Loving and living during the wait!




Whoa!  It's been a while!  I didn't realize how long it's been since I have updated this page!  Oops sorry!  But, we have been busy!

We have celebrated Ecrissa turning 12 years old!  I cannot believe the itty bitty little girl that I met almost 10 years ago is now 12!!!  I am so proud of her!  She has (and continues to) overcome so many obstacles and I see her growing and maturing every day!  What a blessing she is to me!


Jaryse has started track and participated in his first track meet last weekend!  I just love watching that little man! He is so fun!  
I have been working like crazy as my schedule is very full, but I am so blessed to have a job that I love!  I am also waiting.  We just had a sermon last weekend about how it's hard to remember that God is with us when we are waiting.  It is easy to feel like He has forgotten about us, or has left us, or maybe doesn't care and so we are left waiting until He does.  But, this is so not true!  When I look back at all of the waiting that I did while going through the process of Ecrissa and Jaryse's adoption, I am amazed that it was during those times of wait (and there were lots of them) that God was MOST present, MOST powerful, and loving me MOST!  I am clinging to that right now as we continue to WAIT for papers to process in order to make any new decisions or move forward with this adoption.  I pray for the little one that we will be matched with.  I don't know what it will all look like, but I am confident that God does, and this period of waiting is just the thing we need.  I do not necessarily want to wait or choose to wait....but I am sure that I need to wait!

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