Would You Like an iPad??

As many of you know, this adoption is a leap of faith for us in many ways.  One of the biggest being financial.  Becoming a one income family after our move has made this seem like an unmovable mountain at times.  I have even questioned the timing of this whole process.  It seems like it would have made a whole lot more sense had God lead us through this after Darrell is finished with school and I have a job again.  In church a couple of weeks ago, Pastor reminded us that God's ways are higher than our ways (Isaiah 55:9) and His timing doesn't always make sense to us.  We discussed the MANY times in the Bible that God did not "make sense" to His people...Moses, Joshua, Noah, Naaman, and Mary are probably with me on this one!  But looking back on their lives, and even to the milestones that we have reached during our adoption journey, God has always proven himself faithful!  But that being said, I know that He still requires us to be wise and do our part.  So our family is trying to be creative with ways to raise and save money.

So let me introduce you to the New iPad!!

  

And it just MIGHT have your name on it!!  

We will be having an iPad giveaway to help bring Mycah home.  Below are the details!

$5 gets you 1 entry
$20 gets you 5 entries
$100 gets you 50 entries

Reposting on FaceBook or your blog gets you up to 4 free entries!

(one repost per week...make sure you tag me or message me so I can credit you!)

The winner will receive the New iPad!

9.7" Retina display with Multi-Touch™
Dual-core A5X chip with quad-core graphics
5.0MP iSight camera and FaceTime® camera²
1080p HD video recording
Up to 10 hours of battery life³
Also available in white
iOS 5 and iCloud® camera⁴

One other lucky winner will receive their t-shirt of choice

from our Adoption Bug store.

The giveaway begins now and will go through Wednesday, October 17th.  You can donate using the Chip In button on the right side of the blog (some mobile browsers will need to choose to view the Full Site in order to see it), or by using the good old fashioned check book!  Make sure and include your name and "donation" when you give using the ChipIn button.  

Please spread the word folks!!  This is such an incredible device!  Even if you aren't an iPad kind of person, I bet it would make you a super cool Santa!!:-)  And most importantly, it will go to a great cause!

Mycah Ryan Junbin Saylor

Some Days Are Hard...

And the last couple of days have been just that!  Our adoption paperwork seemed to be sailing along, and I was sure we would be done with our home study and entering our immigrations wait very soon.  Although meeting our son would still be months away, these milestones at least help me to feel that we are making progress - getting closer to Mycah.  And at church on Sunday, there were so many little things said that seemed to confirm that this journey of faith was truly a work of the Lord.  Then came Monday.  It seemed that for every paperwork step forward there were 2 steps back.  Incomplete physical forms, questions about our personal lives, the feeling we were getting the runaround from our social worker.  

So this post is a request for prayers, folks!  There is a little boy in China who needs medical care and a family.  We have exactly 2 months and 3 days left to get our dossier (a MASSIVE amount of paperwork) to China before we risk losing our pre-approval for Mycah, and he becomes available to other potential families.  I know that "if he is supposed to be with our family", this will work out.  I know that God is not surprised by this slow down in progress.  I know that God has a perfect plan for our family and for Mycah.  I know that all of this is totally out of my control and that worry does not change anything.  I know that I serve a compassionate and sovereign God. I know that God always proves himself faithful in my life.  BUT...this week is H.A.R.D.

Please pray for favor, timely processing, provision, and peace this week.  This mommy aches to be on the way to get her son. And I desire even more that God be glorified in this situation and in our family.


"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your heart be troubled and do not be afraid."  
                                                                                                                                        John 14:27