Refreshment for Nannies

Please join us in praying for Glenda, Mary Joy, Xiao Mei, Jenna, and Rae Fang. It is Chinese New Year! It is the most important holiday of the year in Taiwan. And, the nannies have the week off for some much needed R & R. All of the babies from the House of Hope are staying with families who have volunteered to care for them for a week while the nannies get a much needed break. Please pray that the Lord will give them rest and that they will be refreshed emotionally and spiritually. Pray that God will bless them. They have such an important job! We are so grateful for all that they do for Maren. It is hard work caring for babies round the clock.

Also, please pray for Maren this week. I hope that she is doing well outside of her familiar routine in the House of Hope. I know it is best to give the nannies a break and I worry about my daughter in an unknown environment with unfamiliar people (I am sure that they are wonderful and are enjoying her). She has been through a lot in her little life already and I am so tender and imagine what she may be feeling. I hope she is peaceful and not fearful. It is hard to be half way around the world and so not a part of her day to day life. I want to take over and care for her soon.

I doubt that we will hear about a court date until next week. With the Chinese New Year many offices are shut down this week for a holiday break. Please continue to pray that God will bless us and give us favor in the court system.

Thank you so much for walking through this process with us. Thank you for all your love and support! We are so blessed by our amazing friends and family. We really do need you!

Phillipians 4:5-7 The Lord is near! Be anxious for nothing. But, in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Father, thank you for your amazing timing in our adoption story. Thank you for your provision this far. Thank you for creating Maren and sharing her with us. Thank you for setting her into our family. We ask for your help in getting her home. Please order our steps and the timing as you know best. Please bring her home soon. And, watch over her while we wait. Bless her. Protect her. Prepare her to know you. Prepare her to love us. Please satisfy her all of her days with your unfailing love. Thank you that you are the Father to the fatherless. You are the defender of orphans. Thank you for your peace that passes understanding. We trust you and look to you, Father.