Good Medicine

The last week has been a blur of cold and flu medicines. Tuesday night and Wednesday it was Tylenol for the body aches and fever. Thursday added a decongestant to the mix. By Friday, the decongestant had caused me to, well, decongest, so that called for something to curb a runny nose and make me sleep. Nyquil took care of Saturday and Sunday. Just as Sunday morning seemed to finally bring relief, the youngest woke up with a 102 degree fever.

The last several days have not been without blessings, however. I couldn't sleep Thursday night, so I decided to check my email. What a surprise it was to find an email from Autumn, who had traveled the week before to be united with her son. She wrote to say that she saw our little girl while in Ethiopia and proceeded to tell us all about that experience. She said that our little M is looking happy and healthy, and that she (Autumn) gave M our love. Thank you so much, Autumn! It made our week!

The weekend was spent doing our best to help out my wonderful mother-in-law, who had put together a huge garage sale to raise money for our travel expenses. Many family and friends donated stuff to sell, we threw in all our BOY stuff that we certainly won't need anymore, and the Lord sent dry weather for nearly the whole weekend. Not only did we sell off a whole lot of stuff, we met a lot of interesting people (including a man from Somalia, a man from Yemen, and a family from Kenya), AND we made nearly $1600! Praise God!

We also received a few other donations from friends -- thank you so much, everyone! I can't describe how much it means to us...all the kindness and prayers. It will be such a special thing to tell our little girl how many people were involved in bringing her home.

Many families had their court dates last week -- and passed the first time through! This is very encouraging news. Only 43 days until its our turn!