Airfare . . . . . Check!

We booked our flights today. We were even able to purchase Zeb's tickets home. We leave on August 16. 5 weeks from today! YAY!!

Now For A Name. . . . . .

I figure I need to get you all used to Wilson's new name before we get over there and I get totally confused again. On the last trip, we already knew what we would name him, but I wasn't ready to reveal it yet. So, while we were there I was calling him by his given name, talking to our family about him by his new name and blogging about him by his Reece's Rainbow name. VERY CONFUSING!

So, now I will give you the background information.

Mike and I had the hardest time coming up with a name for this precious boy. I love the name Gideon. Mike does not. At one point, I almost won him over, but I didn't feel right bullying my husband into using the name I love. So we kept talking, searching. I wanted a name with a strong meaning. Mike was throwing out names and I was shooting them down right and left. Then he mentioned one that I balked at, but immediately said, "Well, let me see what it means." I looked it up on my ipad and the meaning was perfect. I knew that was his name. Now for a middle name. And we decided to use my Dad's middle name. My sister's middle name. My wonderful cousin's middle name. Let's just say it's a family name.

So, his first name means "Gift From God"

And his middle name means "Shelter From the Storm"

But TOGETHER his name means, "GOD GIVES SHELTER FROM THE STORM".

His name will be ZEBADIAH LEE WOODDELL.

We will call him "Zeb". In fact, we already do.

We love you, Zeb. Can't wait to bring you home!

WOOOHOOO!!!!!!!

We got our court date! I AM SO EXCITED!

Almost four months to the day of our last trip, we are headed back to get our boy. Oh my goodness, I can't wait to hold him again. And see that SMILE!

I'm crying tears of JOY!

Thank you God for your continued guidance on our journey.

Pray for Gabe

Our friends, Rick and Kim, are so close to the finish line of their adoption. They have completed their dossier. It has been translated and submitted for a court date. They should have a date any day now.

But a couple days ago, instead of the great news they were expecting, they learned something awful. Their precious little Gabe, who they met and fell in love with in April, has been transferred.

Transferred to an an older child orphanage. 3 hours away.

The fact that a family is coming for him didn't stop his transfer.

The fact that his family is just a few weeks away from scooping him up and carrying him HOME didn't stop the transfer.

Now, I am asking for your prayers.

Rick and Kim need prayers for their hearts. They need the Lord to give them strength to carry on here while their minds (and hearts) are half a world away.

Gabe needs our prayers. He needs prayers for workers to have compassion for this little boy who just left the only home he ever knew and is now in a place most of us don't even WANT to imagine. He needs prayers that he will continue to eat so that he doesn't lose any more weight. Weight he can't afford to lose. He needs prayers that God will surround him with angels to comfort him and whisper in his ear that his Mommy and Daddy are coming.

Please pray for Gabe.