Mark Your Calendar for the 25th

Tuesday is a special day for Terry and I.

Not only is it our 19th Wedding Anniversary it’s the day our case worker at Mi Familia is suppose to receive the home study of our girls.

This can be a very difficult process to follow so I will try to explain it in a way that you can understand so you can start praying NOW...

The office we are dealing with in Managua has a smaller office that exists in the area our girls are living. That office was asked to do the home study of the girls. The home study is required in order to declare the girls abandoned.

The lady in this office who did the home study is being very difficult. It's hard to explain the reasons why right now, just know that she has the power to delay this adoption for as long as she chooses. She has had the home study done since early February and just last week lied and said it was not finished yet. She feels we are rushing things. It's been said that her opinion is it should take 3 - 4 years for an adoption to be finalized.

Our case worker in Managua sent a request for the home study on the 11th and requested it to be in her hands on the 14th. The lady in the other office refused the request and said, "I'll give it to you on the 25th".

The 25th is my case workers last day of employment. So, it is extremely important to this case that the home study gets turned in so my case worker can submit it to the proper person before she leaves. If this is not done it could be months before her replacement is hired and starts working on my case again.

I refuse to worry about this. The enemy would like for me to lose sleep or cry and get angry at this lady but instead I am praying that this week in Nicaragua which was called Holy Week impacted her life and she accepted Christ and is a new creation...

Isn't that all that really matters here. Yes, I want my girls to come home but God has that time worked out. If we are in His perfect Will all will come together. It's the lady we need to pray for.

She obviously does not have Jesus in her life or she would see the need to get my girls out of that orphanage. So it's her salvation and her heart we need to be praying for.

Today was a wonderful day for Christians but what about those who are not Christians? We sometimes get so caught up in what Jesus did for us that we don't stop and think about the person next door or the family member that is lost.

Let's agree today to not let another minute go by without lifting up the lost souls to God. Look around you now and see if you can't either actually see someone that needs Jesus or imagine someone’s face that does. Pray for them.

Pray for this lady who is holding up the future of my girls. Pray for her soul and watch God work everything out.

God Bless,

Angie

Now the Wait...

My mom use to say "A watch pot never boils". Some of you can relate to that saying and others are going to think what in the world does that mean.

Today our meeting with Mi Familia went great and my "Life in a Box" is in the hands of others.

I was a little concerned about one of the documents but God's favor was upon us and Dr. Artola just smiled and said, "No Problem". Trust me you don't get "No Problem" out of people in Mi Familia.

So now what you ask?

We wait, and wait and wait...

Our paperwork will be reviewed and the girls will have to be declared abandoned and HOME they will come. Wow, I really wished it was that easy..

God's timing is perfect; He is not a minute late. (Just help me deal with the fact He is never early either....)

Thank you so much for your prayers. I felt them, every step of the way.

God Bless and keep praying..

Angie

P.U.S.H (Pray until something happens)

I have had limited access to the internet in the last two days and I'm hating it that I have not sent this out by now but God knows best.

At 8:30 your time on Thursday morning Terry and I will be sitting in the office of Mi Familia (DSS of Nicaragua) submitting out paperwork to be approved to adopt our girls.

This process will allow us to be voted on by the Consejo (Consayhoe) which is like a committee or council. We know already there are at least one problem with our paperwork and so I am just praying it's only one.

The lady we will be meeting with is Dr. Artola. She is a Christian which I am hoping helps me a lot.

My prayer request is that we make a good impression on Dr. Artola and Mi Familia and that our paperwork has been done correctly and is in order.

God's favor has been on us this entire trip and we expect it to be there the rest of the week.

Also, please pray for another mother named Heather who is here in Nicaragua waiting to take her children home. Her paperwork has gotten delayed several times and it appears that she could be here longer. She has been her 6 weeks already. If we all pray together for her we can move her court date to be soon than later. God hears our prayers and acts accordingly.

Even if you get this after we have met still pray... Pray that it doesn't lay on her desk for weeks and it doesn't get lost in the many piles she already has.

Thank you for praying....

Angie

Smiles I'll Never Forget

We arrived at the orphanage yesterday to find the kids in disarray. Lately the girls have been very disobedient which is just not heard of around there.

It was so bad that I was in tears by the end of the night. I just could not believe my eyes or my ears.

The director and I had decided that the younger kids would receive their gifts today and ONLY if the older girls were better would they get there’s. I truly felt like it was just the devil trying to mess things up for me.

I just prayed over all the girls and expect a difference today and what a differen a day makes.

The girls were much much better today. They really were their old selfs again.

I gave the littlest girls their clothes and WOW what a show of love. They were so excited. I don't think I have seen such sweetness as I saw today. I so hope it comes out in the video. Once the kids put on their clothes they walked around like they were princesses. It was so so sweet. I can't wait to post the pictures.

Out of all the checking out of clothes, toys, coloring books, etc. I will remember that last minutes I had with the girls. I told that yesterday they were so bad that Ms. Angie didn't want to come back but today I was really proud at how much better they were acting.

The next words broke my heart.. "Ms. Angie, please forgive me for being ugly yesterday, please don't ever stop coming to see me". That came from one of the girls that got sent to bed at 6:30 because of her behavior. All the girls repeated what she said and hugged and kissed me over and over again. It was the most precious moment I've had at the orphanage.

Showing love to the loveless can move mountains, I watched it happen yesterday.

Until tomorrow,

Angie

On our Way

Wow, it's time to go already. Time is flying by. I'll be home next week before I can blink and eye.

I have so much stuff that I ran out of room. I will have to leave some things behind this trip but don't worry I'll be headed down next month hopefully. (All the girls stuff made it, just extra stuff I had didn't)

I have been so blessed to hear all the stories about your shopping experiences. I am sure there are more for me to hear about so make sure you tell me when I get back.

I am so humbled to have you guys as friends. I am honored that you trust me with your money, your time and your prayers. You can't imagine how special that makes me feel on the inside.

God will give you back more than you can ever imagine.

I just want to make sure you really understand what you did by giving selfishly to my girls at the House of Rose.

Those girls never receive things identified to them individually. It's always something for everyone. This week I am going to make sure they feel so special. Your package will be given to them in a way that they will know that it was for JUST them FROM you and your family. I can't wait to get there. I have gone 9 times and every time it's special but this trip for some reason is different. I have had butterflies in my stomach for 3 days. God is up to something.

Just in case you think that what you did was no big deal. This is what God has to say about it..

Matthew 25:40
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
God Bless, Stay tuned I'll update you as I can this week.

Pray for us every day that God will protect us, guide us, provide wisdom and knowledge to us and show us His ways.

This picture does not include everything. Just look what a bunch of us can do. :)

Angie