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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Dreams....



I am not quite sure what we dream sometimes and why. I know that some dreams are vivid and some are not. The reason for some dreams are apparent and well, some are just plain wierd. After Carmen's struggles with surgery and her death, I had some really vivid ones. Specifically, she was laying in her isolette with her pink OSU outfit on. I can remember holding her and touching her little hands. I was asking everyone why they told me she was dead and why they sent me someone elses baby to bury. It was her telling me she is ok. She is safe and happy, fully restored, perfect as she always was. Sadness, but comfort came with that dream. My Carmen is fine. Her worldy body gone, and her spirit is perfect like she is. She is with God.

I have often said that I am totally not opposed to believing there are spirits that mingle with us on a daily basis. I am also very aware and I often speak it, that my worldly body cannot handle seeing these things, so please visit me in my dreams to give me whatever message you need to. If not, what happens when you visit me here will do you nothing, because I would be dead from a stroke. My sister died when she was 16. Tina had CP. She had severe curvature of her spine and had a metal bar placed-six months later she died from complications of pneumonia. I so miss her to this day. When I worked at a nursing home, there was this specific patient that had some form of Leukemia. She told me one day that she was going to hell. Just the thought makes me shutter. I told her as long as she was sorry for whatever she thought she had done, and she tells God that she is sorry, she would be fine. I told her that God loves her and he would forgive her. When I was off, she died. A few days later I had a dream and she was sitting on her bed-perfectly fine. She told me that she wanted me to know that she was ok. I asked her if it was possible to see my sister (this was about 15 years after Tina's death.) In walks my sister-the same age as when she died. She could walk, talk, and she was in my favorite clothes-jeans and a sweatshirt. She jumped on me, gave me the biggest hug, and I woke up. My patient gave me a gift. It was such a relief.

This morning I am not quite sure what this dream I had means. I can speculate or ponder it, but I am sure that it is God. I know he wants me to do what I can to get Yana and advocate for others. In my dream I received this suitcase and I opened it. There were at least four or more children in it. They were alive. These children were faces that I knew from Reece's Rainbow, but for some reason I cannot place them. The only child I could place was AJ (who already has a family-thank God.) Anyways, the first child I found was a girl, not DS, but more like CP. I took her out and I fed her and hugged her. I told her she was going to be safe. I put my arms around her and then put her down on a bed to rest. She cried and begged me to not let her go. I looked down into the suitcase and there was this skinny boy, may or may not have had DS and I was furious. In dreams you can pretty much just flip to somewhere, so I found myself next to someone in inspection. I asked this woman how can she let this happen. How can someone do this to these babies. I was horrified. Then, I took her to the suitcase and showed her these children. There was a picture laying on the floor, and for some reason, I tried to pick A.J. up from the picture and I could not get him. I guess, because he has already found his family. The other children remained in the suitcase and I started taking them all out to safety. Then Ethan was yelling Mom...and I woke up.

I am not quite sure why I have these really wierd, but vivid dreams. I cannot shut my brain off at anytime. In the midst of the daily routine- soccer games, football games, school, diaper changes, supper, down time-my mind is always full of thoughts of Yana and all the Reece's Rainbow children still needing families. We have to do something. If someone is not in the position to donate-PLEASE PRAY! Olga has gone to Heaven...we did not get there in time for her...God called her home. She is now safe, but this should not be happening. It shouldn't happen there or here. No child should die without the love of a family.

Do not be afraid, for I am with you;
I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.
I will say to the north, `Give them up!' and to the south, `Do not hold them back.'
Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth--
--- Isaiah 43: 5-6

Thursday, September 2, 2010

And The Winner Is....



The winner of the quilt is....Jill Spicer

DS Lite.....Judy Bateman

John Deere blanket...Sue Ellen Rhinebarger

2nd John Deere blanket...Alisha Sharrer

Pink blanket...Brenda Hugen

There were six pieces of jewelry, and I took all the tickets and picked them one by one.

3 pieces of the jewelry...Sandra Savage

The next 3 pieces of the jewelry...Jenni Beattey

We want to thank all of you for your donations. I wish I could have given you all something. I will be emailing the winners and asking for your addresses (if you do not live locally) so I can ship your winnings. Thank you so much and God bless!! Please continue to pray for us as we move forward to bring our baby girl home.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Just Something To Make Us All Smile....


I can't stay on long because we have baths to give after a late night soccer game of Gabby's, but I just had to share this. She is so beautiful!!! Thank you Victoria!!!

Monday, August 23, 2010

God is so powerful :)

Wouldn't she fit so great right in the middle?

I just wanted to say thank you to all the people who are praying for us right now. Dut to recent donations and our chip ins that are coming in we currently have $4669.70 in our fsp. I have 1k here at home and I ordered our visas the other day (came to $800-I used money from the yard sale :)) We are now just a little over $3000 away from our first trip. God bless you all and please keep on praying that our grants come through!!!

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Harsh Reality...


We committed to Yana back in February. It has been six months since then. There have been so many roadblocks. First, there was an agency issue. Her region only allows 35 referrals per agency per year. Once that was resolved, our homestudy took awhile to get done. Once we received it, there were errors. We were able to apply for our I600A and have been approved, but not without that dreaded pink letter. When we went to have our first set of documents for our first trip apostilled, our documents were notarized here in our city and we didn't realize they had to be certified. So, we had to have them re-notarized, certified, and then apostilled. All,snafu's, but able to be fixed.
Money has always been an issue for us. We knew about five years ago that things would get tight when we decided to have one of us stay home to take care of our children. Our boys had some health issues that needed a stay at home parent, plus, we just didn't trust anyone with them. Our Anthony cannot talk. The thought of someone doing something to him made me just sick. It makes me sick to think of anyone doing anything to any of my kids, but Anthony could never tell us if they did. So, I work full time and my husband stays at home with our babies. Plus, this year we have had some not so great things happen. Gabby got in an accident with a semi in January. We are still battling them to pay the bills (yes it was the semi's fault.) Our basement flooded. Our fridge died. Our air conditioner went out of our truck...etc.
When we committed to Yana, I knew money would be an issue, but not once have I doubted that God would provide for us and for her. I stepped out in full faith. I told my husband just to be her Dad and I would worry about the money. We have had two yardsales and raised a decent amount of money. Most of it has went to help pay for the beginning stuff. Today I ordered our visas for travel. Yes, we have been able to pay some things by ourselves, but not a great deal of it. I mean, a few dollars here and a few hundred there, but not thousands.
Today while talking to Andrea, she made that harsh reality real. She told me that we couldn't make Yana wait forever. I know this and she is right. At that moment though, I could feel my heart in my throat and I was scared. The thought of losing her made me ill. Afterall, I know God knows how much this child means to us. He knows my heart and the tears I cry all the time for her. A few weeks ago, I applied for Show Hope and then The Abba Fund and Lifesong. All I can do is pray that they come through. I don't want to lose her, but I can't expect her to wait forever. Harsh realities stink. I am going to do my best to think of some other ways to fundraise while we wait on answers from them. We still have some fundraisers on this blog.
If you know my family you know that we have lost our Carmen two years ago after open heart surgery. I am not ready to lose a child again. Yana is ours in my heart and mind. All I can say is that right now I am at my weakest. My heart and soul is open to God and his works. I give myself to him. I am begging our God to show me the way. I firmly believe that he showed us this angel for a reason. She is meant for us...Please God-I need you now.

Friday, August 13, 2010

One Step Forward....


Do you see the tears in those eyes??

Received a letter in the mail today& it was from the NVC in NH. It stated that in 3-5 business days our petition for Advanced Processing of Orphan Petition will be forwarded to the visa-issuing post where the adoption interview will take place....We have a case number& the name of the person it is forwarded to. In just a few short days...they will know we are coming for her :) Please God, let them approve us.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Positive News


Her big sister Gabby picked this out for her. Gabby said, "Mom, you have to get this for Yana. It is so cute!!"



This is Yana's angel...she is so loved!!



I received the actual letter today that states we have been approved and our information has been sent to the National Visa Center in NH!!

We are still short on funds for our first trip. We have applied for Show Hope and are waiting on that to see if we get it. Andrea is busy updating our FSP page. I have filled out the pre ap for A Child Waits and I am currently filling out the Abba Fund application. I took out a loan on my 403b on Tuesday. It won't be more than 3k-the amount depends on the market the day it is done. I will let everyone know how much when I get it. We are about 4-4500 away from our first trip-give or take-so the 403b check should help some. I have changed the email address for our Puzzle Pieces and our chances below for the Quilt, DS lite and Tara Bella Jewelry~so they go directly to our FSP. Prayers are always welcome!!
 


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