Hold on, to me as we go. As we roll down this unfamiliar road. And although this wave is stringing us along. Just know you’re not alone, cause I’m going to make this place your home. Settle down, it'll all be clear. Don't pay no mind to the demons, they fill you with fear. The trouble it might drag you down. If you get lost, you can always be found. Just know you’re not alone,cause I’m going to make this place your home.

Home - by Phillip Phillips

Friday, February 1, 2013

What a difference one year can make!

Today marks the first year anniversary of our decision to adopt!  So, it is fitting that today is the day we share our blog with our friends and family who have loved and supported us on this journey.   It is also fitting that today is the day we found out that we have......

(The middle two letters of our favorite NFL football team) 

TA  or otherwise known as Travel Approval from China! So next week begins our planning of our trip to go get our Cherry Blossom!  We hope to leave February 28th or March 1st and we will have her in our arms March 4th for Gotcha day. 


We will be in Beijing for the majority of the time and then we will be visiting Guangzhou for a few days.  As I type this we are both excited and overwhelmed to be one step closer to our  daughter.   With TA we could leave as early as tomorrow if we wanted to, but due to Chinese New Year we have to wait.  There is that word again....WAIT.   It has easily become my least favorite four letter word. 

Earlier today when I noticed that other people from my facebook groups were getting their TAs  I contacted my agency.  She told me very kindly that she had contacted China and our TA had not been completed yet and we would have to WAIT until next week.  As Chinese New Year approaches this sent me into my "What ifs?!?!"  I spoke about in my last post.  All day I worked on Cherry Blossom's room so that I wouldn't get upset and cry. Thankfully, because of some pretty white stuff on the ground I was able to be home all day.  (FINALLY a snow day!)

 Again......I had my plans and they were not working out the way I wanted.  Sometimes I just need God to hit me over the head and today he did.   At 5:30 tonight, as I was talking to The Rock, I looked at my cell phone and realized that I had missed a call from my agency.  I called her back and she did not answer so I checked the email I had been stalking all day and there it was.  Our TA had MIRACULOUSLY appeared! 

Thank you to all of those who have prayed for us this past year and now we get to WAIT just a little big longer!

 
1 Corinthians 13:13
 
Three things will last forever--faith, hope, and love--and the greatest of these is love.
 
 









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