Praise the LORD!!

Our court date passed!!

We have a verbal conformation! We are SOOO Excited! What happens next is... Our kids will be transferred to the Thomas Center right away, which is a staging area for kids who are waiting for there families. We are right now waiting for our 'Embassy date.' Which we think we will receive in a week and our agency thinks it will be February 2nd. We would travel a week before that, So hopefully the end of January!! As soon as we get the 'Embassy date' we get our travel dates!!

I am both laughing and crying! I just can't wait! Its been a long journey and we are Finlay here! Please keep our kids in prayers as they wait for us.

Today my parents are legally parents of nine kids!

So with permission I will now show you my new siblings!

Meskerem 13

Eyob 12

Samuel 8

Immediately

Matthew 4:22
And Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Immediately... Right away no hesitation... Could I do that?
For bible study I had to choose a verse to meditate on. I chose this on... Kinda skipping over the meaning and what really happened here. Then it hit me.... Would I drop everything and go do what God asks me too? Would I be like the man in Matthew who wanted to bury is father first... Can I drop the things that would be hard to let go? When God tells to do something it's for the better... Sometimes we have something we don't want to let go of, but God's trying to show you that he has something WAY better over here! Yes, it's hard to let go.. but can't we see he's God... He knows what he's doing. And I think, we should completely trust him, and follow Immediately.

Precious moments

As I look back I see many things. Hard struggles, Crazy moments, but then i see precious moments. So ask most of you know I fight with my brothers and sisters alot.... but I have those time when i love them to death, well I always love them.... but most teens know what i mean.

So i am going to share with you some pictures from my Precious moments with my brothers and sisters.

Me and my bubby (cadenn)

Make up and hair day with chlo joe

Me and Cailee acting crazy

Me and crissy (christopher)

Cyi jia she takes after me :)

Blessings losses and wisdom

Last night I was thinking about my blessings, my losses, and what I've learned.

My blessing: (I have to many to say but I will list some) My parents, A wonderful Nana, A heart for missions, This house, My siblings, All the kids we have and still are adopting, Friends.
The list goes on, as i thought last night.

Now my Losses: My Nana, Friends, my own room ;)
Not to many i thought...

So my wisdom come in here, We have so many blessing and so little losses, what are we doing in return? I look at my parents and see people serving the Lord, I look at Katie in Africa and see love for him, I look at Cindy May and see a full heart for missions.
My mom was talking about giving every thing away for the poor and I agreed, as I look around i thought "The TV can go, my i-pod my nice wood base board." then i took a look at my purity ring, even though it wouldn't sell much i thought "Oh no not that, it has something from my Nana." So i stopped naming things. After that I kept thinking of that, if a starving kid was in front of me, and it would die if I didn't give it my ring would I do it? I keep on asking myself, I could give up cable and my computer even, but I could'nt say my ring. I prayed hard and thought about it for awhile, Then it came to me! This will not be in heaven! These kids can be, by what Katie, Cindy and My parents are doing! (and hopefully me some day) So this Christmas I Was going to ask for a nice guitar..... but I want a goat someone donate it in my name, I want money to give to Cindy May and Katie. Its a hard to say that I don't really want any thing for myself, But this is something i cant wait for! :)

I want to be one of those people who are All 4 Christ!

Coral

Broken beauity

Recently i haven't been blogging and i have been dying to!

so i am.

Most off you know i broke my foot, but for you who haven't heard here's the story.

I was hanging out with my friend Brenna and i was running up the stairs and somehow kick a basket sitting on the stairs, I thought i was fine but the pain started hitting hard.

After awhile my mom took me to the doctors who put my in a Una boom (soft cast) and a walking boot, and told pacifically not to walk on it. So one night i was spending the night at my good friends the Manning's and I put little more pressure on it then i should, I had to call my mom the next morning from the pain and went home. when i got home my foot was so swollen that i had to cut off the Una boom. the next night i had the choice to go in a cast or a boot, I thought cast was safer for camping so i chose cast. my wonderful Mellisa did a amazing design that i couldn't thank her enough for. After two weeks and camping i got the cast of being told its not healed i was super disappointed. so now i am in a boot for two more weeks still on crutches. hopefully no more activities like camping in these two weeks.

My Mom and Dad

You don't know how cool my parents are till you met them!

You probably think I am just saying it, But I am serious! Ask anyone their are cool!
My dad is a total joker! He is always messing around! But when he needs to be he is serious.

I really love you dad!! And i love how he is all for God! Thats is way i am all for Chist because my Dad and my Mom.

Now my Mom is so much fun! She is not normal, well she is but.... never mind! She is so amazing, She is always there for me! I can tell her anything and I just love her! It's her birthday on sunday! And I cant wait to give her her present!! I cant tell you guys yet but i will!! Well anyways my Mom is so awsome! She is the best singer ever! I bet she could win American Idol!!! I think I got my voice from her. Mom I pray that you and I will stay close for every and never part! (same with you Dad!)

I love you guys lots and I always will!!!!!

Love your daughter Coral!

P.s. Happy Birthday!!

My Sisters

My sisters,
I love them so dearly and cant believe how close we are growing!
The LORD just blessed me with them!

Chloe 7 (all the way to the left) was born with a hole in her heart, the doctors said she was going to be a drawf and wasnt going to grow, but the Lord has blessed us she is good and heathy, my Mom calls her a miracle child.

Caliee 12 (right next to chloe) she is from russia and I am so happy to have her and i love her so much! she is the age as me and we have so much fun together, she was with a family for about a year, but I am gald she is happy here !!

Cyilea 3 (all the way to the right)
is are little girl from china and i love her so much!
she is so close to our family and it's like she has been here her whole life, and she is alway talking about Jesus and how much she loves her! i think that is amazing far a little girl from china knows the name of our Savior! Cyilea is what my Nana used to call a "Chineese Hood" she is so bossy and if she doesnt get wht she wants you dont want to know what happens! but she is learning and doing alot better!

I am so happy to have theese lovely sisters!