100 Days

With the wait longer than we anticipated, we decided to go away to the beach last weekend. The weather was perfect and we had a wonderful time. Of course, we were thinking about Sam and how much fun it will be to take him to the beach.

It has been 100 days since our Letter of Intent was given to the CCAA. It seems like a year since we first saw Sam's cute little face. The closer we get the harder the wait becomes. We continue to be faithful that God is in control. He is giving us all we need to get through the wait. We are praying that we will travel in November. In the meantime, Sam's story is a testimony of God's love and purpose. Our friend Nancy, who is also adopting from China, wrote a wonderful story about our adoption in our church newspaper. We also gave our testimony about how our church family has helped with our adoption. The testimony was videotaped and was played during church services last Sunday. The purpose was to push several new Sunday School Classes and to get people involved in a small church group. We give all praise to our mighty God who continues to shower us with His blessings. One miracle that God has performed has been the fact that He took away Nick's desire to smoke cigarettes! That's right! Nick has been smoke free since May 29! PRAISE GOD! I am so proud of My Honey! I know it was a very hard habit for him to break and he could not have done it without God's help. He wanted to quit for me and Sam. What a great gift to give his new son!