-Our house has been on the market for 20 days now and has had a good number of showings. We keep telling God that we are more than ready for a contract when He is! We are feeling more and more ready to move on and get home which is making us a bit impatient ;). Surprisingly, it has been easy to keep our house ready for a showing. Each person in our family (except Oksana) has a "zone". Every day at some point (usually before bed unless we have a showing) that person has to have their zone show ready. It has been a wonderful way to keep our house clean so that when we get a last minute showing all we have to do is touch up. In fact I like it so much that we may keep this system with our new house!
-On May 2 we will be spending a long day at Arkansas Children's Hospital. Oksana will have her follow up visit to evaluate her Botox treatment and she will also have a sedated MRI on the same day. We can defintely see a difference in the range of motion in her hamstrings since botox, but I can't say that we feel like it has made a difference in her walking. I'm anxious to see what they say at this appointment. Here is a picture of her getting stretched just a couple of days ago:
If you compare it to the stretch in her hamstring in this video you should be able to see that there has been improvement although the angle that the video or picture are taken at can affect how well you see the improvement.
-A couple of days ago a message came through the Reece's Rainbow yahoo group saying that an agency was looking for a homestudy ready family that has experience with special needs to adopt an infant girl with Down Syndrome here in the States. We emailed to inquire and I was SHOCKED to learn that this person had gotten 300 emails about this little girl!! 300 people willing to adopt this child but thousands of children with special needs dying in institutions overseas each year because no one will go get them. I don't for one second think that domestic or international is the right or wrong way to go. As you know, we've purused both routes and feel passionate about orphans EVERYWHERE. However, this was eye opening for us. It just confirmed 2 things. One is that we keep trying to find the way that seems easier for our family. I'll be honest, we'd love to not have to travel again. I worry about Oksana, and it's EXPENSIVE and HARD to go overseas. The other thing I learned (which is actually a lesson I have learned OVER AND OVER again but keep needing a reminder of) is that God has not asked our family to do what seems to be easier. Over and over again, in many different areas of our lives, God has asked us to do what was hard. Don't get me wrong, I am SO thankful for that. The harder road has brought us abundant blessings, but darn if I don't keep looking over into the easier road wondering if I can find a way over there. So, back I go to look at the sweet faces overseas and wonder where God might send us this time!
It sure seems like there was so much more I wanted to say but that's all that is coming to mind now. Off I go to clean my zone!
1 comment:
"in many different areas of our lives, God has asked us to do what was hard"...
Wow, is that a familiar statement :)
Praying that the right buyer comes along soon!
Jenn
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