Waiting with a Smile

Well, we sent our updated certified Marriage Certificate to Russia two weeks ago. We still have not heard a definitive answer if that was the document they were referring to a month ago. It's sometimes hard to get the lines of communication open between us and Russia. We're just really praying that when our names come up again at the Dept of Education in Moscow they won't say, "Oh yeah, this family again. We're still missing their document..."

But, some encouraging news. Amazingly, we got our new and revised Financial Statement completed for Astrakhan. It was extremely detailed! Praise God we found a CPA who has been through the adoption process. He was a huge blessing to us!

The past two weeks have been very good. We have seen over and over again how personal God is. I heard a speaker say, "Sometimes we're waiting to hear a voice, when God has already spoken a verse". He has spoken - almost cheered - several scriptures to me these past two weeks. They have come up several times through different sources. One of those cool things God does, you know? I am trying to memorized every scripture that God drops into my heart. It's been fun. Here are two from the past week.

I Thessalonians 5:16 -18 "Always be joyful. Never stop praying. No matter what happens, always be thankful. For this is God's will for those who are in Christ Jesus".

Psalm 34:1-4 "I will praise the Lord at all times. I will constantly speaks His praises. I will boast only in the Lord. Let all who are discouraged take heart! Oh, let us tell of the Lord's greatness. Let us exalt His name together. I prayed to the Lord, He answered me, freeing me from my fears".

What a personal, sweet God we have. The verses from Psalms are especially cool. I am thirty-four and we have four kids - counting our Rooskie baby. That's what my uncle affectionately calls her ;) So, we wait for His plan to unfold. And, we will never stop praying for our sweet little girl across the world waiting for us!