We are jumping right in!!!

 

We had fun with this picture this summer and I decided to wait to post it until we got our referral.   Because from past experience THIS is how it feels with the referral...

HERE.WE.GO! 

Sometimes feeling "underwater" with the wait. 

And coming up happy, thrilled and sooo excited!

 

Baby Symonne, oh, how we love you!  Oh, how we pray for you and we know Jesus is taking care of you!  And oh, how we miss our precious baby girl that we can't even wait to meet!

 

Update

A special thank you for your prayers for my Dad and family this past week!  He is continuing to recover at home.  God has been very faithful!

We appreciate your prayers...

Dad goes in for open-heart surgery on Monday morning.  There is lots to pray for the surgery and for recovery.  We are thankful for the peace they feel!

Of all my wonderful memories of my Dad, this is my most precious...picking up Ellyana together!

And in this week that we received our referral of precious Symonne, we are thankful for the JOY that the Lord has given!

We got our referral!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are very happy to announce we have received the referral of our precious baby girl…

Symonne Mekal Blume

Born September 23, 2012

In the Gambella Region of Ethiopia

Symonne (pronounced Sĭ-moan)

The name means “God hears”.

It reflects the truth that God always hears and

 reflects our hearts and how we have felt in this incredible journey…

God has heard.

Mekal (pronounced Mi-kale)

Her given Ethiopian name means “sweet”.

Though we are can hardly contain ourselves from post photos of all of her cuteness, but we are not to e-mail or post her identifying features. You can picture in your mind this very precious girl, healthy looking, big eyes, cute nose, darling lips, 5 ½ month old bundle of sweetness! We are so happy to welcome her!  We will get to travel to meet her in a couple of months and then go back to bring her home this summer.   Thank you for your love, support, and your continued prayers as she is cared for in Ethiopia! 

We are so thankful to the Lord and continue to trust Him in this journey!

With much love & rejoicing,

The Blume’s

*more details to come...just trying to get our huge stack of referral paperwork sent in as fast as we can

#1

 

We just got our February wait-list number and we are #1 again.

We continue to feel amazingly peaceful.  It is totally unexplainable...apart from God.

God is so very faithful in ALL that He does.  We give Him the glory and thank you for your prayers!

So, how are we doing?

Several of you have asked. 

As for the waiting at #1 we are doing surprisingly well.

And honestly, as I stood in our kitchen last night and thought again of the whole situation the word that came to mind was "PEACEFUL". 

Getting a referral usually is one of my first thoughts of the day.  Thinking through the day's schedule...what would it be a like if it was today? 

The day moves on sometimes according to plan and very often lately not according to plan, but there is peace.

The message of fervent prayer has been being echoed into our hearts and minds over and over recently.  So as our thoughts turn toward our precious bundle so do our prayers.

Thank you for your continued prayers for our family! 

Let's just say with the many things that haven't went as planned lately and then waiting for a major event that has no timetable that we know of... well, this much uncertainity isn't usually our strong point.  The peace we feel in this time of uncertainity feels quite unexplainable...except for GOD has showed up!

As we prayed on the way to school together today... thanking God because He has showed up MIGHTLY!

BJ said it reminded him of the verse:
"Don't worry about anything but in everything with prayer and thanksgiving let your requests be known to God.

And we LOVE the promise that follows:
"And the peace of God that passes ALL understanding shall guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."

We know there are different seasons to the journey but right now we stand very humbled that He has blessed us with such peace in the waiting!  And again thank you for your prayers they are making a difference!

Oh, you can tell she has brothers...

I did a hair treatment for Ellyana the other night and it was still "drippy" so I put her in a pink bathrobe that someone had passed on to us.  My first thought "oh, it is kinda like a spa".  

The first thing she did...a karate kick and said "Look, Mom, I'm a ninja". 

 Tiana and Ariel going for a ride in Cars slippers.  Snow White in a football slipper.

Tinkerbell with some run in with the police.

The list could go on and on.

It is just hilarious around here to see the "mix".  I have to say I love it.  She is TOTALLY "all-girl"...sparkles, pink, and princess everything but then you just see these very funny glimpses into...oh, yeah...she has 2 brothers.

And whenever I am asked how she manages with 2 brothers...I always say "she holds her own just fine".  They are the best big brothers you could ever ask for.  I am so thankful she has them and that they have her and ALL we can say is that we can NOT wait to see who God brings to be "baby sister" in our family!  She will be very much loved and adored!