We received the referral of a precious baby boy yesterday! We are overwhelmed at His goodness to our family.  This looks nothing like we thought it would look when we started the process over a year ago, but it is His plan, and we rest in that.

God is in the details!! I will post more about it later.  

We are praying for a quick court date so we can travel to get our little man soon.  We would be grateful if you would do the same. :)

He is amazing, just beautiful!  Trust me.

This is a verse that my sister gave to me last week.  It has given me comfort as I am reminded that my finite mind can't begin to comprehend the mind of the Lord.  We don't see the big picture, but He does.  We also know that we may not have any more clarity this side of heaven, but that too is o.k.  We are humbled by His sustaining grace through this difficult season. 

We took last weekend "off" as a family.  Moody had a business trip that he cancelled, we told the boys baseball coaches they wouldn't be there to play and we took off for the ranch.  It was so good to be together as a family in the quiet of the country.  It gave us time to think, pray and talk about what to do next.

We trust in the Lord and know that He will make this path clear for our family!

You all are amazing! We feel so loved and cared for by so many right now.  Each and every comment has overwhelmed me.  I know that many people are standing in the gap for us right now and we feel it.  Praying on the phone, reading encouraging emails, receiving some gorgeous flowers, getting "I'm just calling to check on you" phone calls, "I have been there and know how you feel" phone calls - all from this crazy blog world.  Thank you. 

Where are we?  We are grieving.  We are confused.  We feel far away from Ethiopia, but are still 100% convinced that our children are there.  We don't know what the next step is right now and we are praying for clarity in the decision making process.

We want the best for these two precious kids that the Lord gave us for a short time.  While we thought they were to come here and be ours forever, we are starting to see that His plan was different.  I don't know if we were allowed the privilege to pray for them and to love them for a time until they were united with more of their family.  We do know that we want His best for them and I have such a hard time thinking that staying there is the answer.  We may not ever have all of the answers that we want and we are dealing with that as well.

I don't mean to be cryptic at all.  I know I love to read a blog entry that answers all of my questions and I wish that I could provide more info right now.  We don't have much and once I have more, hopefully I will be able to share it.  We have someone in ET right now trying to find out more details and pray that this will bring some clarity to our family.

The kids are doing better.  Telling them was one of the hardest things that Moody and I have done.  They really don't understand!  They love these two so much and just wanted them to come home.  It has been a huge example to them of trusting the Lord in really hard circumstances.  We keep reminding them that God is good.  That He is no less good because W and B won't be coming home.  He is no less good when we are sad.  He is always good, He is always loving and He always wants what is ultimately for our good and His glory!  (Ok, so as I'm teaching them, I am reminding myself because this is hard!!)

We feel called to just sit and be still right now.  My personality is to want to make knee jerk reactions and move forward.  The Lord is telling us to sit, be still and trust that He will lead us to make the next move on this adoption journey.  

Tracie called to check on me yesterday and felt led to share with me this devotional entry. How perfect.

We got some news today that our precious W and B will most likely not be coming home to our family.  We are devastated, but God is good and He is faithful.

We would appreciate your prayers.

Thanks for a good Mother's Day laugh, Laurie!!  

Watch the video to see what it is all about.