Telling

Right now I am sitting in a hotel room in Laurinburg, NC with my good friend Kim Weitkamp and watching HGTV & eating cheetos. (Kim just told me she thinks they smell like vomit - nice!) We are having a great time. Kim is a professional storyteller. We are at a festival that goes throughout the weekend & is at a beautiful historical site with a great old house & beautiful grounds. Today they bused in 1400 students for a field trip to listen to the "tellers". This is an amazing, eye opening experience into a whole new world that I never knew existed. I have been able to meet a lot of great people. It is so fun... for the day you just get to go from tent to tent and listen to people tell stories. This is the life! If you are interested in more information, visit www.justkissthefrog.com.

Yesterday was Kim's birthday & we went to a nice restaurant for a late dinner after arriving at the hotel. We enjoyed great food & both laughed so hard we cried & today at lunch we were both sharing stories that brought genuine tears. You might be thinking that that doesn't sound like much fun but believe me - we are having a great time.

I know none of this is related to Mazey but thought I'd share where I'm at right now. I'll do a Mazey update soon.

A Little Behind

I'm a little behind with my updates here. Time has gotten away from me. There isn't a lot to report but I'll let you know what is going on with the adoption stuff. We received our papers back from "Homeland Security" (the I-600A that we submitted a few weeks back). Everything was in order so everything is good with that. We need to get our home study completed and our fingerprinting done to fully complete that step.

I am daily learning to trust God. Sometimes I don't get why it is so hard for me. Finances are something that I struggle with, just wanting to "figure it out." So in the last few days I have been wrestling with my will to want to control this and knowing that I need God to be in control. The adoption expenses are more than I know how to handle or more than I could ever just figure out. I know God is faithful and always has been. Jeremy and I have been more than blessed over the years and if we have ever been left wanting, it has been our doing and not the Lords. So I have to daily give this burden to the Lord. Thank you all for your continued prayers for this.

I am getting more excited as the days go by. It is hard to imagine what life with look like at the end of all this. How a child will turn our life upside down, as I know they will. I know it won't always be easy but I'm excited for the adventure.