I WANT IT NOW.....

Yes, that is one heckuva way to get your attention :)

I want donations, LOTS of monetary donations. I want prayers, LOTS of prayers. And I WANT THEM NOW.

But, not for me, I want them for the Warner family. They leave in less than 24 hours to ransom Joshua (a.k.a. Cliff) and to say fundraising has been difficult for them is a HUGE UNDERSTATEMENT.

I've pushed for them during our own fundraising time and I am PUSHING NOW. They still need about $2000. They can still have donations made to their FSP by clicking here WARNER FAMILY but once they return home for their 10 day wait, I am not sure they can keep fundraising (I need to clarify this but never seem to remember to ask someone).

What a blessing it would be for Lisa and her hubby to KNOW they do NOT have a financial burden for this adoption any longer. I am not doing a fundraiser for the family, I am simply asking you to GIVE, give GENEROUSLY. Seriously, if we can get 400 people to donate just $5 *the cost of a supersized meal* they will be so blessed.

What can you go without today so that Joshua can have a HOME forever. LOVE. FOOD. WARMTH. COMFORT. SAFETY. FAMILY. FOREVER.

Get ready friends, my posts are going to get harder and harder from here on out. Joshua is so blessed to have been 'well' cared for until his rescue. There are SO many children who have NOT EVER been 'well' cared for. There are children LITERALLY WASTING AWAY before our eyes.

Do you have $5? Do you have $10? Can you spare $20? What can you give to save a child from a life of struggle and strife? If all you have is prayers to offer, will you join me in this specific prayer?

"Dear, heavenly Father, my finances simply don't allow me to spare even $5. Lord, you know the needs of the Warner Family. I pray you pour out your financial provisions for this family in need. Lord, give them exactly what they need according to your will for this adoption. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen"


~Christie~

Check 1, Check 2.....

As many of you know, we received the rough draft of our homestudy this week. We also lost a stateside (SS) helper and gained a new one. I was very happy with our previous SS helper and very very pleased with our new one too.

Anyhow, our SS helper has checked our study, made a couple very minor changes and asked me to send it back to our social worker for her to fix. Once that is done, then our social worker will email it back to the SS helper and myself. SS helper will give it one more good look and have our checker in the country the child is located in check it over.

So long as it is all good (and we have no reason to believe it won't be ok'd) we can get our final copy and file our paperwork for immigration; which, by the way, we have just learned is being expedited for the country we are going to due to law changes affecting the children (in general) and their ability to be internationally adopted.

Many families and children waiting for their forever homes can be seriously impacted by the changes about to take place and thank God above he is giving mercy to many of those families with the announcement of the expedition of cases for this specific country.

Keep praying for us, still no word on the huge prayer we are awaiting an answer on from Him.

God bless

*Christie*

Learning it all over again.

Yesterday was an emotionally draining day. Yes, we had prayers answered--but they are prayers that broke my heart.

I have so many answers today, in the light of day after just sleeping about 4 hours of sleep.


I now understand why we experienced the hell we went through with the first agency, I understand why my pushing got me nowhere. I understand why God told me to wait, that He needed more time. But most importantly, I know where my child is---our huge prayer is pertaining to this.

I know that Andrea from Reece's Rainbow showed me grace yesterday and helped me along.

What I don't know is many things. Things I cannot share. Not yet, maybe not ever.

Keep praying, we are waiting for ONE more HUGE prayer to be answered.

*Christie*

An answered prayer?

I believe we've had a prayer answered today. In time, maybe someday, I can share it with you.

In the meantime, pray, pray for the children who still don't have families coming for them. Pray for the families going for children.

The decisions made today will last a lifetime.

~Christie~