One Year LID Anniversary!

We finally made it to one year of "official" waiting!!!

We are very excited, but unfortunately, it doesn't appear that we are that much closer to receiving our referral. One year ago we did think that our 1-year anniversary would have only meant a matter of months until our referral, but we now know that we will have another 10-12 months to wait.

We have purchased the bedding for the crib and a couple of pictures for the walls, but I don't feel a strong need to paint the room yet. I think it will be too difficult to have it ready for so many months before our daughter arrives. We continue to stock up on clothes and other odds and ends and we hope that we are guessing on the correct sizes:)

We continue to pray for peace during this long wait and we remain faithful that this is all in God's timing and He knows who is meant to be our daughter.

On a positive note: A friend of ours that we "met" through an adoption forum recently received one of the greatest miracles - their daughter, Brea who was adopted from China last October, received the heart transplant that she has been waiting for! She became ill 7 weeks ago with a virus that attacked her heart and she was in desperate need of a new heart. She received that new heart on March 30th and is doing extremely well. We continue to pray for her recovery and for the donor family that made the difficult decision to provide life for another during their time of loss. Please keep both of these families in your prayers -