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Around our house
October 12, 2010
If you had come over to visit over the past few days you would’ve seen us:
preparing Samuel’s “Introducing Your Family” package.
(It only took about 5,000 tries to get this one!)
When I mailed it today, the postal worker at the mail counter asked me if I reeeeally wanted to send it. Surely it would be too costly (it was a lot!). I felt like saying, are you kidding me? This is for one priceless kiddo!
Garnet received this balloon from us for his birthday. For a whole week he asked if he could send it to Jesus in Heaven. Finally, before bed one night we sent it off into the night sky. I think his smile speaks volumes. This guy has a big heart for Jesus.
He is also really growing his range of vocabulary.
Lately we’ve caught him saying, “Yes, you may.”
Another time we heard him say, “The deal’s expired!”
(The deal, for those of you who don’t know, is that he told each of us that he doesn’t want kisses anymore <sob>, except on his birthday. You can guess the sheer volume of kissing that went on that day! The next morning? Apparently, the “deal” had expired.)
<chuckle>
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I never knew!
October 8, 2010
But I guess I should’ve known.
Blogging has become another thing on my To Do list.
Oh No!
I have a draft list on my blog dashboard that is longer than my arm.
Well, maybe not my arm, but certainly longer than Garnet’s arm.
Perfectionism.
It’s such a nasty thing.
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On the adoption front, our dossier has safely arrived at our facilitator’s out east and for that I am truly grateful.
That long cross country trek has me on pins and needles every time we release our massive stack of dossier paperwork.
To think it has to make it all the way back across this continent.
Cross and ocean.
And make its way into the CCAA offices?
That’s a lot of travel for one tree’s worth of paper.
Ahhhh but it’ll be worth it!
God, please hold those precious papers in your hand. You know what an important puzzle piece they are. For Samuel. For us. Thank You so much for what you have done on our behalf. Thank You so much for what You are doing right now. Thank You for what You will do in the future hours and days. I choose to trust You again.
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Doing a peace filled happy dance over here tonight!
October 5, 2010
APPROVED!
Ahhhh that word sounds so good!
We were obedient and He has done what only He could do in the midst of the questions, the doubts, the fears and the bewilderment.
We are so thankful that our government has seen fit to approve us to move forward in making Samuel our very own.
So thankful.
And so at peace.
Today is the Day – Lincoln Brewster
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Samuel Update #3 (September)
September 30, 2010
I was up far too late last night when our update came through about Samuel. It made it easier to go to sleep after having had that snippit of info about him. Every day I look for updates on the New Day blog, foster home site and their Facebook page. Getting this update once a month is like the icing on the cake! As a family, we are collectively falling in love with Samuel!
Samuel is 2 Years 7 Months Old.
Samuel’s nanny wrote this update:
Samuel is agile and cute. The day before yesterday we had a mini Triathlon in the foster home
back yard and he did very well. He jumped and crawled around in the swimming pool, splashing
water with his hands. He ended up splashing not only himself, but all of the children around him!
When Samuel got water in his eyes, he wiped his face and continued to play with the others.
Samuel did brilliantly on the race track. As soon as the signal was fired he raced to the finish as
fast as he could. After the running race we had a crawling race for Samuel and his buddy Joshua
who also specializes on his hands and knees. Samuel is so quick that he raced ahead of Joshua at
first, but he is also so thoughtful that he waited to cross the finish line until Joshua caught up so
that they could cross together. Samuel is now able to go up and down the stairs without the aid
of an adult. He can also climb onto the sofa, eat and take off his clothes independently. Samuel’s
smile and laughter brightens up any day.
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Still waiting and hoping for our provincial approval. Maybe today?
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Signed!
September 23, 2010
Our social worker just left (yes, its evening here!) with a signed copy of our homestudy! Wooohoooooooo!
It just took many, many e-mails & phone calls and many more prayers today, but it’s done!
Now we wait for our provincial approval on our homestudy (aproximately 1 week turn around). After that we send our entire dossier (packet of all approvals, biographies, reports, etc.) to be authenticated at a notary in Ottawa and to be translated into Mandarin (it takes about a month to have it completed), and THEN, then it can be forwarded on to China!
We will be very close to our October 29th DTC (Dossier to China) deadline, but we should make it!
Samuel, we are getting closer buddy!
I’m so thankful, I can hardly handle it.
Your prayers were so incredibly appreciated!
Obviously, contrary to my worrying ways, NOTHING is too hard for the Lord. 🙂
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And life moves on…
September 18, 2010
Well, after feeling like the wind got knocked out of us on Thursday, we carried on.
We continued on with our home improvements, carried on with business and connected with friends.
I also got back to settling into my school brain.
It’s a seldom talked about fact that it takes the homeschool parent just as long to get back into the swing of things as the students. I’m sure its across the board with all parents though.
Anyway, here’s my new favourite homeschool-help-type link:
Ministry to Children is an exciting new resource that I came across while looking for Bible story colouring pages awhile back. They have a whole variety of things there, my favourite being the list of easy to learn memory verses. We’ll be beginning our next week with Proverbs 30:5, “Every word of God proves true.” Nice and simple for Grace to get her early English around and also simple enough for Garnet to say without stumbling over a tonne of syllables. Easy and simple. Works for me (and its not even Wednesday- ha)!