A shower!!!!!!! WHAT!!

Well,
I do not know how to thank you all better than to say, Prayers are hear and answered daily.
I was expecting to go out on a "date" with Rich for our dataversary. Yes a date night I invented, and little did I know a bunch of friends were there too! I was so SURPRISED!!! Thank you all for your attendance, seeing you there made my day. I am very happy to be blessed by not only a great group of women but even you men who came and shared your Sunday evening with us. You all have made each step of this process smoother. I am not the best writer but I do know my heart and I feel the love.
Going to a different church was hard but seeing friends that we haven't seen in so long made it easy. Then to end the night with all of you that made it GOD'S DAY! I know He is not only in charge of everything that happens but He also controls the things that do not happen.
Each day I grow closer to HIM and I have your prayers and His love for me to thank. I know I could not do this alone.
Thank you all for your generosity and love,
Bridget
Your friend in HIM!!!!

AAAHHHHH

Friends
I finally got the message I was waiting for. Well in a way it was. We need one more document to complete the file. We are looking to returning in January and I am at peace with that. I really would have loves to go and return to start the new year off with a full family but I think God wants it to be different. I am in His will and ready to go when He calls.
Thank you all for your prayers they are so well heard.

I do want to address one thing, Church. We love HBCNL, we as a family. We have no hidden agenda or any pinpoint reason that we are going. Rich is the head of the house here and if anyone...including children, want to know the reasons why...Ask Rich. I know leaving is very hard on my girls as well as myself. But I do not want the children of this church family bringing it up in children's settings. Laryssa had a boy shout out in class at her "what do you care my mom said you are leaving the church!" Laryssa about fell over with tears. I know it doesn't matter Christian or not children are children. But, I ask any of you who are moms that are reading please pray for the hearts of our children. That they grow up to rely on God and depend on Him alone. That as a family we use each others strengths to help one another. Finally that we as Christians remember we are still one body with the same head, we may be under different roofs of worship but we are under ONE GOD. Thank you all for some encouraging emails and facebook messages I am looking forward to the road God is calling use too.
In HIS Name
Bridget

Awaiting

So all my readers. I have a question for you.
~Have you ever wanted something so bad you thought your skin would peel off if you didn't get it?
~or That you felt you were beyond ready to GO somewhere but just needed the date from another source to know when you were able to GO?
We I am the lady in the red circle waiting for the agency to let us know when the Embassy date is. That will determine when we travel again. That is also what determines when our family gets to be ALL under one roof.
I am not trying to rush anything, but I do admit I AM COMING OUT OF MY SKIN!!!!
I feel like a 5 or 6 year old on Christmas morning..."is it time yet????"
Please pray I hold it together for the sake of my children, all of them. I am really happy to say that we are all ready to start the New Year off in a great way...
Thank you all who have praying DON'T STOP we are always in need of more!
Thanks
Bridget

well

Hello all who read. I am so happy and sad now. I found out people do read my blog, but I also realized I put out some info without thinking.
I first would like to apologize to my church family. I did not mean to make this sound like we are angry in any way. We are not it is just time. And to the readers that I didn't know I had...Thank you. I am very happy to know we have people praying for us during this time.
Thank you all who read and all who are praying. I have to admit my heart hurts a bit but I am under the leadership of my husband. I will miss and look forward to visiting the church with our children. You all have prayed with us during this process and we are VERY thankful.
I enjoy being able to write to you all, but I do not ever mean to offend anyone.
B~

Prayer

Hello
It is the night before the final day of school for the year 2010. We started this new curriculum and I really love it. I almost felt bad leaving the BJU Press but it is accountability I needed, and my children LOVE IT! It is called Classical conversations, and it is biblical based and very cool. I do owe a big thank you to my friend who introduced it to me and well...Thank you!!!!
I know you have read about the adoption and yes I am going to home school ALL four children. I am ready for the new children to come to school and get to know the kids and feel comfortable with the changes. I am not starting them in a class until we do some English work at home first.
I am really seeing God work in all we do. He is most definitely in complete control over here.
I do want to say this weekend coming up is going to be a very big and busy one. Sunday is Christmas at GG's house and the Christmas Program at Church. I know that we will be sleeping in on Monday!
Oh by the way, the reason why I named this one prayer is because I have a prayer request. Besides the adoption, travel, and family changing. We are now in the process of finding a new church. We loved the church we have attended for the last five years but Rich and I feel it is time to move on. I do not now about you but when changing churches it is a happy sad experience. We new the time was coming due to things happening in the body. We also felt we need to do this before the kids come home so they do not have any big changes when they first come home. We will be out and visiting some old friends at their churches and seeing family and friends that we have been missing so much. I am asking for prayer because as you know I am not good with conflict or change in these ways. Pray for the peace and clarity in all we do, pray God gets all glory in our obedience to His call, and that our adoption is also honoring and glorifying to Him.
Once again Thank you all who read
Bridget :)

The Family of SIX!!!!!

Well, were do I start. We, Rich and I, set out on November 19th to Ethiopia to meet the two children our WONDERFUL agency matched to our family. We arrived on Saturday night at like 11:45pm so they had a driver pick us up and bring us to the guest house were we stayed for the week. Sunday morning we woke up and Gail, the women who is in charge of the home were our children are staying, picked us up and brought us to the children's house. WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW ...and many more. We arrived on Sunday early afternoon and could not leave for all the coffee (BUNNA) in Ethiopia.

There is not one child there that we didn't want to bring home. So many had parents and showed us their photo books and we laughed and loved on each and everyone of them. We met children getting ready to move to all different areas of the US and they are happy to say the least.

Our two children...well we were introduced by about 20 kids running through the courtyard screaming, "Mebrate Roba Family, Mebrate Roba Family....!!!!!!!!" It was so cool to see that the books of photos are looked at by everyone. They approached us with hugs and saying Hi mom and dad. That was it, It finally was real. For the longest time I had a photo of them but now a piece of me is in another country waiting for us to come back and bring them home. That sounds so cool...HOME!

I know I can not speak for everybody but if in you heart you feel God calling you to adopt or do something for an orphan...come talk to me. This place was open, friendly, and most of all LOVING! I would not say this will be our only adoption we go through but it will always be our first.

The way I thought Ethiopia would be was dirty and unfriendly. I apologize to Ethiopia. They are all very friendly, caring, and hardworking people. I enjoyed my time there and will be returning soon...many times!

Our adoption is not over. we have to now return for our Embassy date were we will receive their paperwork, passports, and release information from Ethiopia. That is the time we bring them home. So please continue prayer on provision of GODS WILL.

Thank you all so much for all your prayers. I also want to thank the agency we used!!!! they are the best.

So the moment you have all been waiting for....

The time is SO close

Each night I lay in bed thinking...Soon I will hear FOUR voices calling MOM. I can not wait til I can share all my hearts crys with you, whoever you all are. We are getting ready to head out to our destination and appear in court to say "YES! We would love to be there parents" Please pray the judge says "You are accepted!!!" Oh what a joy this hole journey has been, and to think it is not over. I want to say thank you all for your prayers and support during all of these ups and downs.
If ever you think of adopting...DO IT!!!! I believe there are a hole lot of loving and deserving children out there who need a family. And if you are not thinking of adopting then I would say help out someone who is looking to adopt. Raising your children is not easy but you make the money, time, and effort to accomplish it all. But when it comes to adopting raising and extra income to get there is not so easy, and sometimes very scary. It takes a whole body working together to complete any task, so that includes supporting each other when we step out to do something.
Please, I am not asking for me but think in your heart and see if there is something you can do for an orphan, a widow, or a neighbor.
Thanks for reading, have a great week!
Bridget