tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post7299044494950267257..comments2023-06-02T08:01:26.422-07:00Comments on BUILDING THE BLOCKS...: Surrounding yourself with good companyAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13006198193450517574noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-77126704142585496842009-01-17T17:15:00.000-08:002009-01-17T17:15:00.000-08:00wowsers! it is completely God inspired that i cli...wowsers! it is completely God inspired that i clicked on your blog today to "catch up".<BR/><BR/>i'm sooo close to the end of my wait for our daughter from china. it's been a long wait. <BR/><BR/>as much as i want her here today, i've really been struggling with fears. lots of fears. and sometimes i wonder if i am doing the right thing. what if she hates me when she is older for adopting outside of her culture? what if i can't handle 1 more? will i be able to put all my energy into the attachment phase?<BR/><BR/>i also feel alone sometimes. alot of times i feel like i just don't connect with old friends. i feel like my focus is so different now.<BR/><BR/>but yet i know deep down that God did call me to this. <BR/><BR/>you articulate my feelings so much. and you are right about God's voice...thanks for allowing Him to speak through you today!Flamingohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00670681123523725076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-50350551472724709542009-01-15T17:00:00.000-08:002009-01-15T17:00:00.000-08:00I just found your blog through Amy's (monster wran...I just found your blog through Amy's (monster wrangler) and I want to tell you how much you inspire me. We too are foster-to-adopt parents, praying that we get the opportunity to adopt the twins that we have had since they were 4 days old. I would so love to adopt as many as you have one day. Your state must have different rules, ours says that you can't have more then 6 kids in one household, and since we have 4, it only gives us the room for 2 more. I completly agree with you about surrounding yourself though, and if there aren't anyone that you know of, do like I did, and get your friends involved! We prayed for support and through God have gotten about four or five of our friends to do foster care too.Mashelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17907265604409895913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-61549974963094663362009-01-15T09:14:00.000-08:002009-01-15T09:14:00.000-08:00Wonderful post!! I don't think I could have said ...Wonderful post!! I don't think I could have said it better. We have a wonderful adoption community in our area that I am so grateful for. I hope you don't mind, but I linked to this post on my blog. Thanks so much for putting it into words.Careyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12409249925532122785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-41790336560058948542009-01-14T20:54:00.000-08:002009-01-14T20:54:00.000-08:00Great post and so true! I love this. But I do have...Great post and so true! I love this. But I do have to say that I am so jealous of your beautiful day at the park. We are dealing with below zero weather and I really wish I was in your neck of the woods where it is so much warmer than here in IL. :)Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08912330863352793142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-19050376128436249052009-01-14T10:00:00.000-08:002009-01-14T10:00:00.000-08:00Great post. Amen. Amen. Amen! so glad for in intn...Great post. Amen. Amen. Amen! so glad for in intnet that has helped many of us meet!Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01786437981693413906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-70044757092824872392009-01-14T06:24:00.000-08:002009-01-14T06:24:00.000-08:00Precious Pictures!Precious Pictures!Mary Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17944845545472141237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-45103923046833855262009-01-13T19:30:00.000-08:002009-01-13T19:30:00.000-08:00Amy,Thank you for writing this..it's as if you wer...Amy,<BR/>Thank you for writing this..it's as if you were speaking right to me...<BR/><BR/>I hate to even say "if you have a moment" cause yeah right..but God did speak to us in a really cool way on our adoption this week. <BR/><BR/>God Bless you,<BR/>Angela <BR/>(fourkidsplusone)Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05134642223197550279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-47852513307725795742009-01-13T16:55:00.000-08:002009-01-13T16:55:00.000-08:00I was looking at the pictures and thought "wow tha...I was looking at the pictures and thought "wow that looks like Rachel's Jayden" I was excited to send her the link....then I see the picture of her ha ha!!<BR/><BR/>JenniferPJ Academyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399114597490802249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-26000531825674277612009-01-13T14:38:00.000-08:002009-01-13T14:38:00.000-08:00Ooohhh, you are so right! OBEDIENCE is the key---...Ooohhh, you are so right! OBEDIENCE is the key---even when it makes absolutely no sense in the natural. I love this post, Amy. <BR/>Longing to be obedient too---but often stumbling and falling along the way :)<BR/>AdeyeAdeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02805823858173447646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-71877180600981354902009-01-13T13:39:00.000-08:002009-01-13T13:39:00.000-08:00Amy - wow what a small world when you are a child ...Amy - wow what a small world when you are a child of God. I know Rachel too! How awesome that you get to hang out in real life. Her children are beautiful and so are yours!<BR/><BR/>Your post is beautiful and so truthful! I hope it blesses the person(s) it is intended to find. Praising God for your obedience to share it today!<BR/><BR/>Hugs and blessings,<BR/>Jill<BR/>Who also has days where I'm like are You sure Lord, I'm the right Mommy for this job, for this child?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17247824698674815568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-53952787839131694462009-01-13T12:42:00.000-08:002009-01-13T12:42:00.000-08:00You have been so on the money the past two days. ...You have been so on the money the past two days. I believe that I needed to hear someone else saying it so that I didn't think i was nuts. We are in the middle of an international adoption as well as adopting a child through foster care. Sometimes I think I'm crazy, but i feel that God is pushing us on to do this. Then others say things and that makes you wonder, Am I doing the right thing. I just keep praying for guidance Thanks for your words!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-40749377132079312832009-01-13T12:37:00.000-08:002009-01-13T12:37:00.000-08:00Thank you so much for this post! I needed it toda...Thank you so much for this post! I needed it today.<BR/><BR/>And how I long for some local adoption-minded people. I have found many via the wonderful internet, but none in my area. Hopefully I too will find some.Barry and Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14829971475400657749noreply@blogger.com