Profound Lesson

Today at church our pastor gave a sermon in a series called Faith That Works. He told a story about President Jimmy Carter and a question that was asked that affected him profoundly. As a young man he was asked in a bible study,

"If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?"

Wow. This has really got me thinking... they probably would let me go for lack of evidence. I've spent way too much time on the computer, shopping, watching tv, things of little consequence and not enough time doing anything else. I'm going to put the blog on hiatus for a while. Pics will still be posted here and there but I am not going to worry about it for now.

Have a wonderful summer!

Flower Power

We just finished completely redoing our front yard. Most of the plants were diseased from when the builder put them in a couple of years ago and they looked awful. I'll post before and after shots later. I LOVE flowers and convinced Jim to plant 2 hibiscus shrubs. One of them has absolutely gorgeous flowers right now. It just rained and I took this shot this afternoon of one of the flowers. Sooo pretty! I would have flowering things all over if Jim would let me but it can't be tooo fufu!

毕

毕

If I am right this is the Mandarin word for FINISHED/COMPLETE and that is what we are!

Today our last official adoption requirement was finished - the 12 month post placement report. I can say that after years of filling out paperwork - sometimes in triplicate- for everything regarding the adoption I am glad we are done. We have her CoC, Readoption, Passport, SSCard, Foreign Birth Certificate and her placement reports. What a journey it has been!

My heart goes out to all who are still waiting the agonizing wait for their referrals. I just can't believe how much things have slowed and that agencies are still signing up clients without telling them the real story about the wait. Our hope is that the process will speed up soon for all those still waiting.