My new blog...

Okay, I hope I still have some readers! My new blog is www.livinginthenow-jajbs.blogspot.com
I am in the process of trying to get a new layout, so bear with me... it is not very exciting right now. So... get on over there and see what is new with us, if you are interested!

Calling all pryer WARRIORS....

This little cutie and her family need your prayers. Her name is Corynn and she just turned 1 yesterday (Friday). Her Mommy is Jodie and she lives in my town. We have gotten to be really good friends. She has 2 sons, one of which, is Jake's age. Corynn was released from PGN on the day Bella came to the U. S. (Oct. 30 ). She made it through PGN in 8 weeks with no KOs. The problem is Mixco. That is where her birth certificate is coming from. The Civil Registry there has decided that they "need" to review each case and approve it again. Well, after 10 weeks at the CR, she got a KO from them on Thurs. They said they needed more documents that are not usually required. They will review the case 30 days AFTER the attorney resubmits it with the new doc requirements.

Now, we all know this is illegal, but we all know that that does NOT matter in Guatemalan adoptions. Please PRAY for these people to have a change of heart. She should have been home and the family has missed Christmas with her, as well as her birthday. She got released from PGN HELL in enough time to make it home for both of these monumental occasions, but Mixco screwed them out of these months.

They really appreciate it! Let's pray Corynn home. If you are willing, please leave a comment for my friend, Jodie. She REALLY needs encouragement right now!



(I am still doing a new blog, but NEEDED to post this first.)

The Beginning, not the end

Happy New Year! It has been an amazingly, wonderful, difficult and life-changing year for my family! We took a BIG step of faith in 2006 and blindly followed God's leading in 2007. We saw His promise to our family come true. Isabella is asleep in my bed right now and I am crying tears of joy and amazement at how far my Lord has brought me in a little over a year. Do I have farther to go? YES! But one thing I have learned is that it is okay to be human and doubt and scream and wonder if I heard correctly from Him. To fall and have HIM pick me up and I continue on is BIG for me. I have been stretched beyond what I thought was possible. I have grown in ways I never could have imagined and I have learned that to trust Him COMPLETELY is the BEST way to live!

It has been an amazing ride and I know it is just beginning. I thought we were just adding a precious baby girl to our family and that would be all, but He has, once again shown me that is not the case. Bella joining our family was just the spark He needed to ignite a passion in me. A passion that will begin the call He has placed on my family. Jeff and I both feel that we are on the brink of being launched into what He has destined for us. I have been a bundle of emotions since coming home with my daughter. It has taken me these past few months to realize that I need to pray through this and find its purpose. That is what we intend to do in 2008.

I have decided to close this blog and plan to turn it into a book for Bella. I am having Nikki design my new one. I pray that each of you will continue to follow our adventure... hang on, because I feel its gonna be exciting with some bumps along the way!!!!!

I am in the process of getting my pictures together for her, along with some other info. she needs. Please keep checking and I should have the new address posted soon! See ya on the other blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Love,
amanda