Jesus with "skin on" & Daisy (aka - Lainey) is Fully Funded

Recently I was just having a few hard weeks.  You know weeks when you feel all alone.  Our budget was extra tight.  Left-over medical bills and adoption loans.  No one seemed to understand.  Okay, maybe I was just having a bit of a pity-party, but I was in need of seeing Jesus with "some skin-on".  You know what I mean??

Then I got a most unexpected phone call.  A sweet friend, that I haven't talked with in several years other than a random FB post or e-mail, called and and asked if she could bless us by buying our girls some dresses for the spring/summer season.  Ahem...I was speechless.  Humbled.  Amazed. 

Elizabeth you were truly Jesus, to me, "with skin-on".  Thanks for being obedient to His Spirit and for giving sacrificially to bless our family!!

I LOVE the dresses!!

And on another note...a special thanks to all of you who donated to Daisy's (aka - Lainey's) heart cath fund.  She is fully funded and should be having her heart cath in China in the next week or two.  Please pray for God's hand of protection on Lainey and for His guiding hand for the Dr.'s as they perform this delicate procedure.

Here is a photo of sweet Lainey from last year.  Despite the low quality of the photo, you can see how blue she is.  Keep praying for an adoptive family to step forward for this sweet little 5 year old girl.  She's been waiting for over a year for a family to call her own!

Help for Daisy (Lainey)...

As some of you know, I've been desperately advocating for a sweet little 5 year old girl waiting in China.  "Daisy" has been waiting for a family for over a year, but because of her complex heart condition and the fact that physicians in China said she was inoperable, no family has stepped forward to bring this little one home.

She's just like another little girl that was said to be inoperable....

and here we are today...

I want this chance for Miss Daisy!! 

Thanks to the tireless efforts of Love Without Boundaries and an amazing cardio-thoracic surgeon in Shanghai, Miss Daisy (aka Lainey) just might have this chance now!  Despite the fact that she is literally growing weaker by the day, they have scheduled the 1st step in what we hope will be a road to her first heart surgery and to finding a forever family - a heart cath.

We just need to raise the $2,900 to pay for it.  Would you please consider making a fully tax-deductible donation of ANY size at this link

http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/programs/medical/sponsor-a-child/m.children/223/view/467

Daisy is listed as Lainey on the LWB site and she needs our help!

I'll keep you updated on her heart cath results and the next step in the journey for this sweet little girl.

And most importantly please pray for Daisy (Lainey)...that she will know the love of Christ!!

SeaWorld and a Photo with "Shampoo" the Whale

Today, Isabelle's amazing Make A Wish trip continued with a trip to Sea World.  At the entrance to the park the girls posed with the Shamu character.

Then Isabelle posed with him solo.  After the photo shoot, she exclaimed that she had her picture taken with "Shampoo".   I have to say I think that moniker may stick with our family.  Move over Shamu...we're here to see the dolphins and "Shampoo!"

We just finished Day Four of our trip and will fly home tomorrow.  The days have been filled with so many memories and special moments!  It's hard to express in words our thankfulness for such a special gift for Isabelle. 

I'll be posting some of our highlights over the next few weeks.  All I can say right now is God is a God of details.  Over the last four days He has shown up in so many ways both big and small...through organizations like Make A Wish and Discovery Cove/Sea World and through random acts of kindness by strangers.  We are speechless right now...and humbled!

And our hearts are full of joy at seeing Isabelle literally skipping and dancing and beaming through the last four days.

Isabelle with Jenny the Dolphin

"This is a Very Special Gift From God"

....these were Izzy's words when she found out that Make A Wish was granting her dream of going to Florida to touch a dolphin!

We received the information in the mail and Isabelle poured over the packet which included photos of dolphins.

We explained to her that our family was going to get to travel to Discovery Cove AND Sea World....

and while at one of the parks she was going to get her dream...she was going to get to touch a dolphin!!  The look on her face and the squeals of joy that followed were worth a thousand words!

Thank you Make a Wish and thank you Lord!  This IS truly a "very special gift from God!!"