How much fun

was tonight!!  Allie held a prayer group at our house, and it was powerful!  Thanks to Allie, Bess, Mich, Scott, Shaelie & Cliff for coming out to support and pray for Dasha...really, prayers went out to her, and ALL orphans in the world..we prayed for the  Bruski & Lambarth babies on their way, we prayed for baby Violet, Amy & Justin, we prayed for some friends of ours who are desperately trying to have a baby, and dealing with a lot of heartbreak along the way.  We all prayed for Mich, Lucy & Max, and we also praised God for giving Mich the strength to breath, when she otherwise might not.

Our specific prayers for our Dasha include the following:

That God would provide the resources to get her here, in time.  Not that He "make people give us money"...but that he provide us the strength to keep working hard to raise it.  That he would open our eyes, and open our hearts, to work through Him and figure it out!!

That God would provide understanding to those who do not support us in this journey..that He would find his way into their lives, so that they too, could feel what we feel.

That God would give us a gentle nudge, when we feel discouraged or stressed.  That when we feel too tired to fill out that next form, He would remind us that we are never as stressed or discouraged as Dasha might feel.

That God would help our daughters to understand why mommy and daddy have to go away for a few weeks, and that they would feel God in their hearts, and feel the extreme amount of love that we have for them...that they would be thankful for everything that they have, and want to give back to others (namely Dasha in this case:)

Our biggest (if you can say that about a prayer) prayer is that God be with Dasha, and give her peace and comfort until we get there.  She has no idea whether or not we are following through with our promise...we have had no contact with her since she's been back in Ukraine..we pray that God holds her heart together, until we get there to hold her in our arms.

Thank you all for your prayers, love, and support...