AMAZED Yet Again!

Just when I get comfy, relaxed, and think I can't get more amazed by my Savior, He throws more amazing blessings at us! We had a phone interview scheduled a couple of nights ago with LYDIA Fund. These people were wonderful to talk to, they prayed with us, and granted us $1,500 for travel expenses while in Uganda to go get our girls! Josh did the math, and since June of this year we've been given about $12,000 towards our adoption through donations and grants!(Thank you to all of you who have given, you know who you are!) $12,000 people! How unbelievably amazing and miraculous is that? I remember when we first started this whole process, we (well, mostly me) were so worried about where the first $2,500 agency fee was going to come from. I think God may have been chuckling at us.

God has completely knocked my socks off during this whole process. I'm not just talking about Him providing all this money (although it is AWESOME and is only by Him that it's happened!), but I've fallen more in love with my Savior during this adoption process more than ever. This adoption has made me HAVE to rely on God. How sad is that, that I finally found something that I NEED God to help me through. I am so thankful for this realization. I NEED Him in EVERYTHING I do. Every second of the day, I NEED Him, I WANT Him. I am so thankful He is always there and always will be there for me. That He loves me, no matter how many times I fall and fail. He'll always welcome me back with open arms. I love the fact that I can tell Him my fears, frustrations, and dreams, and know that without a doubt He will listen and give me exactly what He knows is best for me. I love the fact that every time I worry about our girls and speak to my Father about it, He comes back to remind me He knows who they are, He's protecting them, He'll bring them to us at the perfect time, and that He loves them even more than I do and even more than I can imagine. Oh, how I love the place I am in right now! In His perfect will! I can't wait to fall more and more in love with Him. He's got AWESOME things coming our way, and I can't wait! I can't wait to have another reason to brag about my Savior. To be able to give Him the glory through our situations that He rightly deserves!

Keep 'em coming, Lord!

Completely & Utterly Blessed by 2 Sweet Little Girls

I know a lot of you are still wondering what I meant & who these little girls are when I mentioned we were "Completely & utterly blessed by 2 sweet little girls"... Josh wrote about it on his blog. If you click on the link below you can find out the story :-)

http://www.joshcousineau.com/moments-with-love/

Pray with us, PLEASE!!!!

There are some important meetings coming up this week that could be a help in getting our girls soon. Please join us in prayer all week this week. Not just a “God be with these meetings.” but BEG with us!!!! BEG on behalf of our family, on behalf of our sweet girls. BEG that God will be present in these meetings. That He will lead our lawyer to the right places. That God will be in the middle of EVERYTHING all week this week. Please BEG that God will bring us our girls soon, but most of all that His name will be glorified through all of this.

Encouragement

Somebody quite special to me sent this to me today. Gave me encouragement & thought I would share it with you all......

Still waiting & praying for our sweet girls.....


Assurance in Jesus

May Jesus assure you that as you follow Him
you will never meet a fear He cannot conquer,
you will never face an enemy He cannot defeat,
you will never enter a battle He cannot win,
you will never have a need He cannot meet,
you will never face a temptation He cannot overcome,
you will never have a burden He cannot lift,
you will never face a problem He cannot solve,
you will never have a bondage He cannot break,
you will never have a moment when He does not care,
you will never have a time when He is not there.

Matching Grant Update #2

We reached our $2,500 for our matching grant! God is so AWESOME!

We got home from church yesterday & started to grab lunch for the boys when we heard a knock on our door. A friend came in & told us he had something to tell us. He said a group of people had decided to come together & finish up the remainder of what was left to reach the $2,500! Isn't that UNBELIEVABLY AWESOME! God is so GREAT to us!

Thank you SO much to all of you who have been praying for us & our sweet girls & who have donated to our adoption! We've been so blessed with such an amazing community to be a part of this with us!

We are still waiting for our referrals. We could get them at any time now. Please pray with us that they will come soon!

Matching Grant Update

Today is the final day for our matching grant. All the Paypal donations will be sent out in the mail tomorrow. We're almost half way to $2,500. Can you help us with the rest? If you'd like to send it directly to the agency, please send it out in the mail tomorrow so it reaches them in time. Remember to write our names in the memo box. You can send it to:

GGAM
P.O. Box 4
Modesto, CA 95353

You also have ALL day today to make a donation thru Paypal. Just click the DONATE button on our blog!!! So easy :-)

Please pray with us today that we can reach the $2,500. This $5,000 will put a huge dent in our travel costs & post-adoption expenses & get us closer to being ready to go get our little girls. Please also pray if God may have you be a part of helping us reach our goal.

Thanks so much for all the prayers!!!!

WE'RE ALMOST THERE SWEET GIRLS!

2 Years & STILL waiting....

Yesterday made it 2 years of this exhausting journey we started called adoption. Yes, exhausting.... I am exhausted. The selfish part of me wants our girls here now. I want to hug them. I want to kiss them. I want to feed them. I want to take care of them. I want to hear their little voices while I go about my day. I'm clinging to God these days with white knuckles & not loosening my grip. He's the only One getting me through this. I knew at the beginning of this it wasn't going to be easy, but I never imagined 2 years after beginning all this that we wouldn't even know what our girls looked like. I have faith that in this time of waiting, God is preparing them, preparing our boys, preparing Josh & I, preparing our family for what is to come. I have no doubt that God will bring them to us soon. I have no doubt that God will give me strength to get through this waiting period. I have no doubt that I will soon have our little girls wrapped in my arms...... I'm asking for extra prayer from whoever is praying for us. This time of waiting is, well truthfully, heartbreakingly difficult for me. I'm clinging to His promises:

Eph 3:14-16 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being

Ps 37:4-5 Delight yourself in the Lord & He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him & He will act

Matt 7:11 "If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!"

Isaiah 30:18 Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy, and is rising up to show you compassion, for the Lord is a just God. Happy are all who wait patiently for Him.

Jer 29:12-13 Then you will call upon me & come & pray to me & I will hear you. You will seek me & find me. When you seek me with all your heart.

Please flood Him with prayers that He'll bring our girls to us soon!!!

Thank you so much for all your support & prayers.