May Flowers

I absolutely love this time of year. I love the newness of life that nature reveals, I love the recommitment and focus on the death, burial and resurrection of our Savior during Easter, celebrating the bitter sweetness of Mother's Day and the kick off to summer. And while I don't love the storms that accompany this time of year, I do love the day after and seeing the sun shine so brightly revealing once again that His mercy is new everyday and Joy does come in the morning. He is faithful!

This May however brought one more celebration that normal - Izzie's graduation from Pre-K! She became a graduate of Pre-K on May 10th. The ceremony was so precious and adorable. Tears were shed (more on the the days leading up to graduation than during the actual ceremony) and pictures were taken. As I sat there during the ceremony I reflected on the very first day we took Izzie to West Jackson Daycare. I vividly remember seeing a mom walk her Pre-K daughter in to school and thinking "Lord, please don't' let time go too fast". Well, as all moms can attest to, time flew - way too fast and now we are on a new journey.

Deciding on a school for Izzie has been one of the hardest decision thus far we have had to make for her. Jonathan had been pretty set on a school for a while but I didn't truly have a peace about it until the mid weeks of May ago. One morning I woke up and it was truly like God had given me the answer and peace I was looking for. We will be enrolling Izzie into Trinity Christian Academy and look forward to being apart of a new family.

May also brought about a time for Jonathan and I to really search out what God is wanting for our family. One area that the Lord was dealing with us on was our home. We felt that He was leading us to place our home on the market and to look at finding somewhere else to call home. While we don't know what we want or where we are going to move (we are staying in Jackson) we know that we are being obedient to what He want and that is the most important thing.

As far as the adoption goes we are still waiting for our I-171H. There is another couple that is adopting from Ethiopia and they are about 2 weeks ahead of us with fingerprinting. They received their I-171H last week so we are hopefully we will receive ours soon.

So here is how you can pray for us for now:

1. That our 1-171H will arrive soon. We are very anxious to get our dossier into Ethiopia.

2. Pray that our home will sell and that we will be able to find a home that fits our needs as a growing family.

3.Begin to pray for Izzie as she transitions to a new school in the fall. Pray that the friends she has will grow to encourage her and strengthen her in Christ.

As for now, our family theme is "In His Timing". This is the desire of our hearts and we want to be ok with this. We know His timing is perfect and that is what we cling to.