TRAVEL APPROVAL!!!

Today God ROCKED our world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God woke us with an earthquake this morning...do I need to say more? We have travel approval. He has ordered every part of this process and we are overwhelmed! We are on our way to celebrate so this is short.... WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO BRING OUR DAUGHTER HOME!!!!


Psalm 68
1 May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.
2 As smoke is blown away by the wind, may you blow them away; as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.
3 But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.
4 Sing to God, sing praise to his name, extol him who rides on the clouds his name is the LORD— and rejoice before him.
5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
6 God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
7 When you went out before your people, O God, when you marched through the wasteland, Selah
8 the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
9 You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.
10 Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor.

11 The Lord announced the word, and great was the company of those who proclaimed it:

17 The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.
18 When you ascended on high, you led captives in your train; you received gifts from men, even from the rebellious— that you, O LORD God, might dwell there.

19 Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Selah
20 Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.
24 Your procession has come into view, O God, the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.
25 In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the maidens playing tambourines.
26 Praise God in the great congregation; praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel.

32 Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord, Selah
33 to him who rides the ancient skies above, who thunders with mighty voice.
34 Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the skies.
35 You are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

I should wait until the 28th, but...these pictures are too cute to keep to myself.

Libi Faith's foster home celebrates all the birthdays of the month on one day. We think it is because of the MESS!! All these little babes and their messy little faces...I am sure it has to take hours to clean it up!

Her little walker is NASCAR, she must be a real "speedster". From the looks of things, I would venture to say there is not a lot of "speed" in Libi's world! We think the cheeks might slow her down...

SO where are we at in the process of getting her home? Only God knows...and in that lies the struggle.

This is a constant cycle of emotions.

Once again, I must testify of My sweet Fathers knowledge of his little girl.

I wait minute by minute, hour by hour, at this point to here that we can leave to go get Libi.

He knows my desire is to hold my daughter in my arms on her birthday, this dream is likely to stay just that, a dream. When faced with the reality of this today what should arrive?

Pictures of my precious Libi Faith celebrating her birthday. Yes, it is bitter sweet for me, but what a blessing!

Birthday's come and go for so many mommies who wait for their children on the other side of the world, birthdays that will never be marked in their minds with memories or pictures in their albums. I have been blessed with birthday memories, I have her first....

and now her second....

Thank You my Great God for the hope of that 3rd birthday celebration!!!!!!!!!!!

LOA!!!!!

Our LOA finally arrived!!!! NO APRIL FOOLS!

LOA Letter of Acceptance…we needed to check a box and sign our name that we still wanted to adopt Zhang Jia Qi (-soon to be Libi Faith Arnold!)

This document could have taken 84 days to arrive…it came in 47!!! This is due to an Amazing God who choose to expedite her papers.

Our hope and prayer is to be on a plane to China by the end of the month!

After we singed the paper and got ready to send it off Joel had disappeared up the stairs and came back with a ltter to send to his sister...From: your brother Joel

To: Libi Faith Arnold

I love you SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much!

He wanted us to send it to her. Oh this sends my heart!

Psalm 34:8

"Taste and see that the LORD is good.
Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him! "