Best Friends Already

Part of Lylah's bedtime routine includes saying her prayers before bed. I'll hold her next to her crib and ask her who she would like to pray for. The names change each night. There was one night that she wanted to pray for Bebe and Papaw; that same night they actually had a tornado go right through their neighborhood!! God sure does hear the prayers of His children. Anyway, one name that is ALWAYS on her prayer list is Lydia. In fact there have been a couple of times when we have been eating dinner and Lylah stops to want to pray for her sister. When we pray for Lydia before bed, we always pray for her protection, salvation, and provision that she would come home soon. We also pray that she would have a smooth transition and that she and Lylah would be best friends. Well today Lylah was in the back seat of the car signing. One of the signs she did was "friend". I asked her who her BEST friend was to which she replied, "Lydia". I thought it was sweet that she understood my prayers for her and her sister! Now we just need little Miss Lydia to be home so they can begin practicing being friends!!!

As far as the adoption goes we are very close to being able to send off our dossier! We have our finger print appointment next week!! God has continued to prove to me that I set very lame boundaries on the fundraising aspect of this journey! In the past few weeks we had another significant donation from some friends, and continued ongoing support from some other friends. We had a successful thirtyone party and an AWESOME yard sale. We also had a barn quilt donated by a friend of ours' sister. We have already sold it and have several interested in ordering one!! I'll blog more on that later because it is just that awesome!!! We have plans to have a cookout fundraiser in July (more on that later as well), and I have a couple other ideas in the works too. We still have blocks that we would love for friends and family to decorate for a suggested donation of $10. So as you can see, God is moving as we work to bring Lylah's best friend home!!