I apologize for this being so long getting out. Our time with our little Rose is an every day changing time and it's hard to keep up with her past as we go so quickly forward... praise be to God ! Forward...ahh... her past is so passing. Yea ! goes my soul while not forgetting at the same time. I have taken much time to pray, pray , fast even and pray again in regards to this post. After time in a fast, I decided even to seek council from a dear friend who is involved deeply in adoption and all to familiar with the surprises, blessings and hurts these journey's of surrendering can bring. After her council, I have decided to share some photos and ..with a sad heart.. with hold MOST of Naomi's story..the details... the juicy .."you're not gonna believe what God did" stuff... WHY? .. i know ! This is the stuff that NEEDS to be heard and seen ..BUT .. NEVER at the cost of the gospel, someone's job and the blessings of someone else receiving the goodness that i did in China. Just gotta trust me... God shocked me and a handful of people the ENTIRE time ! 

So... here are some photos... a million more to come as i can post them. We are about to move again here in the D. R. for the THIRD ( yuck! ) time this coming Thursday and so there is so much to post about that is happening in our every day. My thoughts are to throw out some photos today...prayerfully the internet will work ( most of the time it doesn't ) and i'll throw some more out tomorrow and then on with life and ministry here in the D. R. 

....... and so....  

Signing TONS of papers at the place where i was to receive our little Rosie. 

Getting my hands on our Naomi Rose for the very first time... hilarious little fact for ya... i HATE angry birds... i NEVER have gotten the attraction to it... what does she come to me with as her ONLY toy..yep ~ an angry bird window sticky thing.... uggg. Hilarious... her only attraction to it at the end of the day was the sucker part that adheres to the window ...and so what did this angry bird hating mama do ? I cut the bird , gave it to the house keeper and passed the sucker on to my beloved... problem solved...happy mama...happy girl . 

this is where her story gets tricky.... the short of it is ... when i received our littlest, i was handed a very wounded child. I was told that she couldn't walk for long periods of time, she can't go potty, she only eats rice, she doesn't drink anything, she cannot feed herself, she may not hear, she has never spoken a single word, she never hits anyone or herself and she is attached to no one and no one is attached to her....
( silence and LOTS of tears fell at these painful words)
a miracle of enormous proportions occurred.
We left...
Finally... together at last.
Mother and Daughter...
Healing Rain literally fell from the sky ... i knew without a doubt that God had spared my life for this child and this child had been spared for my life.
the details... the challenges... belong to God.
I am TOTALLY at peace with this.
Everything
is
miraculous.

checking me out ... :) 

trying to escape..no chance girly girl... you are LOVED passionately for the first time in your life...
no chance i'm letting you go. 

Our Rosie loves her thumb. 

photo of the Healing Rain that fell from the sky as we left the center. A more appropriate exit could not have been arranged. Rain falling .... washing away the stench of a sketchy and painful past... only to dry and make a fresh spot for LIVING . 

Just to end on a smiley note and a happier spot in the trip... while rain fell outside we headed to WalMart of all places... riding the escalator up into one of the largest WalMarts i've ever personally been in :)
New places... New days.....
more to come .... :)