One year waiting & utterly blessed.......

Today marks one year on our wait list.  I know I sound like a broken record, but when we started this journey I never imagined us making it to this point.....but here we sit (or stand depending how you look at it).  The good news is our number has changed since last month.  We are now number.............................................................................

These shoes were the perfect pic for our new number.  Dirty shoes but not totally worn down shoes.  It may still be a long road until we see Chloe home, but we are going to keep on trecking, walking, running, {insert any of your own "moving forward" verbs here}.

Please pray for continued referrals, quick turn around for those between referral and court and between court and bringing child home. 

I just want to share how blessed we are because we are on this journey. God is teaching us a lot about His patience with us, His all encompassing love, His joy and excitement for when we come to be apart of His family, and so on and so on. May I not be blind to the other things God is trying to show us.

Of course one of the biggest lessons (which I like to believe I already knew---but it was 1000% confirmed this past year) is that we ARE so blessed.  Blessed to have the privelage to  even be on this journey, blessed to meet others that share the same passion and calling (James 1:27), blessed to have christian family and friends who are so supportive both emotionally and financially, blessed to have God's people who are literally helping to "bring Chloe home".  Blessed to see God work in so many different hearts and lives.  God is good all the time! And all the time God is good!

Once you figure out how blessed you are the only thing thing that can spill over is gratitude.  Gratitude for all that God has done.  Not the least of these being adopted and saved into His family.

OK, I am going to admit that I am going to be done with the monthly giveaways, I pray that doesn't mean friends will stop reading the blog.   I just don't know how long of a wait we will have and I can't keep putting my efforts into them.....But perhaps when we get our referral, I can have something fantastic to celebrate with!!!

So for our final giveaway we are giving away these Thankful Blocks from Blessings Unlimited.

How to win them:

1.  Visit my consultant Debbie's Blessings Unlimited page above and leave a comment about what item would you feel blessed to have.  (Seriously I have a Blessed necklace, a Phillipians 4:8 bracelet, 3 gorgeous ornaments that I use all year round, a nativity puzzle for the kids, and the One Thousand Gifts Family Gratitude Journal---I LOVE their stuff!)

2.  Follow Blessings Unlimited on twitter and leave a seperate comment that you did so (I linked to twitter from Debbie's page).

3.  Become a follower of our blog and leave a comment that you did so.

4.  Share our blog on facebook and leave a comment that you did so.

5.  Leave a comment about what you are most grateful for or how you have been blessed this past year.

*** The deadline will be 7/12/12.  I will draw a winner Friday morning.***

Blessings to you and thanks for listening to our sentiments!