Monday, January 31, 2011

Updates and Praises on Diapers and My Sweet Wes....

Wow...is all that I can say when it comes to ALL the amazing diapers that KEEP pouring in...I've gotten 10 more boxes in the last couple of days!!! Check out my most recent stash:Thank you: Belinda from MS, Rayna from Pennsylvania, Ginger and daughter jessica, Katherine E., May and Company from MS, Erika and Tim from FL. , Kayce in Lenoir City, TN, Alison from MS, Emily F. from MS, and a "no name" from Kansas!! AND...there are others that arrive with no names...SO IF THAT'S YOU..then THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!!!

Praise God!!! I'm just blown away by people's generous, giving hearts for this blog project!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! It's unbelievable to think about HOW many babes of Ethiopia will have FRESH clean cloth diapers VERY SOON!!! I have 3-4 traveling families for both LL's orphanage and Wes's orphanage...all traveling in the next month!!! So, I'll be giving them AS MANY diapers as they can take!!! So excited!! This turned out WAY bigger than I ever planned..and isn't that just the story of my life, of everyone's life!! I NEVER can predict ALL that God has in store!! No one can...Just so thankful to be following HIS PATH!!
***Soooo...one MORE BIG THING IN THE WORKS...Can't blog about it yet....but God wasn't DONE working MIRACLES through my last trip... Some amazing people have been INSPIRED by the thousands of children and adults that MUST WALK for 8 hrs. a day or more for water in LL's family's village ....and...well... THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY!! Still working out details..and well...I don't know HOW or WHAT God has in store here...but I've learned it is ALWAYS way bigger and greater than my tiny mind could have EVER imagined!! So, Stay tuned in the next few weeks, months for some exciting updates on THAT SUBJECT!!! :)

AND....FINALLY...I got some GREAT news on our little guy over the weekend!! All last week there was talk of WHETHER or NOT they'd have to put him back in the hospital...Travelers that would visit with him WERE VERY WORRIED about how he was doing!! Most just worried he wasn't gaining weight fast enough....and looked like he should be hospitalized!! So, this momma didn't sleep for about a week or two WORRYING about my little man...I would STAY up late and pray for him every time I thought about it...then I'd wake in the night with him on my mind and pray again!!! And, every prayer was, "Lord, just let him survive!!" Then finally on Friday, they weighed him again and I got new pictures from a traveling friend of mine there..and IT WAS GOOD NEWS!! HE had gone from an 8 lb. one year old....to 13 lbs when they weighed him on Friday...So, that means he had gained OVER half of his body weight!! He had gained 5 lbs in a two to three week period!!! Praise God...Praise God!!! Seriously...i've got NEW wrinkles from this boy already!! :) He's got me on my knees with the Lord...and I know that's right where God wants me!! :) So, NO more hospital for now..yayyy!! He's getting what he needs!! And, the new pics of him looked like a more alert, growing boy!! So excited..and so excited that my friend Beth got to meet him:
My local friend, Beth, that i've known for a few years now..is adopting twin girls through our same agency and passed court this passed week!! Yayyyyy!! And, she ran over to visit with my boy for a while...So excited she got to love on him:
He's doing a good job holding his bottle and i'm pretty sure they're giving him bottles around the clock...(I joked with the director that they must be filled with Lard...ha) He's in wonderful hands in CCI's transition home..and I'm so thankful for all their constant hard work AROUND the clock to nurse him back to health!! These are some wonderful, loving people caring for my boy!!!
**And, after Friday's good news...well..I felt I could finally sleep (and yall know I only sleep a few hours a night anyways..so being up all night during those few hours...left me dragging last week :) So, I feel VERY blessed to have this little guy in our life..even if he's still across the world!! He's a wonderful blessing that's ALREADY teaching me lessons in FAITH, TRUST and HOPE!! The adoption journey is definitely a spiritual journey!! We love you little Wes..and can't wait to have you home some day!!! :) Oh, and all my paper work reached Ethiopia..the dossier didn't need ANY changes...Yayyyy.....and praying we'll be submitted to court soon!! Will keep you updated...Happy Monday to you all, kj

16 comments:

  1. LOVE seeing all these cloth diapers, and LOVE hearing such an amazing update on Wes! Praise God that he is growing!!! YAY!!! :)

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  2. wonderful news!! what a blessing to get new pictures of him!

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  3. Great news Kristi....keep the faith! Our daughter was only 11 lbs at one years old. She is now almost 2 and is 24 lbs!! Praying for you all.

    Karen
    Adopting 2 kids from ET
    www.hernkekid.blogspot.com

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  4. God is SO GOOD. So happy for you. Praying for your little man:)

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  5. Our God is an AWESOME GOD!!!! So thankful to hear Wes is doing so much better and can't wait to hear about your court date! Woo Hoo!!!

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  6. How awesome! I wanted to send some diapers your way but was wondering where to send them. Praying for your sweet little one, he is adorable!

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  7. Love seeing how God provides!! So excited that your precious Wes is gaining weight! Will continue praying for him

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  8. PRAISING GOD!!!!!!! That is wonderful- all the diapers, your little Wes (who hopefully will be big Wes soon).

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  9. great news about the diapers! We're having the same experience over here - tons of $$ pouring in for me to go buy cloth diapers and even more boxes -- we're going to have LOTS of luggage FULL of diapers for our upcoming trip!! :) SO excited to cover the sweet bums at HH and Bethzatha!!

    Great news about Wes - hope you hear a court date soon!

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  10. Wonderfully fantastic news about Wes! Praying for a speedy court date(passing the first time, of course!), and an even speedier embassy date! Thanks so much for sharing your journey!

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  11. so happy for the great news! hoping you will be back in ET very soon for wes. love thinking of those bottles "filled with the lord".

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  12. Do you have enough pants to go over all these diapers? We need rubber pants or something, right? I was planning to make diapers, but which would be more helpful now?

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  13. I am loving your blog - and praying for your little guy. We have five children. Our 10 month old is adopted domestically. We are certain we have a son or a daughter in Ethiopia as well, we are just waiting on God's timing - and praying lots! God Bless your family, you are in our prayers.

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  14. Great news on Wes! God is good! He'll be home in no time.

    Thanks for including the blog world in Covered in Hope! Man, just takes a planted seed and before you know it....mountains of diapers!!!

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  15. What an wonderful update on Wes. I hope you are able to get some rest now! I am going to the conference this weekend. I will see you on Friday! :)

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  16. That is so great! Glad little Wes is gaining weight!

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Thank you for your kind words!!