Big Weekend. Big Day.

Precious little hands at school writing

in Chinese. We also received some short video coverage of his cute self last week but need to wait to show him off until things are official. He's got such a cute smile!

Goodness, we had a shock of a question come to us about 10 days ago. We were ASKED by the "powers that be" in the other country if we had a preference whether to keep him in current living situation or move him to another situation prior to travel. Well, there are many many pros/cons to doing either/or for reasons I'll not get into right now. Loooong story, but my head has been spinning with all the communication/input I've received the past four days about it all. It's been very exciting, very hopeful, very emotional, very... Everything.

Late last night (ha- love how you expect things to come at random times in this process because of the time difference AND our agency is ON TOP OF THINGS!) our agency received his file and sent it our way. Flood of emotions came. Reminded me of receiving Audrey An's file 4 1/2 years ago. You get that little bit of information. That little peak into his past. That little bit of "oh, I wish I could have been there and oh bless that person who found him and took care of him".  That lotta bit of I cant even believe I'm blessed to be part of this process. That lotta bit of excitement. That lotta bit of sadness- all at the same time.

David's been flying like a madman lately and this last trip he barely had time to come up for air- seriously. It wasn't until today that we could debrief.  Actually, we still are. I sent ADB's file off to the International Adoption Clinic for their review (didn't even know that existed first adoption!  (Have I said our new agency rocks?!?). We are praying medical expertise/enlightenment, spiritual wisdom and that we'd continue to follow God's leading in all this.

It's so stinkin' cool to see God's handiwork in all this, and how He's preparing little guy with literally dozens of people already. Mind boggling.  Only God knows how this journey will continue to play out, but its awesome to be on the journey.

So this is what I've been stalking my mailbox for for two weeks. Long story short it came in mail today! Waited two months from our receipt date and a little mailing mix up on this!

How many times have I read the following passage...well, MANY!  I love that God's Word IS "living and active"...spoke to me in a different light today. 

Psalm 139:1-10, 13-18 "You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.

You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
⁴ Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely.You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain...For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven togetherin the depths of the earth.
¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts,God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you."