This is a title a friend of mine sent me to cover a moment in time that will forever be etched in my memory. Many of you have gone that road. You know, the one where you see the picture and that's it. Knowing that she just takes your breath away. Well, that's what happened to me two weeks ago now. The week of the T4A conference I saw a precious little girl for the first time. She literally took my breath away. That has never happened before outside of giving birth to my kids. Don't get me wrong, I have seen some pretty, even beautiful kids before but this one made me stop breathing. I gasped when I saw her. I showed the picture to my family. Everyone said the same thing,"she's beautiful!". And they are right. I didn't ask for them to pray about her, didn't say anything else about her. Bella shared the next day that she had a dream about her and that we had gone to pick her up because we had adopted her. I just smiled and went about my business of preparing for my weekend. The one I didn't want to go on but God in his faithfulness intervened and made it harder not to go. I saved it to my ip*d, shared her picture. Saved many others as well, so it wasn't like she was the only one. (side note: two of the kids that have been saved to my ip*d and we have been praying for may have forever families! YIPPEEEE!!!!") That Friday night, while in my hotel room, Kevin would email me to tell me the family couldn't stop talking or thinking about her. I just smiled to myself and said the same thing in my head,"I can't stop thinking about her." The next day I would be blubbering like a big ol' baby after hearing Aaron Ivey share Amos Song and Robert Gallinas tell his story. Later learning that my husband prayed for God to open doors and provide financially if we were to move in the direction of brining her home that same Friday night. Let me tell y'all something - THIS IS HUGE!!! We weren't wanting to adopt for another 2 years. We weren't looking to add to our family just yet. Yet, here we are... All we know is she's ours! She's in Russia. She's two years old and she has the biggest blue eyes you have ever seen. This child, this daughter I never knew we had is ours! We are thrilled. Excited. Overjoyed. Full of emotions that are incomprehensible. Love for a child we have never met. Impatient. Exhalting the Father in heaven because he is the only one who can do this. When this happens and we go to Russia to get this blue-eyed beauty, we will know it was because of God and the mountains only He can move! We are not sharing her photo yet as we are not "official" but I will tell you - when God spoke, we listened and we know and now we are moving toward her.
One way we are trying to raise the funds is through donations. I'm making bags and purses (click on the tabs at the top to see styles and fabric slections). We are asking for minimum donations of $10 for sm/children, $25 for medium and $35 for large plus shipping costs ($5 - if it's more than one item, I will discount the shipping if you will leave a comment so I can get in touch with you). If it is overseas, the shipping will be higher and I will let you know before you do the chipin. Prices will be included there as well.
I'm working on a blog badge and so many other things right now. There is just not enough time in the day but I will do whatever it takes to get to her!!! I've made that promise to her and won't stop until I do. She's our daughter!!!
Thank you for being apart of our journey to our daughter. We hope to be sharing more info soon as things progress.
Seeing the World Through His Eyes,
Laurie
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