God is so good!

I don't have any adoption news, but I wanted to share that Adam and I are still in Columbia and we have seen God do INCREDIBLE things during our short stay here. One of the students told me today that her life will never be the same after this trip and I feel the same way. We have preached the gospel to thousands of people and seen hundreds come to know the awesome love of God. We have been on many different mission trips all over the world, but we have never seen anything like what we have experienced over these past two weeks. One thing I know for sure- the God who set the boundaries for the ocean can most certainly handle the details of our adoption (even though I feel at times that I would rather be in control). Blessings on all of you and much love!!! Check out www.holyholyholyishe.blogspot.com for videos of our time in Columbia so far.

Waiting, waiting, waiting...

Well...we were really hoping to have our letter from The Minister of Family and Gender by now, but we haven't heard anything. Have any of you other families out there waiting heard any news??? We are thinking of all of you during this wait!

Bogata Columbia here we come!!!

Adam and I will be leaving on Wednesday to take 31 high school and college students from our church to Bogata, Columbia on a mission trip. If you are interested in following the journey of our team check out www.holyholyholyishe.blogspot.com and if you think of it, please be lifting us up in your prayers. God's love is so good and we want to go share it with others!!! Hopefully we will get some good news from Rwanda while we are there:)

In Christ's love,
Katie

Still Waiting:)

So we are back from Cornerstone and we still don't have any news- our POA has told us that The Minister's office should have our approval "soon," but we all know what that means! The blessing on the other side is worth the wait and we are focusing on God's goodness and timing- He is perfect and we can trust Him with our lives!!! While at the music festival we met a family who just came home with their daughter from Uganda- she is 10 months old and BEAUTIFUL. Adam said to me after meeting them, "I just really wanted to hold her." That totally melted my heart- he's going to be such a good dad! Right now I am frantically doing laundry and cleaning and then we head out next week for a mission trip to Columbia with 30 of the high school and college students from our church. I've made sure we will have internet access over there so I can get news if it comes while we are there, but we are hoping to hear something this week:)


Phil. 4:6-8
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Help support other adoptive families!!!

The Braner family from Colorado has an adopted daughter from Rwanda and they are currently in the process of adopting a boy.  They have started a very creative ministry called AnNi Designs.  They sell t-shirts and the profits go to support families who are in the process of adopting.  One of the shirts in their summer line will go towards a family who is adopting two children from Rwanda.  It has a picture of Africa on it with the word "IBYIRINGIRO" across it, which means HOPE in Kinyarwandan. 

Check out their website at http://www.annifororphans.com/

Lots to be thankful for!

Hey all- I'm sorry it has been so long since I posted, but there is no news on the adoption front. This is the e-mail I received from our POA today "Today I checked with Velonique as she had told me . For this time I talked with he on phone. and the answer is still the same. She told me that she will let us know in near future if she hears of anything from the other guy who is helping. As for her, she is still very busy doing other things."

Sooooooooo, we continue to trust God's timing- He alone created the universe and can most certainly take care of the details of our lives according to His will. He is so good all the time and I continue to be overwhelmed by His great love, mercy, and grace.

On a different note, I am a part of a band that leads worship for the high school ministry at our church. We are releasing our first CD this Saturday (tomorrow) and we are SUPER excited! Our lives and everything that we are belong to Him and we pray that these songs are used for His glory alone. It is available on iTunes and there are music clips on myspace (www.myspace.com/alivedownriver). Next week we are heading to Cornerstone music festival in Illinois to lead worship as well and after that it's off to Columbia for a mission trip. All this crazy busyness certainly makes the wait a little easier!

Have a wonderful weekend:)

Still waiting:)

I just heard from our POA and he said that Veronique is taking a few well deserved days off after the events she planned this week for the children of Rwanda. He thinks we may hear something by Wed. of next week, but no promises. God is in control and we TRUST Him!!! Have a wonderful weekend:)
Katie