To God be the Glory (Part 2)

 

Sunday was an awesome day filled with celebrating Memommy and Gandaddy’s 50^th wedding anniversary and their 40^th anniversary in the ministry. The day was filled with family, friends, and lots of good food and was certainly all about giving God glory!

On the way home from Dearing, which is about a 2 1/2-3 hour drive, Emmie said, “Mom, tomorrow is the day we are going to see Lexi’s face.” Wayne and I laughed and agreed that would be great. However, we knew the possibility of that happening was highly unlikely. The list came out last Monday and with no match, we had resigned ourselves to look forward to the next list. We were even content to wait until January, when our agency would receive files from two orphanages in Guangzhou. 

Fast forward several hours later. . . With the two days of traveling, the time change, and my nagging allergies, I was in bed and asleep at 8:15. Imagine my surprise when Wayne woke me around midnight to say we had a REFERRAL! I was completely in shock and had a hard time even comprehending what he said.

Needless to say, we quickly opened the email and scoured her information and her SWEET pics. With each and every description, we knew she was ours. Here’s the description of her personality and you’ll see what I mean:

·         Active

·         Restless

·         Talkative

·         Has ready smiles (makes my heart melt!!)

·         Fond of reading picture books

·         Energetic

·         Extroverted

·         And my very favorite . . . She likes to DANCE!

Oh my, she is going to fit right in! This list could describe any of our four children! We could hardly wait to share the news with the kids, but being the sweet parents that we are . . . we let them sleep until 6:45 :)! We asked Emmie how she knew and she said, "I just did!" Wow! They all laughed and felt at once that she was the one. Zachary must have looked at her pictures on my phone a million times throughout the day.

We wanted to share a few details about Baby Girl. She is 2 1/2 years old and will turn 3 in March. She is walking and talking and POTTY TRAINED!! She had surgery at 2 months to correct this really long name that I cannot pronounce and is healthy and meeting all developmental milestones. We cannot be more thrilled. (She was even holding an elephant in one of the photos. Wayne says that’s a clear sign – Roll Tide!)

Today we have submitted our Letter of Intent and will share her photos as soon as our agency says it’s okay. We are happy to show her off . . . just want to make sure it’s okay to post them.

Thank you for your prayers. Now the real wait begins!  Throughout this entire process . . . the good and the bad . . . we continue to learn that it’s not about us . . . it’s all about Him! So again we say, “To God be the Glory! He is Good!”