New Travel Blog

We are leaving Dec. 2 and spending the night in LA.

Our Flight to China leaves 7:00 am Dec. 3.

I have most of the Christmas shopping done and

bought some winter clothes. Living in AZ. we didn't

have much for real cold weather. I am sure I will still

freeze! (I know such a wimp) The house is decorated

tree is up.

I have been working on a new blog for China travel

it is at.........(just click on it)

web.me.com/shinehislight/file/Blog/Blog.html

Thanks everyone for all your help!

TA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As cold water to a weary soul,

So is good news from a far country.

Proverbs 25:25

Woo-hoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

We got the loooooooong awaited phone call this morning!!!

We leave on December 3rd for China!!!!

Praising and thanking our Father in heaven!

We are coming Piper!!!

There are 21 families going in our group.

I think 10 special needs and 11 healthy (might be reversed

I was to excited)

I think all the healthy families are going to Nanchang and

3 Special Needs families. I am not sure who yet.

Thank you everyone for your prayers!

Yesterday's devotional reminded me of a few the Lord blessed me

with in the past, especially one when I thought maybe we weren't

in His will.

Streams In The Desert

November 5

Is anything too hard for the Lord? (Genesis 18:14)

Here is God's loving challenge to you and to me today.

He wants us to think of the deepest, highest, worthiest

desire and longing of our hearts, something which perhaps

was our desire for ourselves or for someone dear to us, yet

which has been so long unfulfilled that we have looked upon

it as only a lost desire, that which might have been but now

cannot be, and so have given up hope of seeing it fulfilled in

this life.

That thing, if it is in line with what we know to be His expressed

will (as a son to Abraham and Sarah was), God intends to do for

us, even if we know that it is of such utter impossibility that we

only laugh at the absurdity of anyone's supposing it could ever

now come to pass. That thing God intends to do for us, if we will

let Him.

"Is anything too hard for the Lord?" Not when we believe in

Him enough to go forward and do His will, and let Him do the

impossible for us. Even Abraham and Sarah could have blocked

God's plan if they had continued to disbelieve.

The only thing too hard for Jehovah is deliberate, continued

disbelief in His love and power, and our final rejection of His

plans for us. Nothing is too hard for Jehovah to do for them

that trust Him.

(From Messages For the Morning Watch)

I typed this in early this morning and before I posted it I was

blessed to find out our TA add finally come in!

Almost a year ago the Lord gave me took me right to this

verse in Genesis 18:14

Is anything to hard for the Lord? I will return to you at

the appointed time next year an Sarah will have a son.

He put on my heart that our daughter would be home

a year from that day. Whenever I would start to doubt

I always had this peace and remembered she would

be here by Christmas. We were told we would be leaving

in October yet the dates came and passed us by. I started

to get discouraged. Why? I started listening to people

instead of the promise my Father in heaven gave me.

We got our TA and were told we couldn't leave Nov. 19

no CA appts. were available. So we leave on December

3rd and we will be home December 18th. A year to the day

that He answered when I had prayed and cried out to Him

asking if we were in His will......... we will be getting home

with our daughter.

Thank you Father for your faithfulness

and forgive me for my unbelief.

The one who has called you is faithful and He will do it.

1 Thessalonians 5:24

Three Years Ago Today

I can't believe how fast time is flying by. I took you in my

arms three years ago. At the sweet age of 18 months. Our

lives were changed forever and for the better. You had

the most curious eyes as you looked at us. My heart

just melted with the love the Lord had already placed

in my heart for you that has grown ever more deeply

each day we spend with you.

Jaden, you have brought such joy and laughter and

yes even a few sleepless nights into our lives. I thank

my Father in heaven everyday for the

beautiful gift He has given us in you.

Monday October 30, 2006

3:00 pm

Gotcha Day

Not so sure about all of these strange people.



I know you were afraid and didn't know what to think.

After our first night the very next morning around 10:00 am

we went back to the Civil Affairs office and your nanny was there

she put her hands out for you and you went to her and then looked

at me and then her a couple of times and put your arms out to come

back to me. My heart leaped with joy and I new our Father above was

answering many prayers for you to start bonding so quickly.

Yes, from that day forward you attached to me. I couldn't even go

to the bathroom alone. You became my little cling on and I wouldn't

have changed it for the world. Poor daddy had to wait patiently as you

slowly warmed up to him. When you did I was thrilled and to this day

love watching you both enjoy each other. May you learn from your

daddy's love how much our Father in heaven truly loves you.

At the medical exam in China. A much happier little girl.

After many kisses from mommy, mommy received her

first kiss in China while I was laying on the floor playing

with you.

Tonight we went to a little Chinese restaurant to celebrate.

Jaden loved the noodles! She commented, " They were the

best she'd ever had."

Then she told us we don't know how to eat them right and

proceeded to slurp them down!

We love you Jaden

you have been such

a blessing from God.

We have been blessed

beyond measure.

Jaden's Referral (finally)

I know I am a little behind our scanner wasn't working.

Thanks Amy for the picture. For some reason when

we scan that one it turns out really tiny.

So I copied and pasted the one you emailed.

I didn't want to add this all on tomorrows post.

Our referral came August 25, 2006

Birthdate 4/2/2005

Name Jiang Suh Qin

Yongxiu County SWI

Jiangxi, China

Prayer for our group from DH

Father,

We thank-you for this honor

bestowed upon us,

to have the privilege of raising

and loving Your children.

We ask for Your protection

over the little ones

While we labor

these last weeks

to travel to them.

We covet Your blessings
as we prepare for the trip.

Thank-you for Your
mercy, grace and love.

In Jesus name

Amen

Our precious gift from the Lord

Jaden Faith

A beautiful poem I found
God's Little Girl

Oh, little girl from a far away land,

You know not yet how the Father's hand

Has fashioned your frame in ways so grand,

And loves you in ways you don't understand.

And though we've yet to hold your tiny frame,

You've captured our hearts, and we long to

call your name.

We thank God for you, a gift so sweet and pure,

And pray for you, to know His Son for sure.

And as you grow, may you always know

The Lord is there wherever you go.

We promise to love you through all

your days and hours,

But never forget, His love is far greater than ours.

Our Father's Son, He freely gave

And all who believe, He surely will save.

Oh, little girl, we're all adopted at so great a price,

But as God's little girl, you're adopted twice.

Paul W. Smith

Thus says the Lord to His anointed,

To Cyrus, whose right hand I have

held---

To subdue the nations before him

And loose the armor of kings,

To open before him the double doors,

So that the gates will not be shut:

I will go before you And make the

crooked places straight;

I will break in pieces the gates of bronze

And cut the bars of iron.

I will give you the treasures of darkness

And the hidden riches of secret places,

That you may know that I, the Lord,

Who call you by your name,

Am the God of Israel.

Isaiah 45:1-3

Special Drawing

Jaden's butterfly for Jesus.Before DH hung up Piper's butterflies one had disappeared.

Little later I found out where it had gone. Jaden came up and

handed me her picture of the butterfly she traced and told me

it was for Jesus, then asked if she could go give it to Him now.

Oh, and of course, she wants me to go with her. So I told her

He sees and loves your beautiful butterfly, just as He loves you.

Oh sweet girl there are days I long for Jesus

to come and take us home. Until then we need

to be lights in this dark world and share His love.

Bible story time

Jesus Calms The Storm

Mark 4:35-41

The affirmation: I will run to Jesus when I am afraid.

Jaden pondered for a few minutes and then looked at

me and said, "Well.... actually you can't run to Jesus."
I explained to her the way we run to Jesus is by praying

when we are afraid and He will give us His peace.

She memorized the Fruit Of The Spirit this week and

we have been discussing each fruit. What perfect timing.

This precious four year old always is amazing me.