Exhausted for a good cause...

The last few days have been down right wonderful and exhausting all at the same time. Our church hosted MARKINC Ministries Annual Gala featuring Point of Grace, an Art Auction and wonderful dessert spread. It was a fabulous night and was so much fun to be a part of. Then, Saturday I helped my friends with their FUN Day featuring Miss Patty Cake live show, a silent auction and tons of play for the kids in the gym. It was another fun day and so happy to help a wonderful family raise money to help offset their travel costs as they leave to get their little girl in just 9 days!!!! 
Needless to say, this Mother's Day I am just ready to sleep! :) Thankfully, I was able to get a pretty good nap in and then spend a quiet afternoon with Joel and the kids. 

 Looking forward to our Mother's day family photo next year when Joy is home!

Update on where we are in our process:
The last three of our 13 documents are making their way through the Chinese Embassy in DC and hopefully will be done and sent to our Agency by Monday or Tuesday of next week. I am praying to be DTC by May15!!! I just want to get logged in and start that wait time to LOA! 

Now that our friends are so close to travel to bring home their daughter, it is giving me the same sense of need to go get my daughter! Why does it have to take so long? According to others I have talked to, our process is speeding through at lightning pace. To me it seems so long! 
Waiting on God's timing as His timing is perfect. There is still much to do as we wait. 

We want to thank everyone who participated in our Thirty-One fundraiser! We raised $60 towards adoption costs. Also, thank you so much for those who have given money donations and also bought t-shirts! My online Origami Owl Fundraiser is still going on now until May 30th. So far you have raised $260! So if you want to buy some beautiful custom jewelry and help us bring Joy home, click here to order from my site!  Every little bit is helping defray some of the costs that we have. God has been so good and we are continuing to walk through the doors as he opens them. 

The God who cares about the littlest details is whom we trust as we continue this journey.

Psalm 65

¹ Praise awaits^[b] you, our God, in Zion;
    to you our vows will be fulfilled.
² You who answer prayer,
    to you all people will come.
³ When we were overwhelmed by sins,
    you forgave^[c] our transgressions.
⁴ Blessed are those you choose
    and bring near to live in your courts!
We are filled with the good things of your house,
    of your holy temple.

⁵ You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds,
    God our Savior,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
    and of the farthest seas,
⁶ who formed the mountains by your power,
    having armed yourself with strength,
⁷ who stilled the roaring of the seas,
    the roaring of their waves,
    and the turmoil of the nations.
⁸ The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;
    where morning dawns, where evening fades,
    you call forth songs of joy.

⁹ You care for the land and water it;
    you enrich it abundantly.
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,
    for so you have ordained it.^[d]
10 You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
    you soften it with showers and bless its crops.
¹¹ You crown the year with your bounty,
    and your carts overflow with abundance.
¹² The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;
    the hills are clothed with gladness.
¹³ The meadows are covered with flocks
    and the valleys are mantled with grain;
    they shout for joy and sing.