Heaven Sent

I know...I said I wasn't going to post again until after we went to the mountain. We plan on heading up today- just for the day...(no skis, thank you. Sleds and tobaggons, though...sure hope there's a little snow left for us!)

But I wanted to share some extended family news...and if you're like me, you just can't hear enough good news these days!

This weekend my girls met their new little cousin. I think they must have liked her just a little, because an hour later they wanted to go back and visit her again. And I don't blame them!

Some of you might remember my telling you of our brother and sister in law who have been in the process of adopting a little girl. There's a story behind this whole thing, which I have mentioned once before.
You see...about 12 or 13 years ago, my other sister in law adopted two African American children (brother and sister) when she was just a young single woman in her 20's.
Quite the undertaking!
But since my husband is one of twelve children, all of whom live in the area and are fairly close-knit, she had ample extended family as support.
Sadly, however, the daughter had some major un-addressed issues...plus, got mixed up with her troubled birth family...along with many other factors. She pretty much left our extended family to go down a different path and have two unwed, unwanted pregnancies.
However, God has a way of working through things. The baby P and J are adopting is this girl's second baby girl, born 21 months ago.

So, do you all have this straight? A little confusing, I know...but there is no doubt to any of us that God had His hand in all of this. What the enemy meant for evil, God turned for good!

And as I mentioned once before...the icing on the cake is that while going through all of the paper work, they found out- that even though it was thought medically improbable, they would also be expecting their own little newborn bundle of joy- the old fashioned way! Their baby boy will be born this summer.

Talk about complete and unexpected joys!


After several long drives and visits to the foster home, P and J were able to take their new adopted daughter home last week. We are so praising God for this!

And since they live close, we were able to meet her this weekend!

She loved showing us her room! In fact, she's not only cute, but so bright and alert...and studious, too! She brought us book after book!
That's her new proud mommy on the left...who patiently reads to her over and over...and over.

I just had to share some of this good news with you all. Don't you just love it when God pours out His blessings in unexpected ways?

"Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow." James 1:17