It is another week & NO news from China:( I am trying to keep my spirits up but it is really getting tough. My nerves are shot, I am eating everything that is in front of me, I am crying about nothing. I am "short" with my students, & I am not sure how any of my friends & family are tolerating me right now. So, if anyone from China is reading this, PLEASE LET US COME & GET OUR DAUGHTER before I gain another 20lbs, lose my jobs, have NO money to travel to China or lose all my friends & family!!!!

So on a positive note we did receive our China visa's, our queen bed downstairs has everything laid out and ready to pack (including the Jif peanut butter and Hershy's bars), meds are ready, and we are very ready for our breakthough! I look around at all we have-- we are all very Blessed!

Even though our timeline is not looking like I had planned I am not giving up HOPE that we will be eating turkey with Chopsticks!!!

Found this incredible story - thought I would share:

My Adoption Story

I don't know if I have ever shared my adoption story with you all so I thought today maybe I should.

I was adopted at the age of 30 years old into the most amazing family ever.

Statistics show that I was the least likely to be adopted.

I was the child who had waited- far too long- to hear the good news.

I was the child who waited because I had one too many labels, made one too many mistakes, and was viewed as unlikely to succeed.

I was the child who most believed was not worthy of the risk...

not worthy of the effort...

and not worthy of the price.

I was the the child who most people would have never considered.

The child with scars, the child who was dirty, the child who didn't appear to have much potential.

But then one day they told me about The One who was able to see past all of that.

The One who loved me regardless of the mistakes I had made.

The One who saw what I could be- instead of what I was.

The One who thought I was worth it all- so much so that He was willing to die for me.

The One who saw my worth.

The One who saw my potential.

The One who saw what I could be- if I was given a chance.

The One who never gave up on me.

I am so thankful for The One who paid the price for my adoption.

I know it was expensive.

I know it cost more than anyone could ever imagine.

I know it wasn't easy.

I know that it was painful, that it was hard and it was heart wrenching.

And I know I didn't deserve any of it.

But He came for me anyway...

Regardless of what others would say or think.

Regardless of all of the work that had to be done.

Regardless that there was no guarantee I would love Him back.

Regardless of the cost.

And today I am forever changed.

I am no longer alone, scared, scarred, overlooked and viewed as no one.

Today I am a child to the king~ precious, loved, forgiven, healed, whole.

All because of my adoption.

Adoption is the perfect picture of God's amazing grace and love.

It changes lives and saves souls.

Adoption is...

the heart of God.

So today-- God - I ask that you open doors. May resources be shown for the remaining $5,600 we need, and the call come TODAY that we need to move those mountains and get Lil home! We are forever thankful for all you have abundantly Blessed us with! In Jesus' name...