12 MORE DAYS

I can't believe it is less than two weeks and we will be on our way to our son. It seems so crazy to me that I will be a mom to 4 kids. 10 years ago if someone were to have asked me the question, "where do you see yourself 10 years from now?" I certainly would not have said, "oh I am gonna make two trips to China and bring home two older boys to be part of our family."! I feel like Dave and I thought we had it all figured out, we were gonna live in our nice comfortable house and raise our two beautiful daughters. I'm telling ya we were almost there. I gotta say life really changes once you accept Jesus into your heart. Once you really allow the holy spirit to work inside you it's crazy what happens. Jesus has given me such a heart for adoption. He has given me the faith without a doubt that this is the plan for our lives.

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV)

I know that there are a lot of people who think we are crazy or wonder why we are doing this. Believe me I have days that I think we are crazy and I wonder too sometimes why we are doing this. Those thoughts fade (well the crazy sticks around) when Max tells me he loves me or asks me to come and "nuggle" (snuggle) him on the couch or when I see him jump on Daves lap for protection from something that has scared him. I could go on and on. Before we made the decision to adopt Cody he had been in a Hope Journey Camp that is where American Adoption Agency's go to China to the different districts and have a camp for the kids in the nearby orphanges and foster homes. They do all kinds of fun things with them along with interviewing them for adoptive parents to see. About a year after this camp when I had opened a post about him he had just asked the orphange director if the Americans found him a family yet. These kids need families, someone to love them and teach them about the love of Jesus. I doubt myself everyday I wonder if I can do this. I imagine all the things that can and might happen, good and bad. Worries of different issues, no language, food issues, behavior, health, financial. We know that we can not do this by ourselves but with Jesus in our lives we can and will.

I can do all this through him who gives me strength. (Philippians 4:13 NIV)

I know some of you are saying "Angie Roberts Maue quoting scripture and talking about Jesus?" I KNOW, pretty awsome right?

We are coming to get you ZI XUN!!!!

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