No TA today, but Monday's a Coming!

Well, it is Saturday morning and I am up before all the hub bub begins. It is so quiet and still, which is quite unusual for our home and I am going to enjoy that for a few minutes while I write this update.  As you can tell by our fortune above, we didn't receive our Travel Approval last week so in order for us to travel before Chinese New Year, we will have to receive our TA by Wednesday of next week and I am trying to remain hopeful!  In the adoption community, we live for a weekday because we know that China is at work and hopefully getting all those TAs ready to be sent out.  It is so hard when another week passes without some type of word from our agency and then we pray for the weekend to go by fast so we can get to Sunday night because we know that Sunday night is actually Monday morning in China and they are back to work again working on all of those approvals--crazy how us adoptive Moms think isn't it?!

Truly, I know that God is good and faithful and everything will happen at the right time and in His timing, which is always perfect beyond measure.  Last night at dinner I have to wonder though if God were trying to give me another sign because as we were eating our Baked Ziti for dinner, I went to take a bite of my Ceaser Salad and happened to look down before I put it into my mouth and there was a ladybug on my lettuce.  Not quite sure how it got there, although it did appear to be dead.  I am quite sure that ladybugs cannot survive in subzero temperatures like we have been having all week, but nonetheless, it was in my salad.  We all had a good laugh about it!  Ladybugs happen to be a sign of "good luck" in the adoption community, so I am hoping that means our TA will be here on Monday or Tuesday as these are the days that our agency typically receives them from China. 

Well, enough of my rambling for today.  I hear some footsteps coming up the stairs so that means the day has begun.  Shon has guard drill and will be gone for the day; the twins will be meeting with some friends at the church to begin working on a leadership course; the house is clean from my major cleaning endeavors last night after taking down all of the Christmas decorations, so Josh, Jaida, and I will hang out together for the day doing anything we want!  Still too cold to really do anything that would require me to leave my warm car for more than a few seconds!  Have a wonderful weekend and we will keep you posted on any news this coming week.  If you are of the praying type, please lift a prayer up for us and our Travel Approval!

Trish