The waiting continues...

All of our Passports are here, less than 2 weeks!! Still no info on our newest little peanut.
We have all of the documents collected for our Dossier except for the home study so now we just need to get the nursery set up then hurry up and wait.

It's a boy

We just received a referral for a 1 year old baby boy!!! no other info yet.
Sadie Gadisse's health continues to improve :-) please keep praying for her.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. ~John 16:33

Everlasting God by Lincoln Brewster

What's Next

We're still waiting to hear more on Sadie Gadisse which is more emotionally draining than I ever expected....it's like sitting on pins and needles.
It's giving us lots of time to pray for her and pray for God to provide the funds that we need, we know he is bigger than the money we need, I have NEVER been good at waiting...so I am learning, but I am a slow learner.

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. ~ Isaiah 40:31

More paperwork!

We sent in more paperwork for our Dossier today and went to get Justice a passport. Justice originally said that he didn't want to go but upon further discussion we was worried about betting eaten by a lion in the "jungle" of Africa or catching malaria so after we explained things to him he wanted to go. Justice has such a big heart! he prays at night for Gadisse and all the Ethiopian children to stay safe and not get malaria, he will quickly remind you that every 30seconds a child in Africa dies from Malaria and that all they need to help then are inexpensive bed nets.

Then a dispute arose among them as to which of them would be greatest. And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a little child and set him by Him, and said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me. For he who is least among you all will be great.” ~Luke 9:46-48

More peeks :-)

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. ~Psalm 139:12-14

Names...Again

And we're back to Sadie, after much discussion and advice from others, who have been there done that. Since it was the police and not her birth family that named her we decided that we would change her first name and keep Gadisse as her middle name. I think we will pronounce it with a silent e at the end since there are a lot of E sounds in her name.
She is out of the hospital but still ill so please keep her in your payers.

prayer

Gadisse is in the hospital with pneumonia so it has been a stressful day and a test of faith.
We are feel that we should not chnage her name so out with Sadie and on with finding a name that goes with Gadisse. We finally found the meaning of Gadisse which is “Shield” or “Shelter”.

Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. ~ Isaiah 49:16

Waiting..........

Praying today is the day that we get Sadie's file so we can formally accept her and get this ball rolling :-)

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. ~ Psalm 27:14

And the Name is...

Sadie is her name, not sure on a middle name, we would like to find an ethiopian name and are still searching as well as waiting on her profile since I am unable to find the meaning of her current name.
Sadie means Princess and comes from Sarah.

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. Jeremiah 1:4

Our babies eyes :-)

Jonah33 - Faith Like ThatFrom the album Jonah33
I have read about the days of old ~ About the men who followed You ~ And how they saw the supernatural ~ And became the chosen few ~ So I come before You now ~ Tearing off my earthly crowns ~ For this one thing I have found ~ I want a faith like that ~ To see the dead rise or to see You pass by, oh I want a faith like that whatever the cost I'll suffer the loss, oh, I want a faith like that ~ I'm not looking for a miracle ~ Signs and wonders or things thereof ~ I caught a glimpse of what You want for me And what I have is not enough I read the story one more time Of those who gave to You their lives With no fear or compromise ~ I want a faith that can move any mountain And send them to the seas I want a faith that can break every stronghold That keeps You, that keeps You from me