Drought

This is absolutely overwhelming. Pray for this country. Let our hearts weep for them. Stand up and do all we can for them.

Please read here Starvation claiming Ethiopia's tiniest

and here UNICEF seeks additional funds to aid children affected by Ethiopia's growing food crisis

and here Food costs strain efforts to save starving Ethiopian children

WHAT CAN YOU DO?????

Fill the Cup!
It takes just 25 US cents to fill one of the "Red Cups" that the World Food Programme uses to give hungry children a regular school meal of porridge, rice or beans. US$15 would feed 10 children for a week.

1 month down

and only 5-7 more to go! I spoke to our case manager today, because I wanted to check on our parameters. I also asked about the wait and we do fall into the 6-8 month wait because of our large number on the list. That got me thinking and I went and checked a few blogs to see how long the wait for referrals has been so far. On the blogs, the longest wait to this point has been 18 weeks, although there are those still waiting for a referral that are up to 19 weeks and beyond. These are families who started out at #15. We started at #24, so we have a waaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyysssssssssss to go.

Praying for those families that have been waiting so long. It has got to be hard to be so close to your babes, yet not quite there.

About waiting, doesn't immediate gratification take away from some of the pleasure of what you desire? I would not love this child any less if I had her in my arms tomorrow, but this time God gives me waiting for her can be a gift if I let it. He has changes to make in all of us, if we allow him. What can I do with this time to make myself a better person/mother? How can I better prepare myself for a third child? Don't worry, next month (or maybe even tomorrow) I will be cursing the wait.

Also, Christy wouldn't change my numbers. She said she would call next week and they are waiting for acceptances. Are these new referrals we haven't heard about or the ones from the last week? Wishful thinking, I know.

A Mom's Overture

This should put a smile on your face.
(Scroll to the bottom of the page and pause the music, so you can hear this hilarious song!)



This is Anita Renfroe and she performed at the "Women of Faith" confrence singing about everything a Mom would say to her children in a day in 2 minutes

Unofficially we have a ...

Ok, my best calculations put us at 21! Our amazing God has united four families (three were on the girl list) with their children this week. I hope to have our monthly call and update soon, since I haven't had one since the beginning of April. Then I will know our numbers positively.

Jane Austen anyone?

Take the Quiz here!

I am a Jane Austen fan! No fanatic might be a better description of myself and my love of anything Miss Austen. Here is a great quiz that lets you see which of her characters you most resemble. For any other fans out there, which character are you??????

Praise God for the referrals!

It looks like a trickle of referrals has begun. I pray that God opens some floodgates and unites these children with their families. There are dozens of children at Hannah's Hope. Let's bring them home Lord!

(I know of three referrals so far: Carrie (boy), Michelle (siblings) & Karen (girl) had info about another on her blog. That puts us unofficially at #22!)

On the sixth week of waiting, my true love gave to me...

an FDL from the mailbox. Not as exciting as before the change in process, because we are on the waiting list already, but the government has approved us! Before the change, I thought I would be like Michelle, camping out at the mailbox, bugging our mail lady on a daily basis. (If you don't know what I am talking about, check out her post!)

P.S. Did you hear? The referrals have started again!!!