One Piece at a Time

We have been building a 3D globe puzzle for the last few years.
You can see it on our Puzzle Page.
Each piece represents a donation, and it's one of many ways we've been recording some of the support and love people have offered on behalf of Sofi.  One day, I will be able to show her.

Cool fact!
Four days before we received the referral phone call for Sofi, we were given a donation that put the first pieces of China on the globe.  It was just a tiny corner, but it included the city where Sofi's orphanage is located.  After years of pieces, we got to add her piece as we found her.

We have 106 pieces left, which will include Tennessee - home. 
That part of the journey is almost here!!

God has built this adoption story - One piece at a time - and He will complete it.

Currently - 434 pieces

Time to SHOUT!

Remember this post August 2015 - The WALLS WILL CRUMBLE

We are SHOUTING!!!

Seeing and Expecting MIRACLES!

It's time to shout.  We are seeing the walls crumble.  God's promise is ahead. . .  so
Why do I still have the urge to run up and kick a few bricks on my own?!
Why is it so hard to stand still?!

It's okay, my God is patient with me.
He is mighty, and He is accomplishing all He promised.
The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it. - 1 Thess. 5:24

Psalm 24

¹ The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
    the world, and all who live in it;
² for He founded it on the seas
    and established it on the waters.

³ Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
    Who may stand in His holy place?
⁴ The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,
    who does not trust in an idol
    or swear by a false god.

⁵ They will receive blessing from the Lord
    and vindication from God their Savior.
⁶ Such is the generation of those who seek Him,
    who seek your face, God of Jacob.

⁷ Lift up your heads, you gates;
    be lifted up, you ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
⁸ Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord strong and mighty,
    the Lord mighty in battle.
⁹ Lift up your heads, you gates;
    lift them up, you ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
¹⁰ Who is he, this King of glory?
    The Lord Almighty—
    He is the King of glory.

 

King of the World

The adoption process is hard core.
From the very beginning it has pulled on my heart and soul in an intense way. 
I've had to learn how to constantly give these emotions and stresses over to God.  (May 2014)

We are so thankful to be in this final stage of bringing our daughter home.
God has revealed His steady presence in the most amazing ways - things we knew in faith have been brought into plain view.
But, this part of the journey feels like the steepest of hills. 
God's faithfulness and sovereignty are all that truly sustain me at this point.
It feels like scaling a cliff with a load too big.

The weight.
The weight of not holding my daughter and wondering if someone is.
The weight of her fragile heart being broken by the confusion and changes in the coming weeks.
The weight of my other three sweet hearts.
The weight of being the mom my kids need - now and coming home.
The weight of papers and papers and approvals.
The weight of "snail mail".
The weight of normal life and no pause button.
The weight of a massive trip with a multitude of details.
The weight of wanting a travel plan, but waiting for the plan. 
The weight of waiting.

I am literally clinging to the sovereignty of God moment by moment.

I am tremendously thankful to finally find our sweet Sofi.
We will have her home soon, and God's faithfulness will shine through.
And, though it is tough to need so much so often, my God is big enough.
Nothing will stand between Him and what He has purposed for our daughter.

God is bigger than government approvals.
God is bigger than costs and payments.
God is bigger than travel itineraries.
God is bigger than this mountain.

God holds Sofi when I can't.
God is healing and will heal.

So, I pray.
I pray and I pray some more.
We all pray.
Please keep praying with us.
Pray for Sofi.
Pray for God to hold her.
Pray for God to bless her with special understanding of love and family.
Pray for sweet dreams of her family that she would even recognize love when she meets us.
Pray for the details. -
The dot-to-dots that connect us from here - to China - to home.

God hears and He answers.  He is sovereign.
He is truly the King of the World!