The Wall Bloggers

For Abel's adoption journey, back in 2010, I blogged much of the ups and downs here .  On this journey to our newest waiting little boy  (W, for short), I haven't blogged nearly as much.  There have been a few reasons for this change: I was dealing with chronic back pain, I was teaching first grade, and I did not have many updates to share.  With Abel's journey to us, we had the upcoming court dates to pray for -- two  of which failed -- and all of the pain in delays with those. Our newest family member is no less cherished.  We have his sweet face staring at us from our computer desktop and in various places around our house.  We refer to all the things we want to do with him when he comes home.  We pray for him every chance we get.  Already, Abel loves him more than we ever dreamed possible -- even before meeting him.  Abel talks to W's life-sized picture tacked up on our refrigerator; Abel "feeds" him snacks; Abel shows him the class picture of my firs

Psalm 139: "You knit me together in my mother's womb.  I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made!" Since the end of May 2012, I have been unable to sit without tremendous back pain.  I've spent the last eight months trying various methods for relief, all the while becoming more desperate, as we look to travel for hours on an airplane to bring our new son home from Uganda. Looking back, I can see now how God orchestrated His purposes to bring me to my knees before him.  It started with the drive to the first injection in November, when I could hear Him whispering in my ear that the injection would not bring my healing, and that He had more he wanted to do for His glory . It continued as the scheduler from my doctor's office called to reschedule my injection that I was supposed to have January 31 (already rescheduled from January 17 ).  I broke out in tears on the phone with her, asking for her help, explaining to her the urgency of my situati