zeke and their daughter had therapy together) and they have become some of our best friends. They have a very special adoption story and the Charlotte Observer did a story on them which was in today's paper. I'm so excited that Charlotte is going to get a glimpse into the lives of these special people. :-)

http://www.charlotte.com/267/story/289426.html