The Voice Of Adventure: Why my heart beats adoption...

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Why my heart beats adoption...

My buddy Lisa just started up her blog again. flowersareblooming.blogspot.com You know- Lidia's Family! YAY! She had this on her blog and I just had to steal it. Thanks Lisa. Enjoy- and grab a tissue...

3 comments:

Farrah said...: That was so sweet...I almost had tears. Thanks for sharing that with us!; 4:15 PM
Dominick's Mommy said...: Oh my gosh, my heart skipped a few beats as I saw those precious faces. That is Jon and my desire and plan, to adopt a baby from China. So precious!; 9:51 PM
Kya Blu's Mommy Candy...aka KiKi said...: OH GIRL what are you trying to do to me...I may have to steal this from your BLOG...if I ever quit CRAYING...after watching it...this is so MOVING WOW thanks so much for sharing it; 12:53 AM

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Ethiopian Adoption Timeline

7/4/10 Completed Interest Form 4 Gladney!
7/7/10 FedExed I600A!
7/7/10 Got Medical Check Ups!
7/8/10 Ordered Birth Certificates & Marriage License
7/9/10 Fed Ex ed Expedited Passport renewal
7/9/10 Mailed group 1,2 & 3 docs 2 Gladney minus 4 items
7/13/10 Mailed off FBI fingerprints
7/20/10 Received renewed passport
7/27/10 Received New Birth Cert/Marriage Cert
7/28/10 Gladney receives Criminal Background and Child abuse clearance
8/6/10 Homestudy update visit
9/14/10 FBI Clearance Received

The Voice Of Adventure

There is a rawness and a wonder to life. Pursue it. Hunt for it. Sell out to get it.

Jesus says the options are clear. On one side there is the voice of safety. You can build a fire in the hearth, stay inside, and stay warm and dry and safe.

Or you can hear the voice of adventure—God’s adventure.

Instead of building a fire in your hearth, build a fire in your heart. Follow God’s impulses. Adopt the child. Move overseas. Teach the class. Change careers. Run for office. Make a difference.

Don’t listen to the whines of those who have settled for a second-rate life and want you to do the same so they won’t feel guilty. Your goal is not to live long; it’s to live.

Sure it isn’t safe, but what is? (Max Lucado)

Luke 17:33 Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.

Our Deepest Fear- by Marianne Williamson

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

Lidia's family

This is Lidia's family! They are experienced in the adoption world. Before they adopted Lidia they adopted Bayla (their youngest) from China. Now Brinley has come home from China too. Congrats! Lisa (Lidia's Momma) found me from my blog during our first visit to Guatemala. She just "happened" to run across my blog and see that my pictures (of Zoe) had the same house furniture as her pics of Lidia. She wrote to me and SURE ENOUGH our girls were foster sisters. We had the same lawyer but different agencies. We probably never would have met if God hadn't intervened. Now we are great friends!

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Why my heart beats adoption...

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