God IS in the details

Hi everyone! It's hard to believe a few weeks have gone by since my last post. We are all doing well and still waiting to hear on our house. The bank had made a mistake w/the owners and forgot to take their 2nd mortgage into account so they initially turned down the short sale. Now that they have all of the correct information, we're hoping to hear something this week.

In the meantime, we've continued to try and get unpacked and recover from the move. I love how God is in the tiniest of details. I really believe that He's put us into this neighborhood for a reason, one of which has been the community aspects. We've both seen ourselves slowly recover just by going to our community pool, taking walks, making new friends, etc. that we've not been able to really do since we moved to Colorado. I believe God called us to this community to heal that which was broken and damaged.

Secondly, we've been praying that God would open the doors for Lily to go to preschool despite having missed the "lottery" drawing for preschool spots. We found out just a couple of weeks ago, that Lily got one of the spots at Meridian Ranch Elementary in the afternoon class. And, because of her background, she qualified for one of the tuition-free, 4 days/week slots versus the paid tuition, 2 days/week slots that the other kids have. Praise God for that! Part of our prayer was for Lily to get put into the perfect environment for her. Once again...God is in the tiniest of details! I met a family over the weekend who has 2 children who are special needs - 1 w/Ausbergers (sp?) and the younger, who is Lily's age, w/sensory disorders and speech delays. This family absolutely raved about the quality of the teachers at Meridian Ranch and how this school is one of the best in the area for children w/special needs. Their youngest will be in Lily's class and apparently has seen remarkable improvement under the teachers' expertise. Lily's delays are caught up but it's wonderful to know that if anything does come up from her background, we're at a school who can handle most of these situations. Praise God!

We continue to wait on our China adoption. This past weekend, as I was weeding in the front yard, Lily came up to me and said, "Mommy, I can't wait until we can go to China and pick up Jasmine." I told her I couldn't wait either. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed with longing to hold that precious girl in my arms and tell her that she's safe now. I long to know how she's doing. Is there someone bonding with her? Does she hear God's voice telling her she's loved and that her forever family can't wait to meet her and love her? I can't wait for that day that we get "THE call!" I believe with my whole heart that God is in the tiniest of details and even that detail of WHEN we get the call has a purpose in His plan.

Here's one last detail that happened today. Today was Lily's first day at preschool and everything went extremely well. After dropping her off, I noticed a mom w/a precious little girl who looked like she was from China. I had seen this family before and had noticed that both of their girls looked Chinese and wondered if they had adopted. I introduced myself to her and asked if I could ask her a question. "She doesn't look like me, does she?" Carolyn replied. I said that we were in the process of adopting from China and I was curious if they had. They did and we excitedly exchanged our stories. She informed me that there were several families in Meridian Ranch who had adopted from China and asked me to keep her posted on our upcoming adoption. Once again, I felt God affirming that we are in the right place and that He cares about the tiniest of details..even those of a precious baby who hasn't been adopted yet! I left feeling so incredibly blessed that, who am I, that God would care about the details of my life?!