Our Prayers Have Been Answered

Thank you to everyone who went into prayer that we would hear that Ella would get her new birth certificate on Friday........ She must have gotten it on Friday, because they called us today and YES WE HAVE IT! WE ARE OUT OF RENAP. THANK YOU GOD. He answered our prayers! There is so much power in prayer when Christians come together In His Name. Jesus said , Also, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about something and pray for it, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. This is true because if two or three people come together in my name, I am there with them. (Matthew 18:19-20)

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TOGETHER IN PRAYER FOR ELLA TO GET HER NEW BIRTH CERTIFICATE. SHE IS ALMOST HOME!!!

New Pictures of Sweet Princesa Ella!

New pics of our sweet baby girl! She is getting so much bigger and so beautiful each and every day and the wait is getting harder each and every day.   We are so blessed with such amazing children, we need our sweet angel Ella to come home and join her Mom and Dad and brothers and sisters that love her so much.   It is hard to write what is on my heart as I see these sweet pictures because my heart is breaking that she is not here.  But I know that God is good and He is faithful and she will come home, maybe not on my timing but on His.   Oh God please let her come home soon, we miss her too much to wait.   I know the wait is worth it and she is being well taken care of, but we want to take care of her here.  

Please pray Ella get her new birth certificate TOMORROW -  FRIDAY so we can proceed with the process and go and pick her up!!!!!   

When I am discouraged because Ella is not home yet, I must remember that she is coming home and keep my faith in Jesus!!

Jesus said, "Don't let your hearts be troubled.  Trust in God, and trust in me." (John 14:1)

I leave you peace, my peace I give you.  I do not give it to you as the world does.  So don't let your hearts be troubled or afraid.  (John 14:27)

So do not lose the courage you had in the past, which has a great reward.  You must hold on, so you can do what God wants and receive what he has promised.  (Hebrews 10:35-36)

I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him. (1 Samuel 1:27)

Here are the new pictures of sweet Ella taken on September 11... notice the earrings!!!

Rain Rain Go Away Come Again Another Day, Little Joe Wants to play rain rain go away!!

Long title. We are sitting her just watching it RAIN. It is actually good for the dry grass here in Southeast Missouri. It is just pouring! Bianca will need those rain boots on today!

PRAYER REQUEST: I have a prayer request I would like to send out. It came from my friend Amy, explaining that we really need to pray for the families that are still in PGN in the Guatemala adoption process without the birth mother interview. The interview MUST take place by August 31. The interviewers will stay open Saturday and Sunday to complete these appointments. Please pray that All birth mothers complete this interview so the cases are not delayed further and can proceed. "When I call on Jesus, All things are possible" That song by Nicole C. Mullen always goes through my head when I think of a prayer request and little Joe singing !!

Out of PGN!!!

OUT!!!

This is one happy girl!

Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!!   Wow He is so amazing and so faithful.  God's timing is so good!!  I was just talking with a friend today about Ella getting out of PGN this week, and that we needed to claim it and pray.... right then our 2 year old son, Joe, who by the way is Ella's biological sibling started singing "When you call on Jesus".....   Oh my goodness,  we just paused and  celebrated and prayed the three of us, that When you call on Jesus, all things are possible and that it is possible with God that Ella can get out of PGN this week!!.  We had so much fun praying.  Mom, Miss Irene and Joe.   Oh my goodness we got the call tonight that she is OUT!!!!    Thank you God, and thank you for answering our prayers today and that the inspiration came from this sweet 2 year old little Guatemalan boy.  Somehow he knew in his spirit right then and there we needed to pray and  stand on His  word that all things are possible for those who believe.

Thank you God for blessing our family!  

I am BRILLIANTE!!!

I have won a blog award!!! Cheri over at harrisquest.blogspot.com has given me this special award. She actually gave it to me a few weeks ago, but I wanted to get all of Ella's pictures up first. Thanks Cheri!!!

This award comes with some rules so here they are:
1. Put the logo on your blog.- Check
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.- click on the blogspot above
3. You must nominate 7 fellow bloggers for this award.- check below
4. Add links to the recipients.- check
5. Leave a comment so the recipients know they have received an award.- check
6. Copy and Paste and answer the questions

A. Attached or Single? Attached
B. Best Friend? I have too many way awesome friends it is hard to pick just one!
C. Cake or Pie? Pie
D. Day of Choice? Friday
E. Essential item? Bible
F. Favorite Color? Yellow
G. Gummy Bears or Worms? Gummy Bears
H. Home Town? Jefferson City
I. Indulgence? Chocolate
J. January or July? July- my birthday month!!!
K. Kids? 6
L. Life isn't complete without? Jesus
M. Marriage date? February 12, 1994
N. Number of Brothers and Sisters? 3 sisters
O. Oranges or Apples? Apples
P. Phobias? Anything that goes in circles
Q. Quote? "One adoption may not change the world, but it will change the world for one child."
R. Reason to Smile? Spending time with my husband and our amazing kids and watching how much they have grown in God's love and their understanding of Him.
S. Season of choice? Fall
T. Tag 7 People. See below
U. Unknown fact about me? I really want to learn how to play the electric guitar
V. Vegetable? Snow Peas
W. Worst Habit? Being late for everything!
X. X-Ray or Ultrasound? Ultrasound
Y. Your Favorite Food? Pasta
Z. Zodiac Sign? I don't like these things so I am not going to answer this question.

Now for the 7 people I am going to award. Well I think I am one of the last people to receive this award and a lot of my blog friends have already been awarded the Brilliant Weblog award, but here are a few of the blogs that I follow that have not received the award:

Ella Marie Boutique, my clothing blog ellamarieboutique.blogspot.com
Chantelle and Bianca and soon to be sweetie pie from Ethiopia adventuresinbianca.blogspot.com
Lindsey and sweet Eliana thewheelerjourney.blogspot.com
Courtney and Stella astaringuatemala.blogspot.com
Leah and Baby Gabre adopthope.blogspot.com
Katie and her twins Arianna and Brayden nyblomfamily.blogspot.com
Darci and Lucia mcmurraymania.blogspot.com

I am sorry if I left anyone out. If you would like for me to put a link to your blog just leave me a comment!

MORE PICTURES!

Scroll all the way down to see all of the pictures I just upload. There are a lot of them!

Ella's foster mom and her son with us. We had a very hard time giving Ella back. We really bonded. Sure, Ella's foster mom loves her sooooo much and takes great care of her, but we were missing her!

It was hard for us to give Ella back.

In the Guatemalan airport. Our flight from Guatemala to Houston was about 30 minutes late and we barely made our flight from Houston to St. Louis.

There is that plane. The plane that was going to take us away from Ella. The plane that we were dreading. The plane that was going to take us halfway home.

Can't She Come With Us?!?!?!

Ella rode on Sarah's suite case. It was so funny! She rode on it around the room a while, all the way down the hall to the elevator, and in the elevator. She loved it and when Sarah tried to get her off she held on tight so that we couldn't get her off!

More cuteness!