Snow snow and more snow! Well we survived the cabin fever and are loving the view from our windows. Had our snow ice cream and did our small touch of the stuff. Madeline is now 17 months old. She is healthy and growing right on track. She knows where all her body parts are, can say anything you say, loves to talk, loves to pray, her favorite show is still sponge bob, her hair is now past her shoulders and its blonde blonde blonde. Madeline loves to play with other kids, and loves her baby dolls. We thank god every day for this happy little girl. She loves to do crafts with me and watch me make cards for people.
Were still interviewing with churches. Alot of people tell me about churches looking for youth ministers. But its a little harder than you think. Yes they have to interview us, but we in turn have to interview them just as much. We want to make sure the church we work in is completely scriptural in everything they do. Were not going to be okay with something that's not scriptural. When we do find the church god wants us in to do his work, we plan on being there for a long time and raising our family there.
Raising our family... As some of you know, i had a very bad pregnancy and was very sick. the pregnancy ended in an emergency c-section. Madeline was healthy but very small when born. The pregnancy over-all scared me about having another baby. So since then i have said that i don't want to have another pregnancy and don't think i could go thru it again. At first i loved the idea of Madeline being an only child and our one and only. After a little thought and something that has been spacial in my heart for awhile. Andrew has embraced the same passion i have for international adoption. We have decided that we would love the opportunity to adopt a child from a foreign country. Right now our focus is mainly on finding a church to work with and a home for our family. But our time frame is within 6 years we would like to have the adoption process complete. International adoption is very expensive and time consuming. There is so much that goes into the adoption and then theres also the unknown, meaning the information the government of the country we choose does not tell us about the child we chose. Were taking a big risk for the child to potentially have health problems due to the poverty in the country or the parents sickness and sometimes the government doesn't tell you about these problems. These are things were keeping in our prayers and handing them over to god. Were very excited about this and passionate about this. Were wanting to wait to start this process until we are settled in to our future home and Madeline is at least 4. Please keep this in your prayers(I know its awhile from now). Theses so much more, but i think I'll end for now.
Thanks for reading ... feel Free to leave me your comments on our future plans.
