2 days!!

2 days!!!!!

Our court date is in only 2 days!!

We are SO excited, I can't even explain it! This week is flying by. I can't stop thinking about "M" and that her and our lives are about to change in such a wonderful way. We have some awesome friends, Erica and Jason, who have adopted from Sierra Leone, Africa. They gave us some wonderful advice when we started the adoption process last February...they said to enjoy the process and try not to hurry time away. That is how I feel right now. I feel like I'm 7 years old and tomorrow is Christmas morning times 1,000!!! I feel like I am going into labor in 2 days!!! I will never (hopefully) be in this spot again with M. I love this feeling!!! This feeling of excitement and the butterflies in my stomach is a bit overwhelming. And to top it all of, we got 6 new pictures of M today. It looks like she got a brand new soccer ball and trust me, from the looks of the one in the other picture...she needed it! Adoption is a roller coaster of emotions but right now I'm going down the biggest peak and am filled with excitement and joy!! I am so thankful to God right now that he gave Ty and I this calling. I am getting to experience a feeling that most never will. Praise God!!

Thank you all for praying for us. We have gotten so many e-mails, texts, notes, etc that say you are praying. Thank you!! It means the world to us!

REMEMBER: COURT WILL TAKE PLACE SOMETIME WHILE YOU ARE SLEEPING TOMORROW!!!! AAWWWWWEEEEE!!!!!!!

if you can't sleep, call me, Lord knows we won't be!!

4 DAYS!!

We are so excited! Only FOUR days until our court date for "M"!! We are so ready for her to be part of our family. We painted her room this weekend and Ella is very excited about that and wants everyone to see!  "M" has new Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins that are very ready for her, too! She is one loved little girl and we are ready to shower her with the love that has been building up for the past year.  We are praying, praying, praying that everything goes smooth on Friday. 

the morgan FOUR!!

Anonymous is a genious!

"Sometimes I'd like to ask God why He allows poverty, famine, and injustice in the world when He could do something about it...but I'm afraid God might ask me the same questions". ~Anonymous

I found this quote on another blog and it really hit me. I do ask God this question sometimes. Usually I don't ask "why" to God but being involved with Africa this past year, I have asked why do people die from lack of food and water--so many precious people everyday....well, here is my answer!

When We Unite

About two months ago, Ty was involved in a meeting at work with another company. Ty did not know these people very well and they did not know that he is adopting from Ethiopia. Every seat in the meeting had a little card laying on the place setting for each participant of the meeting.  Each card had a quote and where it originated, be it a particular person or if it was more of a folk saying from a certain place.  This was the card at Ty's place setting.

When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion. Ethiopia

I have wondered for a while if it has a special meaning. Of course it was special that it was a saying from Ethiopia! And the only card in the room that said Ethiopia! But I thought maybe there was more to it...

Well, lately I have been thinking how bad is sucks that Satan does not want this adoption to take place. I am sure he is trying his best to throw in wrenches here and there to stop it. That scares me a bit but then I focus back on the fact that God is my rock, Jesus is my King and the Holy Spirit is my comforter! And God DOES want this adoption to take place....the bible says so...

Psalms 68:5,6

Father to the fatherless, defender of widows—

this is God, whose dwelling is holy.

God places the lonely in families;

Psalms 10:14

But you know all about it—

the contempt, the abuse.

I dare to believe that the luckless

will get lucky someday in you.

You won't let them down:

orphans won't be orphans forever

So now I am thinking that the meaning of this card is that our prayers to God are the spider webs and Satan is the lion

We have been praying a lot for this court date and we really need you to, also! We firmly believe through prayer we can tie up the lion! We are firm believers in the power of prayer so we need as many people as possible telling God their desire for "M" to become part of our family on March 13th.

Psalms 37:3-6

Trust in the Lord and do good.

Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.

Take delight in the Lord,

and he will give you your heart’s desires.

Commit everything you do to the Lord.

Trust him, and he will help you.

He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, 

and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.

The only being more powerful than Satan is God and that is why we need your prayers.

You all have been such a part of this process with us and we really want that to continue! It has helped so much having your love, prayers and support during this journey.

About 50% of the court dates are not passing the first time and could be rescheduled for up to 6 weeks later. We don't want to be away from "M" one more day!

The court date is in 2 weeks...that means in 2 weeks, Ty and I will have one of the biggest days of our lives!! We will be getting a new daughter! Addis Ababa (the capitol city of Ethiopia) is 9 hours ahead of us so the court will actually take place in the middle of the night Thursday.

3 WEEKS!!

(you will need to stop the music at the bottom of the page before you push play on the videos)

So...as you can see Ella does not feel very good. But, she did have enough energy to make her Sister "M" birthday cupcakes!

Only 3 weeks until the court date!!!!

4 WEEKS!!

Our court date is 4 weeks from today!!  We are ready and excited!!  

Also, in February, "M" will celebrate her 2nd birthday. We are sad that we will not be there to celebrate with her but she has a lot of friends and people that love her that will be with her on that day.  We will be able to celebrate many of her birthdays to come.  

Also, this was amazing news! Another local family is adopting from Ethiopia! Click here to read about them.  Melissa emailed me this week and said she had come into contact with several people in one week talking about Ethiopian adoption and that "M" was the confirmation for her to adopt from Ethiopia!! Can you believe that!! It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it. "M" is already changing the lives of other Ethiopian children and she is not even 2 years old yet!!  Well, actually, I know this was ALL God, but the fact that he used "M" in this families story just makes me so happy and honored to soon be her Mommy!!!  

WHEN YOU PRAY FOR US AND OUR ADOPTION, PLEASE PRAY THAT COURT GOES THROUGH THE FIRST TIME WITH NO PROBLEMS.  THANK YOU.

5 WEEKS!!

Only 5 weeks until our court date!! PLEASE PRAY THAT IT PASSES THE FIRST TIME!! Thank you!!

This weekend we are celebrating! It was one year ago this weekend that we made the decision to adopt! We are so excited to be this close to our court date.

Ella is READY for her sister. I think a light bulb went off this week and she is talking about her often. She always has a seat for "M" or gets a drink for her. It's really sweet!!