Time Away

For the past several years our church has always taken the month of January for a time of fasting and prayer. In the past I have focused on fasting food and using that time to spend more time seeking God in prayer and in His Word. Today I was reading my friend Stephanie's blog and she posted that she felt God was calling her to take a week away from the blogging world so that she could focus on seeking Him in their adoption situation. I thought what a great thing that was to do. Well, little did I know that when I went to church tonight, during the time of prayer and worship, I would feel God telling me that I was to follow her lead and do the same. So, for the next week, I will not be posting or checking in on anyone else's blogs. I am going to use the time to pray and to delve into the Word and to maybe even memorize some pertinent Scriptures. I will be checking my email once a day as this is the way that most of my communication comes regarding our adoption but I will not be posting anything. I will post any new news when I return next week Thursday. I know that I will definitely miss checking up on all of you but I feel that this is important for me to do at this time. I need to get my heart right before the Lord and prepare myself for what He wants to do in me and through me.

I would ask everyone reading to please remember to pray next week Thursday evening for Levi and his birthmother as they will be going through the DNA testing then (which is Friday morning in Vietnam). I ask that you especially remember his birthmother as I can imagine that it was difficult for her to give him up for adoption in the first place. I'm sure this will not be an easy day for her. My heart aches for her.