Remembering
Well, my goal was to always update my blog at least once a week. I certainly am NOT meeting that goal right now!!! However, staying home with a sick kid lends just a bit of time to catch up on the blog while I lay on the couch with her. Ecrissa is my super tough kid. In so many ways, she has, does and will continue to defy all odds. She RARELY gets sick, but the poor thing has strep right now--ugh! She hasn't been really sick since she had malaria in Haiti. She is handling it like a trooper though (just like she did with the malaria)! She rarely whines, she is trying to eat, she drinks her water and she takes her medicine. I think that as much as her throat hurts and as yucky as she feels, she is enjoying laying on the couch, being waited on, and hanging with Mommy.
Things here are going really well. I am so blessed. I have read through many of my older blogs lately as this was the time 2 years ago that we were finally moving forward in the adoption and getting ready to come home to America---as a FAMILY. It's such an emotional time for me. I remember much of the last 3 months in Haiti being filled with excitement and fear. As I read through my old blog posts, I remember the lessons that I learned, I am reminded of how powerful God's promises are and that HE will provide and deliever AT. JUST. THE. RIGHT. TIME. Not my time. Not the time that someone else thinks is best. But at just the RIGHT time! That helps me as I get anxious about various parts of my life. Whether I am wanting something to happen quickly, or wanting something else not to happen, what God took us to and through during the 4.5 years of the adoption process and especially the last 6 months reminds me that HE has it all under control. When I look back at how scary things were and how out of control I felt and I can see now how IN control God was, I am so thankful! It is not always easy to remember this in the middle of a "crisis", but I do feel that with each "crisis" I am getting better at trusting that God knows this is hard, that He will not give me more than I can handle, and He will be glorified through it all. I remind myself to trust that the Lord KNOWS what is best. Not to just know it but to believe it and trust it. To pray with BELIEF that the Lord will accomplish all things for good. I'm excited to continue to remember our homecoming in the middle of March as I am praying that God will use my memories, old blog posts, pictures, etc. to bring me one step further in my walk with him.
Things here are going really well. I am so blessed. I have read through many of my older blogs lately as this was the time 2 years ago that we were finally moving forward in the adoption and getting ready to come home to America---as a FAMILY. It's such an emotional time for me. I remember much of the last 3 months in Haiti being filled with excitement and fear. As I read through my old blog posts, I remember the lessons that I learned, I am reminded of how powerful God's promises are and that HE will provide and deliever AT. JUST. THE. RIGHT. TIME. Not my time. Not the time that someone else thinks is best. But at just the RIGHT time! That helps me as I get anxious about various parts of my life. Whether I am wanting something to happen quickly, or wanting something else not to happen, what God took us to and through during the 4.5 years of the adoption process and especially the last 6 months reminds me that HE has it all under control. When I look back at how scary things were and how out of control I felt and I can see now how IN control God was, I am so thankful! It is not always easy to remember this in the middle of a "crisis", but I do feel that with each "crisis" I am getting better at trusting that God knows this is hard, that He will not give me more than I can handle, and He will be glorified through it all. I remind myself to trust that the Lord KNOWS what is best. Not to just know it but to believe it and trust it. To pray with BELIEF that the Lord will accomplish all things for good. I'm excited to continue to remember our homecoming in the middle of March as I am praying that God will use my memories, old blog posts, pictures, etc. to bring me one step further in my walk with him.
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