Monday, January 25, 2010

Upcoming Benefit Concert


We are having a Benefit Christian Concert, Friday, February 19th at 7 pm at East Middle School in Butte, Montana. 

The concert will feature local Worship Pastor and Contemporary Christian Artist, Leon Young, from Missoula, MT.  Leon just recently opened for Sanctus Real and Brandon Heath at the Ravalli County Fair in Hamilton, MT and for Big Daddy Weave in Missoula. 

Tickets are a $10 donation in advance and $12 at the door.  Tickets can be purchase online at www.wildprairiefarms.net/tickets.htm
All proceeds will go to the Schilling Family Adoption Fund. 

Tell your friends!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Joy & Hope

OK ... Weeping may last for a night, but joy comes in the morning.  Praise God!  We have 2 more little girls in our family!  So happy and excited to bring them home. 

Sarah Zakeya Joy
Rachel Dibora Hope

We are still waiting for mega funds to miraculously appear from heaven to pay our remaining fees.  We still have not heard from 8 of our grant agencies that we applied for.  We will not be able to travel until we pay our account in full.  Our embassy date could be as early as February 25th, 4 weeks from now!

Please pray for a miracle!  Please, Lord, hear our cries!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Good news and Bittersweet News

Today we received both, although unfortunately, the latter seems to overshadow the first right now.  Today our cases went to court in Ethiopia.

Our girls passed and are now legally ours.  Praise God.  I will post pictures when I regain my bearings.

Our little guy, Gadeza did not pass.  In fact his father came and instead of relinquishing him, he took him home.  This is really very good news. He gets to stay with his daddy.  So why am I so sad?  It feels as though I have had another miscarraige, I guess.  I have had to remind myself today, that he did not die.

So, we Praise God who is very much present in our lives.  He has a plan.  It is not our plan.  We want what he wants.  So we surrender to His will. 

This morning, we got on the waiting list for an infant boy.  We are only #3, but I believe we will have to have our money up front, before we can accept a referral this time, since we are still waiting on the rest of our financing for this adoption.

I am tired ... this has been a very lonnnnnng journey. Just when I thought we were at the top of the mountain almost ready to start on the downhill, we are at the bottom of another mountain, looking up. Our family will not be completed until our little boy is home.... whoever and wherever he is... please keep us in your prayers.

Today I grieve.  Tomorrow I will rejoice that I have 2 new little girls.