Guatemalan Gifts From God

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Beauty from Ashes ......

So I have no idea why I am sharing this here or now but I feel a prompting from God. This is my "testimony" in which God gets all the honor and glory . Okay this is a little bit of a rewind since I didn't have a blog till we were home. So we will start from the beginning ......... After my son Taylors pregnancy (which was a awful pregnancy ....I had SEVERE morning sickness) I randomnly developed Generalized Anxiety Disorder with panic disorder. In case you don't know what it is ( I had NEVER heard of it before I developed it ) it is basically 24/7 fear of everything. It is so debilitating that at times you don't want to leave your house because your house becomes your "safe place" from all the dangers of the world. The physical symptoms of a panic attack are awful, awful, awful !!! So anyways I lived with this for a few years ( the doctors concluded it was hereditary and a hormonal imbalance after pregnancy that caused it ) and did all the programs and counseling to try to get control of it. When the adoption came about I was just starting to get control of this illness . Our adoption was complicated from day one ..... well actually it was day two that we found out that the babies were an abandonment case . But again God gave us the peace to go foward. We recieved our referral in January but were not allowed to even visit until the abandonment was completed on May 30th. Fast Foward to a few days before the abandonment was complete , I felt God was leading the way for us to go and foster . WHAT ,WAIT, Are you sure ME God , maybe you picked the wrong person for this. I am not strong enough ........ Then I heard a small still voice " My strength is made PERFECT in your weakness" . So we literally packed up and moved to Guatemala , never had been there, didn't speak the language etc.. So long story short God makes beauty from ashes. He used my horrible anxiety disorder (which I am cured of now - PTL ) to make me strong enough to start the adoption and then move to foster . His ways are not our ways but they are always perfect and hindsight is ALWAYS 20/20. To be continued ..........

- Newsboys Lyrics

Monday, August 20, 2007

Trouble has a name ........

And its Arianna !!!! :)

But mom , I am super thirsty

I wonder how this works ......

Maybe if I shake it ...............

This is the trick,climb up a little higher .........

I only get into trouble sometimes ......

Okay maybe alot but my big

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save me :)

COPYCATS :)

As you can see the twins copy eachother with EVERYTHING .....:)And of course Ms. Arianna is still the leader !!

Friday, August 17, 2007

Changing Channels

HeeHee we are so tricky

Lets turn it on

Oh its cartoons ..... perfect

Don't we have the cutest buns EVAH ??

Oh HI mom :)
Double Trouble -- need I say more !!??
Okay ... today is our last day of vacation so I will change the channel on this blog soon. In fact I am going to start writing more about myself and the work that God has done in me through this adoption . Ta Ta For Now :)