A POST WORTH READING

Actually, it's not just THIS that you should read...you really ought to bookmark the blog so you can check in regularly. :) Just click HERE to see her whole blog.

Signs of Hope is written by the first family advocate we had at our agency. Her name is Carrie, and she and her husband quit their jobs here in the U.S. to serve in China. They are now on staff with New Day Creations -and 1 of Carrie's jobs is to write articles for them. She is a phenomenal writer and says things so eloquently.

Please make sure you read the post...it's such a sweet story about how God works in such sweet ways.

**and as a side note...the story involves a little guy that I totally fell in love with when we visited New Day before our adoption trip began. :) You can see pics of my time with "Seth" here -he's the cutie in the yellow sweatshirt. :) **

**And as a second side note- we found out last week that Seth should be getting a family soon! Thru a set of circumstances that could only be attributed to God, last week I found out his file had been sitting at a US agency for some time now. John and I started to pray over whether God would have us apply for Seth. The very next day I was finally able to get a hold of the agency that had his file and in just a matter of days they had had 6 families apply for him (thanks to some advocating by one of his sponsors!) and they were going to be meeting to match him with a family that next day. Well, unfortunately, that was just too soon for John and I to make such a big decision like that. In some ways I'm disappointed...Seth is such a sweetie (and if you read that post by Carrie you'll get a glimpse of his sweet spirit) and I would have loved to be his forever mommy...but in other ways I know it just wasn't meant to be. He has a very serious heart condition and with us only being home with Elizabeth for 6 months...it just would have been alot to take on. Whoever Seth's forever family is -they are a very lucky bunch. :) **