Today, I am very busy trying to gather the paperwork necessary to refinance our home equity line of credit ; I have a couple of offers that seem promising. It is such a challenge to do it with the little one's in tow. I am often on the phone with individuals while they scream and fight in the background; it is one of the most frustrating experiences.
Bill got home at 7:00pm or so last night and we all went to bed at 9:30 pm with the Jude and Rachel sleeping on our floor. Rachel wouldn't go to bed last night because she said she was scared of Elmo , so we removed Elmo, then she said she was scared of the porcelin (sp?) dolls on the shelf , so we removed those. Then she said she was scared of the shadows on the walls and she began screaming and then Jude started crying and we let them sleep on the floor in our room because Bill had to be ready to call in at 2 am . When 2 am came around , Bill called in to work and they said the line went down and then they ended up calling him in around 7 am. Anyway... it has been a rough night ...I didn't sleep very well and now I am really sleepy.
I got a letter from Shaohannah's Hope, they are one of the foundations that helped fund our adoption with a grant. They gave us $2,500.00 and now I will write our adoption testimony and send them photos of Jude and the family so they can put it in their adoption yearbook. I also need to send story and photos to the other foundation that gave us a 2,500 dollar grant. Then I need to get together photos, video, and letter (translated) to send to a family with America World Adoption Association that are going to Xinjiang, China to adopt a little boy in November. They will be going to Urumqi Child Welfare Institute and they agreed to take our package to the Orphanage Director so we can update them on Jude's progress. After that I need to send photos of Jude to our adoption agency to enter Jude in their annual calendar contest. Shew!!! I am busy and a bit overwhelmed.
I have a few articles I read on Mission Network News that discuss the work that is being done in the name Christ and their need to get thousands of bibles to the people in that region that want them. http://www.mnnonline.org/article/7737 and http://www.mnnonline.org/article/7739.
Blessings to all, Love, Anita