Whoever Came Up With This...I Love It!

This is what our adoption ultrasound looks like. I totally stole this from a friend of mine...thanks Anne!

It is Friday night again...how the time flies! I can't believe that it is the end of September too...it has almost been a month since we turned in our Dossier and that we have been waiting. I still haven't heard from the agency that our Dossier is actually on its way to Ethiopia after its trip to The State Department in DC. But I am trusting that any day we should get that news. 

The little guy is growing up soooo fast! I can't believe how fast the time is going; he is going to be 16 before we know it. We were driving in the car yesterday and from the backseat, I get a "mommy, slow down" and then giggles. He's just learned how to say Slow Down....so now he says it. All. The. Time.

I walked away from my writing of this blog to fix dinner and get the little guy bathed and to bed. During that time I was blessed with yet another encounter with God. Another special moment of preparation and of my heart being full. We were getting the table set, E was running around as usual, then we were getting ready to put food on the table and E in his chair. I was walking towards the kitchen and I stopped for a moment. I looked up the stairs and I listened. I had the thought in my heart and in my mind "I wonder if I should just let the baby sleep a little longer." I also felt a breeze move right beside me. God was right there with me - I was basking in his presence. It was as if he was saying, "I am getting you ready. I am preparing you for the next season. Things are about to change - be ready."

I spend a lot of my day just talking with God, praying and meditating. I had the opportunity to learn from a very dear friend how to live a contemplative life and how to be in the presence of God yet still go about your daily business. Thank you, Gloria! I love just being quiet with my Jesus and listening to what he has for me. I think if I was rushing around and always caught up in being General Manager of the Universe, I would miss those moments that God gives so subtlety.

I am preparing and getting ready for Together For Adoption Conference. I can't wait to go and hear, learn and be with... be with others who have a heart for orphans. More than that...to be with those that advocate for orphans. To be with those who have adopted. To be with those who want justice. To be with fellow Jesus lovers who are woken up in the middle of the night with visions of orphans. Who seek to make a difference - God sets the lonely in families. I want to see the global orphan crisis eradicated in my lifetime. I can't wait to get to Austin!