Impressions from a friend

tammy,

i only have a few minutes, but i wanted to let you know we measured the foot of your sweet boy today. :) he is wonderful! cuter even than the pictures. elizabeth took some great videos of him that i will bring back to the office for you. he is a little firecracker. SO cute!

wishing (SO MUCH) that you were here,

abbie and elizabeth

Inspiration to find a way

This song about sums it up.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4eZybIXpm8


AMOS STORY

Aaron Ivey. ©2009 IVEYMUSIC. (ASCAP)

Another photograph to wrestle in my head
Another sleepless night on concrete featherbed
These thoughts of you like bullets to my soul
We’ve got to find a way to get you home

I’ll find a way to get you here
If it takes my fleeting breath
Another sunrise hits the ground
And it’s a dark lonely sight

Lightyears away I hope you know
There is somebody searching
For the way to get you here
I will get you here

Throw the clocks away and run out to the street
We’ll fly to distant clouds where it’s just you and me
A day will come when all of this is gone
I’ll find a way to get you here

If it takes my fleeting breath
Another sunrise hits the ground
And it’s a dark lonely sight
Lightyears away I hope you know

There is somebody searching
For the way to get you here
I will get you here
Close your eyes and dream of a better day with me

As angels hold you tight, may you sleep in peace tonight
So dream, dream, dream my child
Hear the whisperings of hope

Hope vs. Hope Deferred

Proverbs tells us: Hope deferred makes the heart sick.  My son is standing firm in hope, while I can't seem to get around the natural consequences of deferred hope.  But, as I choose to continue to fight within myself to choose faith, hope and trust, I realize that the greater than any of these, is love.  Love that comes from a God that I can fully trust.  Love that caused me to even pursue this improbable adoption and love that is the center of hope for my son.  He often comes to our director asking "do you have any news for me".  Even though there is little news and the news that we do have for him, is that there is a delay...., his hope is strong.  You can see it in his eyes in this picture that was recently taken at his school.  In the times that I start to feel like it is hopeless, I need to remind myself of the strong hope that exists within my son and in so many kids around the world who survive and succeed in life because of the deep hope that they have in God's perfect plan for them.