"I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him." 1 Samuel 1:27
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Tickled Pink!!
We are TICKLED PINK on the Home for Khloe blog! Countdown to Khloe 11 days! Ok, so my mind is going 90 to nothing! Pray I can focus long enough to get all the important stuff done prior to leaving! Pray that my heart will not break completely in two when I think about leaving my boys for 13 days! We are gonna definitely try to get some really special time in with them the last few days before we leave! It is such a bittersweet time and I have so many mixed emotions right now! All because of the precious three boys I will be leaving in 7 days! But God will protect them and us, of that I am certain!
Countdown to Khloe...Days to go 12
12 more days until I meet Khloe!!! I have lots of snacks and Smarties ready to pack for her!! I haven't started packing yet but have her stuff laid out for packing. I have snuggly blankie for her and stuffed animals, sticker books, etc. to entertain her while we're there. I will post some pics of her bedroom this weekend if not sooner. Got alot to do to get ready but I know I can because I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me!!
Monday, August 27, 2012
Funds Needed
If anyone would like to donate to our adoption fund for Khloe we are asking for as many people as possible to give $10 each to cover orphanage donation and incountry fees. We have to come up with $7300 more to take with us to China for these donations and fees. We also have travel fees that can cost up to $9600 for a total of $16,000. I know it seems impossible to come up with that type of money but I serve a God that can move mountains and right now this is the mountain that needs moving, and I know and trust that HE will take care of this for us! We have a week to get this money up! Please donate to our adoption by clicking on our donate button on our blog. If we could get this message across to 1600 PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GIVE TO A WORTHY CAUSE.... GIVING A PRECIOUS ORPHAN A FOREVER FAMILY.... Please do so now, as we only have a week to raise this money. Send this message to everyone you know, you may copy it for facebook twitter etc. send them to our blog and click the donate button and donate through paypal. THANKS for your support!!! If 730 people give $10 each then the orphanage donation and incountry fees would be taken care of !! Travel Fees will most likely be around $9600 so we would need 960 people to give $10 to this adoption fund! Let's see if we can get the message out and how many will help us bring our Khloe home!!!!!!!
In HIS hands,
The Peacocks
In HIS hands,
The Peacocks
Travel Approval!!!!
TRAVEL APPROVAL!!!!! We got the news today! We will be leaving on 9/6/2012!! This is so surreal! I can not believe we will be leaving for China next Thursday, 10 days!!!! So, now it's time for the countdown! Two weeks from today will be Gotcha Day! I read this today and it is soooo fitting!
From Daily Hope Devotional by Rick Warren:
There comes a point in time where you have to make the critical decision to go for it. And in this situation Joshua had to do it. He had to take the plunge — literally! For the children of Israel to go into the Promised Land, a million or so of them first had to cross the Jordan River. You may not think that was a big deal, but there weren't bridges in those days.
The Jordan River is usually about 100 feet wide and 20 feet deep. But in the springtime, when the Israelites happened to be there, it often floods and becomes a rushing, raging river. There seemed to be no way they were going to cross it. So God said, "I'm going to do a miracle. Remember 40 years ago when I opened up the Red Sea? I'm going to do something like that again, only this time it's going to be a little different. At the Red Sea, I opened it up and then you walked through. This time, I want you to start walking through it first.”
The Bible tells us in Joshua 3 that God dammed the river up, 17 miles upstream, so 17 miles of water had to go through before the water receded. The spiritual leaders went first. They stepped in up to their ankles, and nothing happened. They walked further, up to their knees, then their hips, and then their chests. But God's timing is perfect. The waters did recede, and they were able to walk across the Jordan River and capture the Promised Land.
What do you do when you know what you ought to do and you know what's right, but you're afraid to do it? You do it anyway. What do you do when you know God wants you to do something, but you don't have the faith to do it? You do it anyway. You move against your fears. You do the very thing you fear the most. The very situation you think is going to swallow you up will become your greatest victory when you trust God and step out in faith.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 says, " If you wait until the wind and the weather are just right, you will never plant anything and never harvest anything” (GNT). There's never a better time to start doing what God meant for you to do than right now. (by Rick Warren)
God has truly blessed our step of faith throughout this journey! And I know He will see it to completion! He has orchestrated His plan so beautifully and faithfully throughout our adoption of Khloe! I stand in AWE! Words cannot express the excitement I feel, words cannot express my gratitude, I stand in AWE of Him who "fearfully and wonderfully" created us all in our mother's womb. He has a plan for us all, a plan for us to have hope and prosperity.
When we started this journey we didn't know how we could take on another responsibility, we didn't know how we could afford it, we didn't know if we would even qualify, but God said DO it and this time we DID!! God has grown my faith in things I can not do or see because HE can DO it and HE can SEE it through! Don't wait until it is too late, DO what God leads you to do and HE will take care of the details!!
All PRAISE and GLORY be to HIM who is ABLE to complete a GOOD WORK in you!!!
IN HIS HANDS,
Amy
From Daily Hope Devotional by Rick Warren:
"Then Joshua issued instructions to the leaders of
Israel to tell the people to get ready to cross the Jordan River." (Joshua
1:10-11 LB)
There comes a point in time where you have to make the critical decision to go for it. And in this situation Joshua had to do it. He had to take the plunge — literally! For the children of Israel to go into the Promised Land, a million or so of them first had to cross the Jordan River. You may not think that was a big deal, but there weren't bridges in those days.
The Jordan River is usually about 100 feet wide and 20 feet deep. But in the springtime, when the Israelites happened to be there, it often floods and becomes a rushing, raging river. There seemed to be no way they were going to cross it. So God said, "I'm going to do a miracle. Remember 40 years ago when I opened up the Red Sea? I'm going to do something like that again, only this time it's going to be a little different. At the Red Sea, I opened it up and then you walked through. This time, I want you to start walking through it first.”
The Bible tells us in Joshua 3 that God dammed the river up, 17 miles upstream, so 17 miles of water had to go through before the water receded. The spiritual leaders went first. They stepped in up to their ankles, and nothing happened. They walked further, up to their knees, then their hips, and then their chests. But God's timing is perfect. The waters did recede, and they were able to walk across the Jordan River and capture the Promised Land.
What do you do when you know what you ought to do and you know what's right, but you're afraid to do it? You do it anyway. What do you do when you know God wants you to do something, but you don't have the faith to do it? You do it anyway. You move against your fears. You do the very thing you fear the most. The very situation you think is going to swallow you up will become your greatest victory when you trust God and step out in faith.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 says, " If you wait until the wind and the weather are just right, you will never plant anything and never harvest anything” (GNT). There's never a better time to start doing what God meant for you to do than right now. (by Rick Warren)
God has truly blessed our step of faith throughout this journey! And I know He will see it to completion! He has orchestrated His plan so beautifully and faithfully throughout our adoption of Khloe! I stand in AWE! Words cannot express the excitement I feel, words cannot express my gratitude, I stand in AWE of Him who "fearfully and wonderfully" created us all in our mother's womb. He has a plan for us all, a plan for us to have hope and prosperity.
When we started this journey we didn't know how we could take on another responsibility, we didn't know how we could afford it, we didn't know if we would even qualify, but God said DO it and this time we DID!! God has grown my faith in things I can not do or see because HE can DO it and HE can SEE it through! Don't wait until it is too late, DO what God leads you to do and HE will take care of the details!!
All PRAISE and GLORY be to HIM who is ABLE to complete a GOOD WORK in you!!!
IN HIS HANDS,
Amy
Friday, August 24, 2012
Waiting for TA!
We are still waiting for our travel approval! It should come within the next week or so! Everytime the phone rings I am hoping and praying it is America World. As soon as we get the TA, we will then begin making travel arrangements. Generally, travel will take place within 2 weeks of the TA. So, we could be traveling in a couple weeks! We are estimating the travel time to be around 9/13 or 9/20. The itinerary always starts on a Thursday, Beijing on Friday through Sunday, and Gotcha Day on Monday!! I am so excited to share our Gotcha Day with you all. Hopefully, I will be able to get video of the first time we see our new baby girl!
We are anxiously anticipating that day! We are finished with her room and I am gathering items to pack for her. We are really coming Khloe! I hope you love your new, crazy, and loving family Khloe!!
We are anxiously anticipating that day! We are finished with her room and I am gathering items to pack for her. We are really coming Khloe! I hope you love your new, crazy, and loving family Khloe!!
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Article 5
We received our Article 5 today, (I am getting confused at what all these numbers mean at this point), now we are only waiting on our Travel Approval saying when we can travel. We should receive this within 2-4 weeks! That is the point when we make our consulate appointments in Guangzhou and our travel arrangements! It is so incredible to think that in a little over a month we could be meeting our daughter for the first time face to face!! I have been reading in Ezekiel about how God told Ezekiel to prophesy and God gave the dry bones in the valley flesh and breathed life into them. God took something that was without hope and gave it hope and life! As I have meditated on this account, I feel like God has done the same thing for me, our family, and for Khloe. He has given us purpose and life more abundant since this journey began. We have had our valleys and I know there will be more to come, but God in His infinite wisdom saw fit to give us HOPE in the valleys and life to make it through to the mountain top. He is there with us through thick and thin, hopelessness and happiness, the ups and downs of this life. Pray with us as we anticipate the meeting of our daughter. We are so thankful to be this close and are so humbled at how God has blessed this journey. Absolutely overwhelmed by Your greatness my Father!!
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