I love God Signs...

Well, if yall have followed me for a while, then you'll remember that I love to find "God Signs" or "confirmations" from God that I'm on the right path....I just feel it is the COOLEST thing in this world to feel like God has actually sent me a SIGN....Now, I understand that some might not 'get' this...oh, but let me share a couple of my past "signs" with ya....

First...there was the time when we were getting ready to go to court for LL and I WAS A NERVOUS WRECK..and one of my kiddos dropped their snow cones at the ball park and this appeared out of the spill:
I just KNEW when I saw the shape of AFRICA that everything would be OK..and we DID pass court that first time!! Praise God!! Then:

In February (2 years ago) when we were waiting for our first referral..I was VERY anxious about getting that first referral WHEN...i opened up a bag of potatoes and this came out:
Well, it was February...and I decided that God was sending me a sign that our referral would come SOON that month!! :) (and it did :)

****Well, my hubby and I have always said that we have a LUCKY number!!! We've seen this ONE number ALL THROUGH OUT OUR MARRIAGE:
From our #of our first home, to the street # of our church...to the room # when we were admitted to the hospital for our first child...to hotel rooms...etc, etc... We always say, "Look..there's our lucky #!! " everytime we see it!!! So....now that you know our lucky #....then HERE IS OUR LATEST GOD SIGN:

*** I woke up on February 10th (just yesterday) suddenly and sat up in bed and looked at the clock...it was 3:09 a.m. I instantly smiled and thought of Wes in Ethiopia.....I instantly thought (like I do every time I see that number) Ahhhhh.....something "good" is happening!!!!" And, I went back to sleep!! I woke around 7 like normal to start getting up with kiddos and eventually made my way to check to see IF ANY news had come in over night about our adoption (i obsessively do this during adoptions)...BUT this time there was an EMAIL!! :) It read.." Your case was submitted to court today" I screamed with excitement..and immediately remembered waking at exactly 3:09 and added the time difference in Ethiopia..and it would have been around the time we PROBABLY were submitted!!! Too cool!!! But as if that wasn't cool enough...I kept thinking, "Why does February 10th seem like a significant date in my mind??" I THEN remembered...it was THAT date 2 years ago exactly that I received THE CALL I'd been waiting for....We received our REFERRAL CALL for Baby K on February 10th 2009:

Baby K wasn't meant to be ours...Her birth mother changed her mind a month later...and she ended up being a stepping stone to our Lucy lane Martha!! Praise God!! But how cool is God...He brought us our first referral and 2 years later on the exact day...we find out the news we'd been waiting for...Our paper work was all together...our case was ready..and we're officially in line for court (we should HEAR our court date soon)!! So neat..I love God Confirmations!!!

***And, another bonus for this week was receiving our FIRST DVD of our little Wes:

Yes, our agency is AMAZING at communication and sends out these DVD's of YOUR child (almost monthly)!! So, I pop it in...and I'm instantly brought to tears seeing REAL VIDEO of my precious boy!! It was video taken last month...it was put to the most precious music, "I'm Not Forgotten" !! It was footage of our Little Wes while being examined by doctors...The doctors spoke English and I could hear all that they were saying about our little guy!! It was both heart wrenching but yet an AMAZING GIFT TO HAVE. I'll cherish it always!! It was BEFORE he had EVEN begun gaining weight....and we'll always have it now to SHOW HIM some day HOW IMPORTANT HE WAS TO GOD!! That HE WAS NEVER FORGOTTEN..That God had a plan and a purpose for his life!!!! He's truly a little miracle!!! :) There was lots more great footage too....I can't IMAGINE how long it must take for them to make these DVD's for waiting parents...BUT I know i'll always cherish and love it...and I'm so very appreciative!! Simply priceless!!!

***Ok, so that's the GREATNESS of my week :) I'll keep yall posted on our court date!! So excited to be one step closer...Happy Friday to you all, kj