God's Promises

I have wondered how much to post....how detailed to be, how deep to go, etc. I have wondered just how authentic to be. I am sure the posts will be a little bit of everything but for now I want to share some feelings. Some real authentic feelings.

The past week has been physically exhausting. If you know me well, you know that I require a lot of sleep. That's how I was made. The lack of sleep night after night was really playing a toll. We aren't eating much because we can't find much that looks satisfying. The planes, trains and car rides are wearing us down.

I was crying out to the Lord....begging him for sleep, rest, and peace. I felt so overwhelmed. The time difference, cultural differences, language barrier, traveling from city to city, going from appointment to appointment, having no control over what is being said, how it's being translated has been so hard. I felt like my head and my heart would not stop spinning.

Yesterday Ted and I had to get up early to be driven an hour and a half away. We had a meeting with social workers in Valera's birth city. We felt exhausted. Even the pillar of strength, Ted, said "this trip is brutal".

Again, I prayed and "poured my heart out like water before the Lord". I asked Him for reminders....very specific ones that would encourage us, and remind us that He would never leave us or forsake us.

Two lovely women were angels to us at the meeting yesterday. They cared so much about Valera, showed us pictures of him throughout the years, showed us pictures of his siblings, wanted us to show them pictures we had. They were the kindest women we had met here yet.

Ted and I left there with a new energy and renewed spirits. We enjoyed an evening with the family at a dolphin show. We did not know until we went back outside that it had rained. As we left the building, we walked a trail. Up in the sky was a FULL rainbow....I knew it was God's real reminder to me that He is faithful, trustworthy, and in total control.

He granted us the longest sleep we have had in 9 days last night.

God is so good. Thank you for reading about our journey. Thank you for praying for us. Thank you to those who have left us comments on our blog. They are such encouragement to us. We call it "love from home".

Please keep praying for us....our rest and health, our adjusting to all that is new, and mostly that God's will continue to be done and that we would do nothing to get in His way.

Much love to you all!