Airborne

Lance is now Airborne! He officially finished his school yesterday and will graduate Fri. morning. We will then come back to Wadley for a BBQ Fri. evening with all our Wadley friends. We will then head back to TX on Sat. morning. We are enjoying being here and seeing all our AL friends. The weather has been nice but a storm is coming through today so it is rainy. It will probably still be raining tomorrow for the ceremony but hopefully it won't last too long. I'll be pinning Lances' wings on him. I'll be posting more when I can. Take care and hope to hear from you soon.

Blessed

Wow! What a weekend. Cleaning, packing, organizing, fence finished, spending time with friends. I thought I got a lot done but now I look back and I know I should have done a lot more. It was my last Sunday at Skyline and it was sad having to hug everyone saying goodbye. How blessed I am to have a wonderful church family but it is depressing having to say goodbye. I just don't like thinking about it. I have to reflect where God is sending us and it will be where our daughter will enter our lives in October. How exciting! I just have to take the bad (or sadness) and know that good will come sooner or later. We are looking forward to the next season in our lives.

DTC

Our Dossier (which is our completed packet for the adoption) is on its way to China!!!!!! So if you are familiar with adoption lingo, our DTC is 3/18/05!! That means in about 4 months we should receive a photograph and medical report on our daughter or children! This is exciting news! I thought I would share some positive news with you :) Thank you for your prayers.
Lance is doing great at airborne school. He is having to do a lot of push ups and flutter kicks but is surviving. He has passed a PT test and 2 running tests. So that is great! I will be traveling to see him next week until he graduates. I will get to see our friends that live in Wadley, AL. Some are going to be able to come to his graduation on April 1.
Lance's Dad is doing great and now is at home. His spirits are high and I think it is because he has been waited on so much. He says he doesn't even have to get a glass of water for himself. I am thankful Sara & Tami are able to be there for him. They must be great nurses! It will be a blessing to go up to MD to see them. Hope you have a great weekend. If you want to stop by to help me pack, feel free :)

Jennifer, Lisa & Shawna 

Friends! 

Hurricane

Is it hurricane season? I guess I am just busy and it feels like a hurricane!!
I am busy preparing to move. What fun that is.
Lance passed his PT test this morning. He was so excited! I am going to see him on the 24th and am very excited to watch him jump out of an airplane on April 1st! It should be awesome.
Lance's Dad will be getting out of the hospital tomorrow. That is such an answered prayer. I just hope he can take it easy for awhile.
Some of you know Lisa Smith & her husband Michael came home from Iraq today. What a joy to have him home as well as the others that have arrived over the weekend. I am so excited for all of them and am thankful the Lord kept them all safe.
I have a friend coming over tomorrow to record Jesus Loves Me in Chinese for our Chinese daughter. I am so excited to have that for her.
Well I need to get back to organizing and getting ready to move.

Busy as ever

Well Pops (Lance's Dad) ended up having a quadrouple bypass on Friday. He is doing well but in a lot of pain. I haven't heard when he'll be going home. Lance's first day of airborne school didn't go so well. He said he had to do a lot of push ups (around 500?). He is picked on by the non-commissioned officers teaching the course, non-air assault soldiers because he has been to air assault school, he says "ROGER" & "HOOAH" a lot but you aren't allowed to say those words there. If you want to see a video on what Lance is learning, click here
http://www.infantry.army.mil/videos/video05/index.htm
I'll be driving to Ft. Benning on March 24th to visit folks around Wadley, which is about an hour from Ft. Benning and then see Lance graduate on April 1. We will then come back to close on our house April 8th and then head to Maryland to see Lance's family. So I am trying to get things gathered that we will have to move. My last day of work will hopefully be the 23rd. Earlier if I can but I just found out today that Lance wants me to come that weekend since he has Friday off for the Easter weekend.
Our adoption paperwork is on its way to the agency in New York and will be translated and sent to China. Then in about 4 months we should receive a photograph and medical report on our child or children to adopt! We will head to China hopefully in October to pick her or them up. I'll keep you posted.
Many of my friends' husbands are either home or are their way home from Iraq. What a joy it is to be a part of that awesome celebration and the reunion process. My heart leaps for joy when I think about it! Thank you Lord for bringing them home safely. I pray their reunion will be sweeter than honey :)
Well I am off to catch some much needed sleep. Take care and hope you have a blessed week.

Much news to report

We have sold our home!! YEAH HOO! What an answer to prayer. I have another prayer request. Lance's Dad, Dave is probably in surgery right now. He is getting a heart cath done so they aren't sure where that will progress to surgery wise whether a by pass will be needed or what. So please pray for him. Lance's brother flew from Charlotte and his sister was driving from southern Maryland to be there. Lance couldn't go due to him starting Airborne school at Ft. Benning, GA today. So please also keep Lance in your prayers. He will graduate on April 1 from there and then come back here April 3. We will be CLOSING ON OUR HOME April 8!! That is so great to be able to say. So we will drive to Maryland after that to see Lance's folks. We were going to drive to Montana but we feel we need to go and see his parents. Lance also found out he will not be deploying so he will probably be going to China with me in Oct. to pick up our daughter. Another answered prayer. I am so thankful for all that God is doing in our lives. Even though it will be sad to leave our home and our awesome friends here, we are excited about going to Ft. Campbell, KY. We are hoping to live on post but will rent if we can't. Hope all is well where you are.