God continues to stretch and mold us, and
has an amazing sense of humor! within one week:
*we have a 16 yr old hit the road,
*a 15 yr old join him,
*our number of children double, and
*we cleaned out the playroom/teen room to create a school room!
Do you feel my comfort zone EXPLODING!!
Scott led our family in a meeting last night about the adoption and i have to say it was beautiful to listen to how our children had grown in the truth of "being the hands and feet of Jesus".
who would have ever thunk it :)
i don't want to pretend that we have it all together in this process, because WE DO NOT! this is and continues to be a long journey for us. Our house is chaotic, our lives are crazy and our insanity is questionable but... WE LOVE JESUS and ALL HE LOVES!
we are humbled by Him allowing us to be part of loving on some more of His children. it is a gift that we do not take for granted. we do not deserve this opportunity but am very thankful for it.
we are in our final weeks of countdown to our reunion with our boys. PTL! the authorities were told this morning of our intention to come and get the girls, so maybe we will have the blessing of meeting them while we are in country! i'll update you as soon as i know!
thank you for sticking with us as God continues to adjust our faulty character!
to Him be the Glory! LeAnn
What a faithful and beautiful outlook you have on life while going through challenges in your family. You have a beautiful family and I'm so grateful God brought me to you this morning. I was searching on the internet to find the author of the quote, "God cares more about our character than our comfort." You used this as the title of your blog post. Do you know who originally said this? I love it so much and wanted to give credit to the person. As a parent with teenagers myself, I can fully appreciate the challenges you are facing. I think if we continue counting our blessings and exercising faith we shall create great character. Don't you think? Great to meet you and God bless. Shan from Family Brings Joy :D
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