'I can't live by what I feel, but by the truth Your word reveals'-Casting Crowns

 Last week sometime, Trey got a table, tablet and pen for me to put beside my side of the bed. Life.saver. My head has been spinning out of control. Paperwork.money.paperwork.Trenner.paperwork.baby Love.paperwork.packing.paperwork. So, with the tablet next to me, I can write down what's spinning around at that particular moment and actually sleep. The lists go on and on, but we're ready.

We leave tomorrow at 4:25pm from Ohare airport in Chicago. The time has come. It's make it or break it.

Right now I'm doing Beth Moore's Bible study Daniel. It just so happens to co inside with what I'm going through at this particular minute. (Coincidence? nope, don't really think so!) On day three of this week she writes "God's ways are unfathomable, His creativity untamable." and I couldn't agree more. Ever since we became face down in front of God, finally handing our lives to Him, letting go of control, He's moved in ways that have totally just blown us away! and right now, we're preparing to be blown away even more.

Sure, fear creeps in. Doubts arise. Past disappointments come to mind. But now I know better. My mind is set. I am steadfast in Him. Beth also writes the following: minds "Set your mind (referring to Daniel 10:12)- Our minds are the battlefield on which this fight is won or lost. Satan will tangle with us as long as we let him. A wavering mind writes an invitation in the sky. It tells him we'll let him in."  You better believe I'm NOT inviting him to go on this trip with me! When he starts speaking lies, I'll speak truth. His truth. Beautiful sisters in Christ have armored us with scripture. It's the best weapon to have. I'm so grateful He loves us enough to share His truth with us.

Thankfully, through this past week, I've been feeling very peaceful. (if any of you know me, you know how big this is!) Only by prayer has this been accomplished. We've been prayed over at church by friends and strangers. We've both been prayed over at our Bible studies. There is absolutely NO way to describe being prayed over, overwhelmed and surrounded by love, being washed over by the Holy Spirit. Nothing, absolutely nothing, is better! Yesterday, I was prayed over by a sweet old/new friend and sister in Christ. (She was a part of my life while I was in Jr. High and High school, we lost touch, and now are so so happy to be reunited!) I was completely overcome with peace as she prayed. As she placed her hand on my head, tears flowed and peace came. Such a gift.

So now as we step onto this new path, the path to make our son forever ours, we ask that you join us in prayer. "Nothing shakes the heavenlies like prayer. Nothing moves the heart of God more than prayer."-Beth Moore  Won't you shake the heavenlies with us? Here are a few of our requests:

• Travel- we leave at 4:25 pm Sunday the 8th and will arrive in Ug Monday the 9th at 11:45pm. Please pray for no sickness, prompt flights, and rest.
• Trenner- Trey and I have never been away from Trenner for this long. (actually, Trenner has never gone more than a night without one of us home) Please pray for his heart, mind, and spirit while we're gone. I know he'll have a blast with aunts, uncles, mimi, papaw, mam, paps, and friends. Pray for us. That we can hand our worries for Trenner over to the Lord. (He loves Trenner way more than we ever could and we know He has Trenner's back!)
• Baby Love-Pray that we connect and rebond smoothly. Pray for Love and Trey's bonding. My heart has been aching for this very thing-watching Trey hold, squeeze, kiss, bond with, fall in love with the boy we've longed for for so long. Ugh. Makes me want to explode!
• Court-We will be in court on the 13th. Pray for our Judge. We pray he will have a soft heart and that the Lord will reveal our hearts and character to him before we ever meet. We pray for a quick and favorable ruling.
• Embassy-After we get our ruling, we will be working with the Embassy to get Love's visa to come HOME! Pray all paperwork goes smoothly. Pray for minimal type-o's. Pray they will have mercy on us. We pray that the Lord will reveal our hearts and character to them as well.
• Finally- We are BOLDLY asking the Lord to allow all three of us to come home on January 27th if it is in His will. This is a huge thing to ask, but thankfully we serve a God who does HUGE things. He wants to know the desires of our hearts, and, welp, here it is! If He does not allow this to happen, we know it is for great reason. We know He has planned something better than we could ever imagine.

Thank you all so much for playing such a huge roll in this journey. We could absolutely NEVER do this without all of you backing us!

Our cups runneth over,