Finding their way home from Africa.....

Have you ever wanted to get involved in the adoption process, but knew you were just not able to parent another child at this time? Well, here is a wonderful opportunity for you to be used mightily thru something that is very near and dear to the Lord's heart (adoption, of course!). On the other side of the world (Africa) there are two sweet little boys that have bi-lateral hearing impairments (totally deaf) and they are orphans. They attend a special school during the day, but have no one to tuck them in at night. Imagine for a moment what that must be like for these two young boys....

Good news. These little guys have a mom and a dad right here in the US who already love them and have done everything necessary to bring them home: home study, immigration papers, adoption papers, court proceedings, etc. Fortunately, they have managed to raise all of the adoption expenses but are down to the wire on their travel expenses (airplane tickets for 4,hotel, etc). They have one week to purchase these tickets through a travel agency and the total cost is $5300.00 (edited amount as of 10/30 is 4900.00). Would you consider helping this family be united? The way I see it, if 500 people gave just $10.00, they could be in Africa this time next week hugging those sweet boys and telling them they will never have to be cold or lonely or scared ever again. Is it worth it? You bet.

Anyway, if you are still reading this, then you must have that old familiar tuggin' on your heart strings and wonder how you can help. Here's how:

Go to this website:

www.Tidalcreek.net

and once you are there, you can go to the online giving section and enter

"Anderson adoption"

in the subject line when you give.

If that's too complicated or if just want to know more..feel free to email me and we

can work something out :-)

This sweet family attends our church and the dad is a United States Marine. Honestly, I can not wait to see these precious boys sitting in the front row with their new mommy and daddy, hearing the sermon through ASL (sign language) and learning about a BIG GOD who loves them so.....

Pray for them as them embark on this new journey together as a family of six. You will be surprised how good it feels to be a part of something SO much bigger than we can imagine.

For this child I have prayed...

Introducing Seth Ryan Stanton!

This weekend we had he privilege of attending the dedication ceremony of my dear friends Brian and Mandy's new son. They have been praying and believing that God would be faithful and allow them to be called "Mommy and Daddy" one more time. Two weeks ago, a precious, brave young lady blessed Brian and Mandy through the miracle of adoption. He is perfect and they are absolutely head over heels in love with their new son. We are rejoicing with them as they celebrate this new addition to the family!

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:4

Welcome Home Jung Woo

Stephen's best buddy (from Korea) arrived home safe and sound yesterday into the arms of his sweet new mommy and daddy and five siblings. Hallelujah!

This is little Jung Woo looking at our Christmas card and putting it on the fridge...sniff sniff. His mommy said he stared and stared at little Stephen Jae Ho. Poor babe..it has been such a long time since these two friends have seen each other. Hopefully, this summer they will be reunited once again. We can't wait!

Pray for this family as they begin this new journey together.

Xin chao!

We just have to say CONGRATULATIONS to my dear friends Jeff and Dana! They have been spending the past week meeting their precious daughter, Maia Faith. It has been a long hard road all the way to Vietnam, but I bet that they both would agree she was truly worth the agonizing wait. What a treasure!
Today they attended the official Giving and Receiving ceremony, so she is theirs forever! Pray for their safety until they are safe again on American soil. They will have been in Vietnam for a total of three weeks...oy!

Introducing Maia Faith

A while back I posted a note about a little baby in Vietnam whose forever family had just found her. Well, they have been patiently waiting for all of the necessary paperwork to travel to Vietnam and be approved. This can be very painful, as any adoptive family can attest. Someone in Vietnam wanted to bless them on Christmas day (Proverbs 25:25) by sending brand new photos. The next best thing to seeing your new daughter is seeing a new photo that was just taken the day before!

Is she a doll or what? Congratulations, Jeff and Dana (Jordan, Tyler and Casey). We promise to pray for her safety and for her comfort until her mom and dad can wrap her snug in their embrace. I know you are standing on your head (I feel your angst). Take comfort in the fact that the father to the fatherless is whispering to her as she sleeps and calming her each day.

I don't know, but I have a hunch, that she knows she is loved and will soon be on a brand new journey to her forever family.

When the waiting becomes long:

I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord, Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart: Wait, I say, on the Lord. Psalm 27:13-14

Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting. He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed, shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

Psalm 126:5-6

His promises to her:

I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you. John 14:18

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18

She will one day weep no more. How gracious He will be when she cries for help! As soon as He hears, He will answer (comfort) her. Isaiah 30:19

He sets the lonely in families. Psalm 68:6

He sings over her with joy! Zephaniah 3:17

Any kind of waiting can seem long. Many of you are waiting for a child through adoption and I want you to know you have not been forgotten. Some of you are waiting on other things that are important to you. It may be dealing with marriage, children, a job or even just a promise that you carry in your heart.

I pray peace and rest for you today. Wait for him. He is good and He can be trusted.

He will keep in perfect peace, him whose mind is stayed on thee. Isaiah 26:3

God bless you Maia, Sarah Mei, Micah, Benjamin and Seth!!

There's no place like home...

Well, we made it. After three flights taking us over the top of Mt.Fuji, the Bearing Straight, Colorado Springs, and Wichita...we finally arrived home at 1030pm Thursday night. What a long Thursday! On the cab ride to the airport Stephen began to wave frantically out the window and say "bye bye, bye bye" so innocently. The cab driver (who had not spoken a word) turned and said "bye bye, Korea" in broken English. I felt a knife stab me straight in the gut and realized the impact of what was happening at that very moment. Our son was leaving everything he had ever known.

He did wonderful on all of the flights. I was so relieved. Such a trooper! By the time we transferred in San Francisco he had figured all of the security measures and would clap and say "yay!!" when he got his shoes back off of the conveyor belt. Several times he and I would finish getting through before Jon (laptop, belt, etc) and he would turn and scream "Appa!" as if to say, "Come on, already!"

He did sleep most of the way back to the US and some of the next flight. When he was not sleeping he was happily eating the wonderful airplane cuisine or playing with his new "Korean Air " plane set. Not one whimper until late in the day and he was tired of the seat belt.

Our plane was a little early and so the family came rolling in right as we got outside the airport in J'ville. As tiny as it is..we were hard to miss..the only ones standing outside. Stephen was a bit overwhelmed at all of the excitement and was trying hard to understand what his Omma was saying to him in her best Korenglish. Wilson offered his new brother some candy and that sure seemed to break the ice.

Once we were home, the kids began showing him all over the house and took him to his room. They spent over an hour just playing cars and getting to know one another. At one point my sister must have won his heart (like she does with all of the others) because he offered her a small bus to play with and smiled from ear to ear as if to say "Hey, you are alright. Have an offering of my acceptance".

Finally, at 2:45 am I decided I could no longer be in those same clothes and or stay awake and went in to take a shower. I was followed by one small boy who began to watch my every move. Before I could ask if he wanted to join me..he began to quickly disrobe. Next thing you know there were two naked boys in my shower (Wilson sheepishly admitted that he would sleep better if he was soothed by the shower *wink, wink*) and we began a small circus of sorts. First of all, Stephen had not quite gotten his land legs back and slipped several times from the shower seat. He thought this was hilarious each time I caught him mid-crash. *Sigh* It was a moment we will never forget and just as funny as you are imagining. Please forgive me for not posting photos..huthem. But, I will post the one of what happens when you stay up late with four kids..

This was taken by my sister at around 10:am this morning..notice Jon had gone upstairs by then to get some sleep..LOL

Needless to say, we were all starving and followed Jon's craving for a greasy cheeseburger (poor kid). We had had enough Kimchee for the next few meals. Stephen was not too sure at first, but eventually decided to join in the fun. Boy, talk about early over stimulation. Ooops!

Did I mention that I have the cutest kids in the world? Sheesh! I could take a bite out of them. Notice Stephen making the peace sign next to his face. In Korea (and Asia) this is almost customary of a candid photo. There are several like this from our trip. I have yet to find out what it means exactly..

Hmmm.....did they wash their hands?

Warming up to the family and getting very sleepy as the afternoon progresses...

The girls just wish I would leave and let them be his mother..I see rottenness in his future.

Speaking of being noble..Austyn laid still for over thirty minutes while he blew rasberries on her tummy. As if that was not funny enough..he then invited (insisted) everyone in the room to blow on her belly, too. She was loving his affections.

Did I mention that I did not see one dog in Korea? This might explain why he was not too fond of Chaya at first. He wanted to be near her, but then he would put a death grip around my neck. Here we are saying "Ohhh, love the puppy. She is a sweet girl." I wanted to communicate that she does not always look so bad or smell so bad..but the groomer has been quite busy. Don't quite think he cared..

Here, Landon is just trying to breathe without offending her brother (always the diplomat). He was all smiles.

Okay Stephen, Lesson one at the Lucas house: Real men play video games. I am not sure he knew quite what to think of all of the boys piled on the bed staring at the TV, but it did slow him down a bit. Well, may be more than a bit....

It might take more than a day to adjust to his new life hours. Amen to that..we are all feeling the woes of international travel.

Well, maybe it is just plain exhausting being a new brother and getting one..

Well, thats the end of his first day at home as a member of the Lucas family. It is so strange..to me its like he has always been here. I am sure for him it feels much different, but for now, we could not love him more or be any more thankful for our complete family and look forward to each new day of learning about each other.

There are no words...

Never in one day have I experienced so many emotions all at the same time. The lack of sleep is catching up, so I will just post the highlights for now. First of all, Jae Ho is absolutely adorable. I am completely taken with him in every way. I was not expecting to be so instantly smitten.

Looks like someone else is a bit smitten. Appa and Jae Ho "getting to know" each other. It didn't take Jon long with his silent teddy bearness to draw the little guy right onto his lap for a better view.

I was surprised that as he got more and more comfortable, the more of a ham he became. He teased us and even fed us some good noodles (Jon, too) right from his fork. Can you tell from this photo how dreamy he is??? I cannot wait to bring him home to meet his sisters and brother and the rest of the family. It is truly surreal.

Posing for the camera.

Daddy and Jae Ho and Joon-Hee playing on the floor. Sarah..we got so much video of Jung Woo. He is quite the charmer and crawled all over us while we looked at photo albums. I kept sneaking in a pat or a small hug and saying silently, "Your mommy loves you".

My eyes are literally crossing as I type, so I will post more later about all of the events. Just know that this has already been an amazing experience and we are thrilled to have a new son, named Stephen JaeHo.

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The view from our window. It is amazing that so many buildings fit in this space. There are people everywhere..Seoul has a real NY city feel to it..only cleaner and the people are much nicer.

All packed and ready to go. (I waited until the end to post a few "other photos" of our trip)

The last photo taken as a party of five. Landon was none too happy that both of us were leaving that afternoon. She has had a harder time than we expected. We miss them all soooo much and can't wait to see them on Thursday!! Thanks mom,dad,Mel and Meme for holding down the fort and allowing us to be here...you are amazing!!

We meet him again tomorrow and then he should be with us forever on Wednesday.

We just like the sound of that: forever.

Overwhelming!

After a 5.5 hour flight to San Francisco and an 11.5 hour flight to Korea and a NASCAR simulation taxi cab ride to our hotel: We made it!

We are exhausted and will post more later, but for now I just want to say I was not prepared for such emotion in regard to little Jae Ho's birth country. The moment we landed on his native soil I could not think about anything else, but how one day all of this would no longer be familiar to him. I am trying to just take in every smell and every sound so I will be able to vividly recount it one day for our dear son who had his beginning in this precious country.

For now I am going to try and get some sleep (yeah, right), as we meet our son in just twelve hours. Wow. I cannot believe that this appointed time has fully come.

Austyn, Landon and Wilson..we love you and miss you so much already. Check your emails first thing Monday when you wake up.

Faithful is He Who Promised!

Both of my devotions for my birthday (yesterday) quoted Hebrews 10:23 and I spent the day expecting a miracle (wouldn't you?). But after tears ran down my face off and on during the day and the NVC said they had not received his packet 3 (visa app) yet, I tried desperately to remember that my God was in control. Indeed He is!! Let me just say that our "Tree of Life" is just about to bloom!!

Stephen Isaiah JaeHo Lucas...mommy and daddy are on their way to bring you home.

Land of the morning calm...Here we come!!

Stay tuned for updates as we find out more. For now, we are flying out of Jacksonville Friday morning and landing in Seoul Saturday afternoon...That means we will meet Stephen on Monday morning!!

By the way, it was still my birthday in the US when all of this came to be...

What a mighty God we serve!

Speaking of adoption..

November is National Adoption month and so I thought it fitting to feature a few aspects of adoption here in the blog. Last weekend Austyn and I attended a fundraising dinner for some dear friends of mine who are in the process of adoption through CAS in the domestic program (newborn baby from US). It was so much fun to share in their excitement and get to visit with some very dear friends. We are soooo excited for them, and I promised them that I would post a photo of their family online so that both people who read the blog (hee hee) could pray for them and for their whole adoption process.

*Warning: If you begin to pray about adoption..it WILL take hold of you and could get down in your heart and your family could realistically expand in the very near future*

Mandy, Brian and sweet Avery

Mandy and Brian just completed the home study process and are well on their way to a precious son named Seth Isaac. He is sure to be a blessing and has already been promised to them by the Lord himself. It is just a matter of time. They have already witnessed the master at work in the areas of fundraising and in the paperwork process. God is so good!!

Austyn and Avery had a blast catching up and pretending to be the adoption social worker and then the next American Idol. Lets see...the Idol definitely pays more, girls.

Joanie, Marilyn, Me and Mandy

Girl, Bye! It's always wonderful and feels like being home again when I get to see dear friends. Marilyn and I have been friends for over thirty years (don't say a word!) and her whole family has been dear to me for just that long. It was wonderful to catch up and reminisce about our shenanigans as teens. We laughed that night because our kids are now at the age that we were when we should have been confined to our rooms! That's how you know you are not a spring chicken anymore...

I simply can not wait to post another photo of the complete family with one small new member!

Mandy and Brian..delight yourselves in the Lord..I know He will give you the desires of your heart!!

Its a girl!!

Congratulations to my dear friends Jeff and Dana on the referral of their brand new daughter Lan Thi. She is three months old and living in Hanoi, Vietnam. She is BEAUTIFUL and we CAN NOT wait for her to be home and in their arms. They have waited soooooooo long to bring home a daughter! What an answer to prayer.!!! Her photo may be posted on their website...not sure. The link is in the sidebar.

Pray for her safe arrival and a speedy travel call!!!

We have visa approval!

It was a blessing to receive some much anticipated mail from the Department of Homeland Security. Our visa approval. One step closer to bringing home our son! The visa approval is sent to Seoul via the NVC (National Visa Center) in NH. Once Seoul receives the legal documents, they schedule an exit visa appointment for Stephen and we will get the travel call soon after that. It could be within days!! The beauty of it is now that it has been sent to the NVC, we can track the process day by day. Yay! No more guessing. We can just call the NVC and see where he is in the process.

It appears that we will have one more reason to be thankful this season. He that promised is faithful (Hebrews 10:23).

I am off to call the NVC and repack Stephen's suitcase, again.

Remember "J"?

In a previous post I told a story of a scared little boy on his way to a bright future. I just got an emailed photo of this same sweet babe and I thought those of you who aren't near him might like to see how he is thriving in his new environment. I cropped the photo for his protection. Check out those smiling eyes!

Look out world, here comes "J"!!

Pray for him as he continues to transition into his new life.

Legals!

We got an email from our worker (Jill, she is wonderful!) with Children's Home Society and Family Services in Minnesota stating that our LEGALS are here. Yahoooooo! This is an important step in the process that allows Stephen to be ready to exit Korea and enter the US. It is a compilation of papers that basically declare him officially an orphan in the eyes of his country. Sad, but a harsh reality. Now, three things have to happen in order for us to get that famous Travel Call, but they can happen all at the same time now that legals are here to get that ball rolling. Stephen has to have a visa physical (c0uld have already happened), we have to receive I-600 approval (Customs and Immigration) and he must also have an Emigration Permit (EP) from Korea. These can happen very quickly and then they set the ball rolling for the Immigration Visa to be issued at the embassy for him to come to the USA. That is then faxed to our agency and hopefully they will call us ASAP to let us know we are free to buy tickets to Seoul and bring home our boy. So, depending upon how quickly everyone is moving..we should be hearing some good news soon!!

Here is a bit of our timeline for those of you who are wondering (okay, my mom is probably the only one who really reads this)

February 8, 2004 : God spoke to my heart about adoption.

February 21, 2004: Stephen was born

March 20, 2004: Calling confirmed by God after much prayer and burden. Isaiah 43:5-6

2004-2007 Three years of much prayer and longing and saying "When God? When?"

February 11, 2007: Cried all day for no apparent reason and prayed about this longing and asked God to take it away (for the 900th time). He, in turn, showed me the face of an angel on Rainbow Kids ( I never got on the computer..his face just appeared as I prayed) who had been waiting for almost three years...hmmmm.. I had seen him many times. He was much older than I expected he would be, but after repeatedly popping in my mind throughout this day, I knew God was confirming in my head what I already knew in my heart. (There is a much longer version, a very bizarre one, as to how I originally noticed him). Later that day, I got online and read a little about him and inquired. Peg with CHSFS was very helpful and sent medical records and info from Korea. He was immediately taken off RBK while we reviewed his information, and we did not even have our study done!

March 20, 2007 (three years to the day) we confirmed our intentions to make this sweet Korean boy our son. This was also the day he was awarded a $5,000 grant from Brittany's Hope Foundation. Just one more affirmation for us.

March - May 2007 Homestudy process

May-July 2007 Insurance delay

August 31, 2007 returned referral information to Korea.

He is ours!

October 11, 2007 Got legals.

Stay tuned.........

I am blessed beyond measure!

Several weeks ago I called a dear friend of mine to ask her if the "girls" would mind getting together to pray for our upcoming adoption and Stephen's transition into our home. Things were happening pretty fast and I did not want to miss the chance to have my prayer warriors cover our family in a blanket of peace at this crucial time. She agreed and assured me it would be just fine to do this the next time I was in town. We set a date and I didn't think another thing about it. We do this type of thing from time to time if there is a big event coming up in one of our lives.

This past Saturday when I walked into my friend Julie's home expecting a coffee and prayer time- I was completely overwhelmed..my dear friends had secretly planned a shower in honor of our little guy. Needless to say, I was beyond surprised and just couldn't help but smile from ear to ear. They are the best and I am soooo blessed to have each and every one of them in my life. It really touched me to find out that they will love Stephen just as much as we will.

There is a verse in Corinthians that describes my feelings towards you ladies:

"I thank my God every time I think of you (all)".

Julie, Mika, Dana, Joy, Mariel, Cheryl, Liz, Paige, Beth and Alicia
(you, too mom!)

(Jules, thanks for always going the extra mile and being our chief, so we can be indians!!)

Flag of South Korea

Mika's sweet sister Judith did a fantastic job on the cake. I almost couldn't bear to see it cut. Judith- you rock!!

We did get one shot in before we all started crying! The prayer time was amazing and I am convinced Stephen felt the peace wash all over him as we prayed for his little heart and first mom.

Lets just say our new son will be the finest dressed three year old this town has ever seen.

It was sooo fun to see such tiny clothes again..okay, it has only been four and half years, but still.

I am so very anxious to see him run through the house wearing his new threads!

Martha Stewart, aka Julie, out did herself with the Preschool boy themed shower. She sprinkled the room with mini books, cars and army men and draped cloths covered in race cars on the serving table. It was so imaginative and placed with perfection, as always. A job well done, my friend! I loved it!!

Puzzles, Books, Bath toys, Army men and Cars

The Display of His Splendor

"Now Stephen, a man full of God's grace and power did great wonders and miraculous signs among the people" Acts 6:8

My friends were not through. At the close of the giving, they presented me with this wonderful collection of blessings (thank you Mika for pulling this together). It is a book for Stephen with a verse from each person blessing him and telling the journey that led us to his precious face. I could barely keep my composure as I read each verse and was reminded of the three and half year journey and each mountain we had to climb to bring him home and of the promise God has fulfilled. I can hardly believe it is really coming true. He is faithful. This book is truly a treasure and I pray it will be as sacred to Stephen as I recount how the Lord literally ordered his steps right into our family. What a night. What a memory. How blessed I truly am.

.."the vision is yet for the appointed time. Though it tarries, wait for it. It will not be overdue a single day." Habakkuk 2:3

Progress report

Today we got a new progress report for Stephen. Every so often the social worker in Korea does an evaluation for the children to mark their progress in each area of development. I arrived home today to a new one, which made my day, because I had not gotten any updates in what feels like forever. Jon had opened it and read it and forgot to tell me. What? I get so excited over the tiniest bit of information on him...it is all we have of him to feel like he is close. So, if you don't mind, I will be HAPPY to share.

Here are a few highlights about our sweet boy:
-he is sick today, threw up earlier (that was hard to know)
-goes to preschool from 9-1 daily
-language therapy 2x a week/language is improving
-makes sentences, 2-3 words-they think he is catching up :-) -leader with younger children/helps care take younger children
-has one special friend (Jung Woo)/love each other,then fight -puts train together
-cuts with scissors, does well
-tries to cut on lines
careful boy, sits and follows directions

It also states that his fine motor and gross motor skills are right on target. We are thrilled that he is doing so well.


Everyone is asking for a time frame on when he could possibly come home to us, and I have to admit, we truly do not know. It could be somewhere in the next few weeks or as long as into the beginning of 2008. I am praying he will make it in time to be a Lucas for the holidays. What a blessing that would be. You feel free to pray for him by name (Stephen-Hebrew for crown, Isaiah-means salvation of the Lord and my personal favorite book of the bible, Jae Ho-Korean for Big prime minister) and pray that his mommy and daddy can hug him soon.
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, for when he has passed the test, he will receive the crown of life for which God has promised " James 1:12

Can't wait to squeeze him!

One of the highlights of this adoption journey is always getting to see new and different photos of the child you already love and learning more about them. Well, this week has been an explosion of new photos of Stephen and we couldn't be more thrilled!!

One of the precious moms on our yahoo group (families that have adopted or are in process to adopt a Korean child from AMSA rehab center in Seoul, South Korea) has a son named Braiden, and apparently, he and Stephen were quite close in their time together at AMSA. The two of them are pictured above waiting to leave for school. They are both just over 2 years old here. These are some photos that were given to her last May when she traveled to bring Braiden home. The Korean ladies that care for these children truly love them. They prepare a photo album and write endearing letters to each child, so they will remember that they were deeply cared for at AMSA. This is one of the first times I have seen this much emotion on his face. I just wanna kiss those sweet cheeks!

2 Cute!! This is Matthew,?, Braiden and Stephen.

Matthew is getting a new brother soon who lives at AMSA with Stephen right now.

His name is Joon Soo!! We have a video clip of Stephen giving baby Joon Soo a sugary smooch right on the lips! It was the kiss that stole my heart just a few months ago.

BUDDIES!!

Left to right: Stephen,Braiden,? and Matthew

Braiden and Matthew live here in the US with their new families. The other little boy (I haven't figured out his name yet) is now the only one in their little group still waiting for a family. I have really prayed that he would find a home soon. His whole story is featured on Rainbowkids.(Which you may go to by clicking on the sidebar link) We have some video of this little guy and he is a real character. Wink, Wink.

Ready for bed? Not a chance!

Ok, well, maybe we were a little tired...........

It is very normal to sleep on the floor in Korea as the floors are often heated. Stephen is sleeping each night with five other children in the room and one care nurse. Yippee...sounds like his adjustment here will go just fine. Move over Landon and Wil, make room for one more ;-)

As if this wasn't enough to make a momma proud...I got an email from Peg (Children's Home Society) who is my contact person and the one who travels to Korea to learn more about each child and advocate for them. She sent an updated report and this always includes new photos. We were thrilled!! The kids and I spent the better part of the evening analyzing every photo and compiling a collage of all his sweet expressions. I am amazed at the pictures that really take my breath away. The last time it was a picture that showed his bare feet for the first time. In these recent ones it was a photo that captured him watching television. It only showed the back side of him and how tall and lean he had gotten. It was overwhelming. He had gone from babyish toddler to big boy three year old seemingly overnight. I missed it....again. *sigh* Not too much longer....hold on JaeHo mommy is coming.

I have been praying this verse over our adoption process from Isaiah 45 that says "He will go before you and make the rough places smooth, He will tear down walls and break through iron bars.."

If I have learned anything over these past three years it is that "He who calls you is faithful and He WILL bring it pass" 1Thessalonians 5:24, but He decides when and where. No matter how much you beg and scream and cry yourself to sleep: He has a plan and it will not be overdue a single day! Be patient. He can be trusted.