quick updates

Quick update: We sent a letter to the Speaker of the House on Monday as we were requested to do. We hope to hear news soon about the completion of our adoption and their traveling plans.

Fun stuff: God let us get super cheap ski's and boots for everyone. They've been skiing every day out on our front lawn.

The hard things that God uses to bless us: I went to the Above Rubies Ladies retreat. God used it to make preparations in my heart for our three new arrivals. While I was gone, Leon took all 6 of the children skiing on the mountain. He must be the bravest man I know.
When they arrived home and I was pulling in to the retreat center, I called them. The house was in an uproar of horror and tears. Our kitty had just been savagely attacked by the neighbor dogs and lay dying out on the snow. I think that everyone I was traveling with was crying when we got out of the car. Leon took good care of everyone and by the next day everything on the home front was quiet again. It was amazing how this tragedy softened my heart for the fellowship and godly encouragement that I soaked in all weekend.