'Round His Pierced Feet: Press On & Wait

Here's the latest, folks! Our family received our Log-In Date (LID) from China on May 24th! Several weeks ago, Josh and I were praying and looking at lists of children who are ready and waiting for a family in China. There was a little girl we requested more information about, and we have sent in our Letter of Intent (LOI) for this precious little one! We're so excited to see if this is God's plan - if this is the daughter God is going to place in our family. The China Center for Children's Welfare and Adoption (CCCWA) is the body that oversees the adoption of Chinese children. The CCCWA put a new database in place right after we sent our dossier to China. Unfortunately, there have been a lot of kinks needing ironed out with the new database, and everything has pretty much stalled at this point. Once things are up and running again, we hope to hear that we have Preliminary Approval (PA) for the little girl who God has laid on our hearts. Normally, PA is received about two weeks after the LOI is submitted; our LOI showed up in the system on June 7th, but with the database complications - we aren't sure when to expect to hear from China. We trust that God is sovereign over the timing and the outcome, so we press on, abide in our Refuge and wait! At this point, we know that we are (at the very least) to be praying for this child...so we will do what we know! Please pray with us (as we try to hold on to our sanity through this wait)!

I have been working like crazy getting ready for our final fundraiser - see details on the sidebar! The event is this Saturday, and I am SO excited about how it is coming together! There will be a catered dinner, silent auction and scavenger hunt - thanks to several amazing people from our church family!! I can't wait to post about the event - hopefully next week! If you can't make it -- feel free to check out the Facebook album of silent auction items and then message me if you are interested in placing a proxy bid. We also got word last week that we received a matching grant, which is HUGE for us!! Praise God - He just continues to grow our trust in Him and His mighty provision!

The kids and I are enjoying a "low-key" summer, and we've started working on getting our daughter's room ready. We also wanted to share that we are planning to name our daughter Rebecca (and call her Becca). Rebecca was my great-grandmother's name and is my middle name. That side of my family actually used to call me Becca when I was younger. I have always loved the name, and I can't wait to pass it along! Becca's quilt "Treasured" was featured in a quilt show over the weekend (along with 350 others!), which was really fun. My Mom and I got the chance to tell several ladies our adoption story, too. Here's a couple pictures from the show! Thank you to all who sponsored a block! Hope you all are enjoying the summer so far!