calling all prayer warriors

there is so much i want to tell you.

so many exciting things for you to hear.

but right now i cannot tell you. i must keep the secret a little bit longer.

the one thing i need is for you to pray.

"i call on You, my God, for You will answer me; turn Your ear to me and hear my prayer. show me the wonders of Your great love, You who save by Your right hand those who take refuge in You from their foes." psalm 17:6-7
 pray that the miracle we are begging for will happen.

"listen to my words, LORD,consider my lament. hear my cry for help, my King and my God,for to You I pray. in the morning, LORD, You hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before You and wait expectantly." psalm 5:1-3

pray that God will work strongly in the hearts of the sna.

"hear my cry, O God;listen to my prayer.from the ends of the earth i call to You,i call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than i. for You have been my refuge,a strong tower against the foe." psalm 61:1-3
pray that in everything God will be glorified, whether we get our way or not.

"may my prayer come before You; turn Your ear to my cry." psalm 88:2
i promise you that if God chooses to do this thing you will be surprised. you will be amazed. because it is more that crazy.

it's huge and extravagant and beyond anything you could ever dream of. well some of you might dream of it...but it's still pretty big.

we've told some close friends and family, but cannot go public until we have a little more information, until we see if this thing is even possible.

one thing i know...that God is more than able to do this thing. He who whispers into the hearts of His children, can easily bring this thing to pass.

after all He recreated His Son, fully of glory into a tiny helpless baby. to be raised by a teen aged mom and a step dad. who ultimately would die on a cross to bridge the gap, to pay the price for our ransom, so that you and i could have eternal life.

in comparison this is nothing.

but for someone else it is everything. the one thing they want more than anything else. the one thing they have prayed for. the one thing they have dreamed of. the one thing they have hoped for.

i beg of you...pray that God will bring this thing to pass.

"LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in Your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief." psalm 143:1

in the chaos of the last week i have begun to do some pretty crazy nesting. i laid out little man's quilt, it is all ready to sew together. maybe i will get to it this weekend. one thing for sure, we will be fixing up our basement this weekend. it's a pit. we've been stuffing stuff down there for a while now and i no longer can stand it.

good thing we are having an auction soon. you heard me right. an auction. my dear friend, b is helping us with this venture. our hope is that we will raise some money to help with the adoption. so i will be cleaning out stuff we no longer want, but someone else might.

the auction is scheduled to be on saturday, january 14 at the armory and will start with a spaghetti supper at 5:30, auction at 6:30 until around 9. we are taking donations. items can be dropped off at the armory that entire week and can be picked up on sunday, january 15.

we are starting to get excited. we have several dressers, a day bed,and some collectibles. my hubby is thinking about selling his football cards. so starting first thing saturday morning (well first thing past my first cup of coffee) i will be digging in the basement. good thing i have two strapping young men that live in our house!

my goal is to completely rearrange the basement and make it more user friendly. it's kind of a chopped up room, but i would like to make it a more pleasant place to spend one's time. if we get it all taken care of, i might even set up another christmas tree down there. right now it's too big of a mess to even think of doing that.

if you are interested in donating some items to the auction or would just like to help, let me know. we would love to have you be a part of our team.

in the meantime, please pray.

"never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. romans 12:11-12