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This week has been such a blessing. I was able to cut my schedule back to working only mondays and wednesdays! I love being at home as much as possible, and the Lord helped me figure out how to scale this back, and it feels so great! I love my job too, so it is a nice balance. Although I had so many plans for the year, the Lord has pruned so much back, and left me right where my heart has really desired to be!
Last night we had our homeschoolers "Country night" get together at Tara's house. It was such a blessing. All the kiddos presented their projects on China. We ate chinese food, and fellowshipped. September's country will be "Russia". We are having such fun with this!
We are adopting from China! We have been hard at work all summer pulling together the massive amounts of paperwork it requires. We are just completing our homestudy, and our dossier is getting authenticated. We have no idea when we will be bringing home our daughter, and I have no idea how old she will be. We qualify for a referral for the youngest child they refer (6-12 mos), but my husband informed me that he is also intersted in a child around 2. The wait time for a referral has increased a lot since we started this process in May. It could be 11 to 16 months after our dossier is logged in, in China. We are open to a special needs child, so that could mean a shorter time frame, but we have no idea what God has planned, so we will wait patiently on Him.
Homeschooling has started and I feel much more clear about it this year! I have a better focus, and my children are much more settled into it, and willing. I am in prayer, and focusing on the Lord, and teaching them who they are in Christ.
I am feeling better and praising God for this! I am going to continue to proactively and consciously eat the way the Bible tells us to eat, and remember to treat His temple with care, and not overindulge as well.
I am looking forward to what the Lord has planned for this year, as fall is always my favorite time of year, and is like a new beginning!
Oh, and I am blog addicted! Besides homestead blogger, I started following blogs from people adopting from China and other countries. It is so fun to read! China adoption blogs especially because the people wait and wait and wait for their referral, having no idea what their child will look like, and then one day they are emailed a picture of their child match and they post it to their blog and all the excitement, and emotions are right there, and you are able to share in their joy with them! Just this week one couple who have a very active and popular blog and who's wait has seemed excruciating, just got thier referral-twins. They were absolutely overjoyed. Their blog had over 500 comments posted that day. I have got to limit my time on the computer, so I have to figure out how to treat this blog addiction.
Brightest Blessings!!!!!!!
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