A little bit of everything...

The CCAA has sent referrals out for May 16, 17 and 18th, 2006.  They didn't send any referrals out for the month of September, or was that for September?  We're really not sure.  I guess we'll have to wait and see if anything happens in October or if the next batch arrive in November.  I'm just going to go with the thought that the CCAA did 3 days in 2 months.  Do you see how slow things are?  September marked our 4 year anniversary of waiting on our daughter in China.  Let me clarify, there is NOT a specific child in China waiting for us.  Once they get to our name on the list, they match us with a child, send us a picture/medical info., and we travel.  Some people worry that our daughter is getting older in an institution in China.  We are hoping that she hasn't even been born yet.  We already pray for the time her birth family must abandon her in China.
We just got home from our Fall Break trip to the mountains.  We took another baby with us...15 month old and it was COLD!!!  It was quite a trip but everyone had so much fun!  We did realize that our camper is too small for our family, especially after our addition from China.  We're going to make it work as long as possible because we would rather pay for our adoption, not a new camper :)
Last, I have a friend who is hurting, hurting, hurting right now.  I'm so angry about some things that have caused her this hurt, sad for things that have caused this hurt, trying to pray and just give it all to God.  It's so much easier to talk about the trust and faith than to really try to live them.  It's been a good lesson for me.  I'm learning to really take my friends to the foot of the cross and let God have it.  It's all His anyway!