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! "

Boys Trip

We had one last final “boy’s” trip…yes I went. We went down to Branson over Spring break and enjoyed some time with our sweet boys! The flood waters caused some technical difficulties when it came to fishing from the bank. I really think we were fishing for birds or squirrels. Our drive down was held up…actually brought to a screeching halt!!!, when we hit rising flood water on the other side of St. Louis. Poor Jacob was such a trooper! He has a cast due to a broken growth plate in his ankle. We drug him around on his crutches…and I mean DRUG! I love his spirit. I experienced fish blood and puke to whole new levels. I will leave it at that. I really needed to try putting a slide show out here.