Put Me On A Plane!

Praises that our travel plans have been approved and we that we are leaving on Sunday, March 8th!!! Then we will be returning on the following Sunday the 15th. We will be flying into Chicago where our friends will be picking us up. From there we will be going to the Bloomington airport to meet up with you, our family and friends! (We will post at some point as to what time we anticiapte being back in Bloomington) We are so grateful to each and every one of you! We are incredibly blessed to have all of you in our lives!

Please pray for our little Nia. Her world is about to suddenly change. We have had over a year to anticipate all of this and prepare, but she has not. Everything she has known will be different. Please pray that she will have peace in her heart and feel secure with us. We love her beyond measure and I am praying that she will sense that. And also prayers for Mrs. Jeong, Nia's foster mother and her family. They have loved and cared for Nia for the past 9 months. I know that on that day when we get Nia forever, that while our hearts are rejoicing hers will be breaking. Pray that the Lord is preparing her for that day. And Mark and I as well!

Practicing Posting Pictures On A Slideshow

If your wondering what these pictures are here for, I am practicing putting the pictures on in a slideshow so that I can post several at a time. Thanks to Imy friend Irene who helped me figure it out! I think I've got it down! Good, I can cross this off of my "to do" list!

TRAVEL CALL!!!!!

The words I have been waiting to hear! Travel call! Our social worker called yesterday morning at 8:00! Yeah!!!! We are off to Korea! It is hard to believe! I immediately started making calls. I have our flight arranged and on hold, until approved by the Korean agency and am waiting to hear back from a hotel broker about our hotel. I have a list about a mile long of things to do! Yesterday I did manage to get Grant and Alex completely packed. And I am almost done packing for myself. So far, so good!

Nia's Visa Appointment Is Monday!!!

What an awesome morning!!!!!!!!!!!!! After dropping Grant off at school I came home with Alex to get some things done around the house. Upon checking my email I discovered that another person in my Lifelink (our adoption agency) online group, that their little one's visa appointment was set. I tried not to get my hopes up. But it was a sign that things were moving. So I told myself not to call and check with the state department until this afternoon. I lasted about 1 minute and then called. When the person on the other end said that Nia's appiontment was set for Monday, I screamed in the poor woman's ear! I then asked, are you sure? She laughed and said yes, I then told her that she had made my day. She got a good giggle out of my craziness. So, we are anticiapting that our travel call should come on Tuesday or Wednesday. So our plan is to fly out as soon as we get everything booked. Stay tuned!! :)

Quiet Saturday

So today should be a quiet day at home. Mark is working this morning and the kids are actually playing nicely together! On the agenda is laundry, workout and a shower. Like I said, a slow day. Mark and Grant are going to an Illinois Wesleyan game tonight with some friends so they
will have a good time there.

And thanks Brooke and Sue for the encouraging comments you leave! I appreciate them very much!