Where we're at! & Savannah Pictures

2nd post and it's all over the place...lots on this girls mind today!

Sidenote:

I have a sweet friend JILL, that is also hosting a giveaway on our behalf. If you sent an email...leave a comment on her blog and you might get double lucky! I hear she sales lots of P@mpered Chef!! Go the post below for the additional info if you've missed what I'm referring to.

I've had some things on my heart so seriously though...here is "where we are at"

I just wanted to add that this Vietnam Campaign effort has been a long time in the making. It has been very well thought out. It has been set up to bring this issue from the back burner to the full attention of our government. Come September, there will be orphans in orphanages with a much lower probability of being adopted into a family with love due to the lapse in the agreement. So, it is not out of desperation or anything that we send this email or ask you guys to too. It is out of support to Vietnamese orphans, families a lot further in the process, and those like us who just know they have a purpose with being involved with Vietnam.

Brandon and I (if you couldn't tell by the lack of posting on the subject) have really been laid back (more recently) about the outcome of this adoption journey. If anything, God brought us to a point where we strongly felt Him urging us to place it in HIS hands f-u-l-l-y. I was pretty much only 80% there a couple of months ago even though I told myself and others differently. Brandon, he's pretty good about that stuff..He teaches me lots! Now, I am to a place of no worrying, no begging(you know, begging God), no crying, no constant yahoo group checking, no baby stuff purchasing (I don't even take a 2nd look at the stuff anymore unless it's at a cute boutique in Savannah which I'll go straight back to after we get a referral) but extreme peace with not only the knowledge but the trust that God is in control. He brought us straight to that place. We only had one other way to turn and that was AWAY from Him, his plans, his provision, and I think I've said this before but I'll say it again, that's just not an option of us. We have lots of life left to live (the good Lord willing) and we don't want to start going crazy-out-of His will now. I told Hannah and her mom this weekend that we are still joyfully expectant. We're not necessarily joyfully expectant for anything in particular, but for God to do a mighty work in and through growing our family. We're just not so sure what it looks like?? For people who have LOTS of dreams/goals/plans/loving they want to do (I promise Brandon comes up with a new 5 or 10 year plan every week ...I love that man!!) it's a hard pill to swallow, that whole not knowing what it looks like, but that's where God has lead us to and maybe that was a big purpose in what we have gone through thus far!

Trust God from the bottom of your heart;
don't try to figure out everything on your own.
Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;
he's the one who will keep you on track.
Don't assume that you know it all.
Run to God! Run from evil!
Your body will glow with health,
your very bones will vibrate with life! Proverbs 3:5-7


All that to say well, to say that but also, we'd love for you to participate in the email and then in a couple of weeks calling somebody important in the state government (can't remember who exactly)! This will help people already matched with children, waiting to travel to bring them home, and those of us who don't know who are children are yet but have this strong feeling (yes, STILL) that they are in Vietnam. It's not that we aren't letting God do His work, it's that we're doing God's work through raising this awareness!!

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Me and Hannah went to Savannah!

I finally got my pictures to upload on blogger! It takes about 10 minutes per upload... anyone else having this problem?? Ok, so here is sneak peak into Savannah! I want to do a whole post but lots of you are asking, and ya'll do call the shots around here :o)

Hannah and Aunt Patty breaking in the bed!
1st stop, Ice Cream. Held us over until a late dinner!
We saw LOTS of puppies while we were gone, this one was sweet! The Lord knows I miss my puppy when Im away and I promise every time he sends me some to love on while Im away.
Speaking of that late dinner, Hannah had an allergic reaction. We raced around town (some scary parts) trying to find Benadryl and we finally ended up at a Walgreens right beside the hospital. We waited in the parking lot of the hospital next to Walgreens just in case the Benadryl didn't work. It did!! but here is what she looked like in the mean time...
At the much anticipated Lady's and Sons! Can I get a yum yum?? I went back for 2nds but only for more cream corn...it was incredibly yummy!