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| Ni Hao!Bryan and I have been working really hard to learn all we can about China adoptions. I want to be a good representative and a good resource to my community and my heart is to see more people choose adoption. This is such an amazing way to build your family! I can't imagine my own family looking any different. Ok, enough of that.
Now, on to something more boring... I love my cleaning products. How silly is that?! I have asthma and cleaning with the traditional household products has always presented a physical problem for me. I've done it, of course, but always with the understanding that I would have attacks the entire time I was cleaning. Anyway, for Christmas, my best friend bought us a "conversion pack" of cleaning products from a company called Melaleuca. I've used their stuff before, but could never afford to change everything out at once. So now I finally had the chance. It's been great! Not only is cleaning not a problem anymore, but my hands aren't cracked and dry after using chemicals, because there are no harsh chemicals in their products. I also found that they worked better than the commercial stuff, and in the long run it's a lot cheaper too! I know I sound like an infomercial, but seriously I have a friend who's eczema went away after converting her house, I have another friend who's husband's asthma completely went away. It's scary how toxic our houses are. I can't do much about a lot of my environment, but I can do this. Anyway, I'm done.
Oh, I would be really remiss if I didn't say that if anyone reading this is interested in these products I have a friend that can sign someone up giving them a discount and in turn she gets a bit of extra money (from the company) towards her adoption... so let me know if you'd like more info.
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| Patience? what patience?Ok, my patience is gone. I'm so tired of this limbo state. Bryan and I are so wanting to start our second adoption, but it just can't happen right now----come on miracle!---. I'm also fed up with allergies so bad that I feel like I'm barely existing every day. Oh well, not much I can do about any of this just now.
My living room is starting to look like an adoption agency with all of our seminar stuff everywhere. It's all about ladybugs with China. I'm working on a bunch of little projects in hopes of connecting with more families. There are 1.4 million children in orphanages in China, that's a lot of kids in need of a family.
I need to get more organized, I'm thinking of offering a Lifebook class in an effort to help people maintain their children's stories. I think it's particularly important for children who've been adopted to have their story. This wouldn't be an ongoing class, more like a one time class just to show people how simple it can be.
Wow, I'm a boring person .
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| We've been working to get ourselves together for this new job we have with our adoption agency. I'm so so so excited about this, and can't wait to be "busy" with it! I'm still praying for that miracle so we can really get started. I'm ready to be a client.
On another note, I have been wanting to read some particular works by Sir Walter Scott, but finding anything by him here is near impossible! At Barnes & Noble the girl actually told me she'd never heard of him , and apparently they aren't even able to order anything of his! I finally found two books, though not the ones I was looking for, at Hastings.
I was also looking for Beowulf... and couldn't locate that one either. Apparently, the classics aren't "in" right now.
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| Allergy MonsterAllergies are kicking my butt these days. It's like having a headcold, where my eyes are on fire and I'm starting to break out in hives (yeah, I have allergies that bad). I can't even see straight most of the time! I love where I live, it's beautiful, but I'm so ready to live somewhere that will actually allow me to live. I've never had allergies this bad year round! I always struggled during the spring in Georgia, where you could see a yellow carpet of pollen everywhere, but still it was nothing like this and it was only for a short season.
On another note...
B and I start our training today with the adoption agency we're working with. I can't wait to help other families. I also hope that this will assist us in our own journey. I'm so ready to get started "officially" with our own adoption . A lady from a forum I belong to made this for me, isn't it sweet?
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| GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRI'm so frustrated. There are a couple of "miracles" needed before we can start the adoption process again. Honestly I've been patient about starting (which is odd for me), but here I find myself getting anxious. I do trust God, I just don't always trust myself to hear from Him. On one hand, I actually feel as though part of me is in China and that I must get there. On the other hand, I don't see how it's possible and wonder if I'm chasing my own dream for us instead of God's plan. Shhhh, don't tell, but we don't have insurance. I've NEVER been able to get it, and Bryan just doesn't have it. We do have Israel covered, though. Anyway, this is a huge roadblock. We are required to show proof of our next child being able to get coverage before we can adopt. The other issue, of course, is money. I get blindly optimistic for a time, then I look at reality. I'm not trying to ignore the fact that we simply don't have the money to adopt, after all, Israel was a miracle adoption financially too. I just feel so confused, are we supposed to "see the truth" of our finances and not adopt, or are we supposed to be trusting God to provide? God is not the author of confusion, so I keep begging Him to cut through that part of my current thinking and give me clarity.
God is not the author of confusion, but the "author" and "finisher" of our faith. That means He writes/creates it and He edits and publish is it at a level of perfection for our current need of faith. So, I guess I just need to find a quiet place (yeah right!, I haven't been able to find a babysitter for my 2 1/2 yr old for 2 yrs!) and let Him write and publish. Ok, I've vented here, maybe I can get on with my day now.
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