I have received so many e-mails and comments from bloggy friends asking me what happened to the chip-in. Sorry-I actually took it down. I put the first one on my blog to try and raise the initial $1000 that we needed just to begin the process to bring Hailee home. Praise the Lord, we paid that! Now we just need to trust the Father for the remaining $20 000.00. A crazy figure…but so easy for my God. So, I have put the chip-in back up. We will probably leave it there and adjust the total as we raise money from different fund raising events. Watch and be amazed at what God will do.

I am so deeply touched by your support and encouragement. Seriously. Thank you to all of you who have committed to praying for Hailee as she waits for us. We are obviously deeply concerned about her. I wanted to share with you all another [very little] picture that I received of our sweet, very tiny little angel. My hearts breaks. She looks so frail, so weak. We know that it is only by the grace of God that she is even alive. At four years old she weighs just 15 pounds and cannot even sit on her own. It all seems so very wrong to me.

How I long to hold her in my arms and never let her go.

Anthony and I are preparing ourselves for the fact that there may be more going on with Hailee than just Down Syndrome. Some have mentioned the possibility of Cerebral Palsy. It’s possible. Anything is possible at this stage. All we have is a one line medical report. That’s it. It says nothing other than the fact that she cannot sit on her own and is extremely delayed.

Does it concern us that there may be more wrong with her? Heavens no! We truly do not care. She is a child who deserves a family, and if the Almighty Father, the Everlasting God believes that we can parent her, then forward we go. Whatever the future holds, we know it will be good…because our God is a good God! Hailee’s condition is just a big whatever for us. Being obedient to bring her home is the only thing that truly matters. The rest is not our concern.

I have so much on my heart, so many things stirring in me. I’ll share soon. Please know that we love you and are so thankful that the Lord chose to cross our paths with each and every one of you. You have been more of a blessing to us than you will ever know. Thank you for standing with us as we journey to bring precious Hailee home.