Salzwedel Family Adventures: 200 Reasons to be Thankful

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

200 Reasons to be Thankful

I received the best phone call today...it was someone from work telling me I had won $200 in a raffle! Praise Jesus for this blessing! It will, of course, be deposited directly in our adoption fund. Woo hoo!

12 comments:

Michelle said...: Woo Hoo! PRAISE GOD ! That is awesome!; August 13, 2008 at 3:14 PM
Sarah and Tim said...: How awesome!!!; August 13, 2008 at 3:54 PM
The Gang's Momma! said...: That's fantastic! Good chunk toward your needs :); August 13, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Amanda said...: That's GREAT! :~); August 13, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Bill and Christina said...: YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!; August 13, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Tracy said...: God is good!!!!! I am happy for you!!; August 14, 2008 at 8:11 AM
sandi said...: AMEN

Sandi; August 14, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Lena Just Lena said...: Awesome! Congrats....; August 14, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Kathy Eden said...: Praise God!!! That's awesome!!!; August 14, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Kristina said...: Yeeehaaaaaa!!!
Praise God for his supply!
Love it when he does that!; August 14, 2008 at 9:26 PM
Katy said...: YES!!! I LOVE unexpected blessings, and that God was looking out for you in that raffle. =); August 14, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Ginny said...: How cool! I don't think I have ever won anything like that.; August 16, 2008 at 12:27 PM

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Faith is BELIEVING the Word of God and acting on it no matter how I feel, believing that God will bring a good result.

Faith is not a belief that everything will turn out to please us; rather it is the confidence that no matter how things turn out, God will somehow use the events in our days for His glory and for our good.

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.

Faith is being willing to trust God - turning your hopes and problems over to Him and trusting in His wisdom - and knowing that somehow everything will turn out for the best. No matter how difficult or dark things become, there is always a light.

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.

Timeline

Fall 2007: Called to adopt from Haiti. Plan to adopt from COTP
11/15/07: 1st Home Study Visit
2/7/08: 2nd Home Study Visit
2/26/08: 3rd Home Study Visit
Feb 2008: Saw Anchise on Website
3/14 - 3/15/08: Adoption Education Training Program
3/26/08: Applied to Three Angels
5/13/08: Received approval from Three Angels for Anchise
6/18/08: Mailed in I-600A to USCIS
6/25/08: Dossier to Translator, Documents to Secretary of State for Authentication
6/27/08: Authentications Received
6/28/08: Stephanie Passport Received
7/5/08: Translations Received, Documents to Haitian Consulate for Legalization
7/7/08: Jeff Pasport Received
7/9/08: Documents Arrive at Haitian Consulate
7/14/08: Documents back from Haitian Consulate
7/30/08: Fingerprinting
8/16/08: I-171H Received
9/29/08: Filed I-600 in PAP
11/3/08: Anchise taken back by birthmom
1/26/09: Start making inquiries to Ghana programs
2/20/09: Commit to adopting Mercy
4/30/09: Dossier on it's way to Ghana
6/3/09: Receive I-171H with Country Change
8/21 - 8/28/09: Travel to Ghana
8/27/09: Court Date - Mercy is Legally Our Daughter!

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