Isaiah 43:5-6

Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.
I will say to the north, 'Do not hold them back.' Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth -

Infant Girl Referral Times Increase!

It is with a heavy heart that I am writing this as we have found out recently that the infant girl referral time has increased from 7-9 months to 9-11 months. It is heart breaking to say the least. These times are when my faith in God deepens as I tend to depend on Him even more as I look for comfort. My ache to become a mother has been a struggle for a long time, ever since I was little that was all I ever wanted to be, I believe these deepest desires are the things that God uses to bring you closer to Him and rely soley on Him. I cant say I am not mad right know but I know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him... Our adoption journey started long long ago in our hearts, that longing that God has a great plan for our lives, we just need to continue to trust in Him and know he has plans to prosper us. This is my faith journey. I'm glad I finally have started to journal it. My greatest hope is that my children know and love God but also know how truly incredibly WANTED they were no matter how they came into our lives. Please continue to pray for our family and others that wait for their children to be brought home.

Christmas Praises!!

3 America World Families received baby boy referrals this last week. We are praising God with these families for the BEST Christmas gifts a waiting family can receive. We will be having our monthly conference call next week with our Ethiopian Coordinator and the rumor has it that the infant girl referrals will be taking longer there are a number of families well into there 9th months of waiting. Join us in praying for God's grace and patience in this tough time for these families and ours. We waited for 7 months in the El Salvador program and are close to another 7 months in the Ethiopian program. Many families have had even longer journies than ours. Please pray for us that we can wait for God's timing for our family. Ava prays EVERY night for God to pleeeeease bring Paetyn(our name as of now) to us soon. I have tried to explain to her that God has it all planned out and we just need to be patient. NOT easy for a 6 year old.

Merry Christmas from the Gagnons!!!

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For unto you a Child is born ...

Happy Birthday Jesus!!!
This is a drawing Ava did yesterday and it was soo good I decided to share it!

Tis the Season...

This photo was taken when we went and saw the play "Peef the Christmas Bear"

I love this time of year, the house is all decorated and my shopping is done. Ava has only 1 weekend left of performances in "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever."She is a STAR!!!We finished up this last weekend with 5 performances and only 6 more to go. Our USCIS (Dept of Homeland Security) approval needs to be extended as it is only good for 18 months and our time is up in February 2009. Sooo.. we need to extend it for another 18 months. Here is the kicker our Home Study is up in April and that will have to be updated starting in March of 2009, we very well could get our referral by Feb and travel by first part of April HOWEVER in order to adopt our child once we are back in Minnesota we have to have a valid home study. UGH!!! This will be our second update! Oh Well.
All in God's timing. I have to keep reminding myself of that. It's soo hard to be patient.