Holy Cow, we are leaving!!

And soon. I think the travel agent misunderstood me. She got us flights leaving TOMORROW night! AHHH. This is nuts. Our poor caseworker, she is running in circles to coordinate our travel with the agency in Korea. Oops! I'm a nervous wreck and trying to tie up loose ends. Not many people get a call and pack up and leave the very next night. Saying bedtime prayers and kissing Dillon goodnight about killed me. Mike is wisely trying to remind me about enjoying this moment and trusting God with Carter and Dillon while we are gone. Abby is so excited. Her suitcase is packed and at the front door :)
We land in Korea early Thursday and leave Wednesday evening. I wasn't planning on us staying so long, but the flights were a LOT cheaper this way. In fact, almost the same price we paid for our tickets when we picked up Abby 8.5yrs ago!! The stinky part is that we land home super late Wednesday. This means no cheering group of family and friends to welcome our sweet boy home. But, honestly, Hudson is nearly 2. I'm thinking a cheering group of 30 people would freak him out a bit. Maybe a quiet arrival is better for him.
Next post will be when we are settled in Korea. Bye!

The Wait is OVER!!!!

Hooray!!!!!!!!! Just when I thought I couldn't take it another day, we got the travel call this morning. The travel agent is making flight arrangements for us to leave this Wednesday(YES, a day and a half!) and return next Wednesday. I called my boss and I'm officially on family leave for 7 weeks :)
My mom sent me an email early this morning saying they were reading and praying this verse over Hudson's situation.
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. Isaiah 43:5

AND, you guys are NOT gonna believe this!!!!! I mean seriously, if you didn't believe that God was intimately involved in the details of our lives, you have to now. Click here to read our first post about starting this amazing adoption process. http://psalm139verse14.blogspot.com/2009/03/from-my-heartsoapbox-about-how-all-this.html
Well, in a nutshell we were very anxious about taking this leap of faith. Mike felt God speaking him to him that this was His will for us and used the verse Psalm 46:10 to speak to him. WELL------- no coincidene at all----------- in my Bible reading time this morning, the passage that I read was Psalm 46, I didn't pick it, I was just picking up from where I'd left off yesterday. I just am amazed at how much Jesus loves me and cares about every detail of my life. I'm humbled and grateful.

For safety's sake, you never know what loons are reading this, we won't post airports or flights. We will email specifics to our close friends and family.
Thanks for all the encouragements and prayers over these last 6months!
Libby

Hope....tomorrow is Monday

.....AND, a new work week. Right now it is 4:30am in Seoul. The office of the Embassy will open in a few hours. While I'm sleeping tonight, they just might be finishing up Hudson, and my friend's daughter's, visas. I may never know why this last leg of our journey to Hudson has taken so long, but I do trust that our Heavenly Father has a plan for good. I'm choosing to trust Him and His timing. Maybe we will get a call tomorrow--but maybe not. If so, we will rejoice and purchase tickets to f ly out Wednesday. If not, we will continue to wait for our sweet little man who fortunately, has no clue that we are waiting and hurting for him. He is happy, healthy, and being fed very well by his selfless Korean foster family. On positive is that plane prices are much cheaper right now. We have enough set aside so that we won't have any debt from our plane tickets!! Big Praise!
I can't complain too much. There are some circumstances developing in Korea that I'm not at liberty to share on here that are going to cause many families with recent referrals to wait until next spring to get their children home. I have no right to whine!

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

Happy Birthday to Abigail

Today Abby turns 9! Really, where did the time go? I'm supposed to be a mommy of young children, not "big kids." We are thankful for our sweet kong-ju(Korean for princess). The Lord looked around the world and picked her for our family. I find myself praying for peace for her birthmother. Somewhere on the other side of the world is a woman who probably dreads this day every year. The memories and pain she must carry is surely huge! We honor and respect Abby's birthfamily, the culture she isn't growing up in, the beautiful traditions of an amazing country, and the loss being able to identify with her birthland. Happy Birthday our beatiful girl. You make us smile.

And Dillon is off to school

Dillon started school today. He was excited and so cute. He walked in and told everyone he knew "New lu-boh"(he doesn't put ending sounds on words so you can decode what he was telling them). His hair was cute and spiked and he was king walking in--until he saw the new boy crying with his mom. Uh-oh. I was afraid it would spark sympathy mourning in Dillon, but he walked on past and went to his teacher. The same sweet teachers, who loved him so well last year were there to welcome him. We are praying for a banner year, for his mind to come alive and to love learning, for his brain to tell his mouth how to form words clearly, for him to be confident and excited when it comes to school work!!

I felt the lump develop in my throat as we walked away. I never ever dreamt I'd not have Hudson with me when Dillon started school. So, walking away empty handed was sad. But, I'm choosing to live it up this week :) My buddy Wendi and I already did the Pilates DVD and have plans to scour a cool thrift market this week. Today is Monday, so there is new hope that our travel call will truly come anyday!!!

My new neice

Welcome Kylie Faith, born yesterday, weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces. She is chunky and perfect!!

oh no, I'm sinking again..

Six months ago today we read an email from Dillon International about a precious little toddle boy who had been waiting for a family for many months. I knew he was ours, really I did! If you've never adopted before, you probably can't relate. But, those words were written by God directly for Mike and I. It was Mike who said "why don't we ask about him?' So, we did and the rest is history! Hudson Lee, I'm soooooooooooo tired of waiting for you and yet, I'll wait as long as it takes to get you home in our arms! For 6months I've thought about you constantly and tried to plan our family with you in it. I know, as I've said before, 6months in the adoption world isn't very long. But my heart sure isn't telling me that. Every morning I have adoption morning sickness. You laugh!! It is so true. From 7-9:30 I'm jittery, nauseated and sometimes dizzy. I check my phone constantly, in case I missed a call from our caseworker. Then, after 9:30, I realize our travel call isn't coming for that day. What a let down. We made it one full week from our last conversation with our caseworker and she told us 2-4 weeks left. So, good progress has been made, but folks, this is excrutiating!!!!!!!!!!!! WAIT the phone is ringing..............
It was a telemarketer---------HOW DARE THEY!?????