"Faith is the Substance of things hoped for"-Hebrews

One "lesson" I will say God has taught me along this journey while waiting for our little Sophie Ruth is to have "eyes of faith"....

Eyes of Faith

Through my eyes of faith I can see Sophie

I can see her dark shining hair
I can see her gorgeous dark brown eyes
I can see her soft smooth skin and pink flushed cheeks
I can see her little arms wrapped tightly aound my neck......

And through my eyes of faith, it's the "vision" of that tiny embrace that keeps me going each day....each day..a day closer to my Sophie Ruth....

-Amy M Rogers..aka..Charlie and Sophie's mommy xoxoxo

Sophie's Tree..April 2009

"When your pink flowers appear....."
Oh Sophie Ruth we are so near..love mommy xoxoxo

Easter 2009

Happy Easter to our sweet Sophie Ruth..wherever you are tonight...we are coming soon...Love Mommy xoxox

Lullaby..turn your computer up to listen....

Ok..so I found this song by the Dixie Chicks(whom I love) randomly and immediatly started crying when I heard the words....

So if you have sound on your computer, turn it up and listen...

The love for a child is a love like no other....whether that child was born from your body or your heart....it's a love beyond measure...a love I've been blessed to feel for Charlie and a love I've been blessed to feel for Sophie.

Dear Charlie and Sophie...is forever enough..is forever enough????

Love Mommy xoxox

The last batch of Referrals....and Sophie's tree..not blooming yet...

Well..to speed you all up..the last batch referred matched families w/their babies logged in through March 8th 2006.....BUT..interestingly, a handful of families that were logged in on March 9th, 2006 also got their phone calls and were matched....
No word on why this is...but I'm just happy b/c that means the were more people covered..so for this next month it gives us more of a chance to get our phone call!

I am praying and hoping we are next...our agency said they think we are....it would mean the Chinese Gov't would have to refer 6 1/2 days worth of families logged in to get to us(they have not done this many days in a bit..)...and two of those days in the year of 2006 fell on the weekend...and USUALLY, there are not many if any people logged in on weekend days....
SIGH......

In 2 wks or so from TODAY...we will begin to hear rumors.....the rumors could say that our day is approaching...the rumors could say we are NEXT!! The rumors could say china will MISS our log in day of the 15th by one day and we are not next.....

Reguardless of what the rumors say we are closer than we've ever been in this past 3+years....PRAISE GOD for that!

All of you out there... please pray along with us and think big for this next batch for us to be included!!!!

And Sophie Ruth your tree is standing so tall and beautiful right now...it's not blooming yet...not yet...maybe it's waiting for you!!!!
Love Mommy xoxox

Sneak Peek at Sophie's room...and no news yet..!

Well, the pic's above are an attempt at snapshots of some of Sophie's room...as you'll see I'm not very good...thankgod we'll have a realtor taking photos of our home next spring when we go to sell and not me!!

Anyway....there it is....with the suitcases all ready...well..almost ready for travel...in the corner....some of her baby dolls and panda's that Charlie ever so carefully placed in her crib....her chandelier hung and rehung w/care by her daddy...it's all almost coming together....all we need now is one sweet perfect China doll....Sophia Ruth!!

So....everyone is asking me what was the March batch like and how far did they match?? I wish I could say seeing that it's April 3rd and we still have heard NOTHING!! We have heard rumors that they got March 7th and 8th of 2006 matched w/babies(which is great b/c march 7, 2006 had an ENORMOUS amount of families logged in to get babies)....but our agency says the Chinese Gov't is still matching and we may not hear until Monday...UGH...SIGH....

But...so many have asked me, "arent you freaking out not knowing??" And I'll have to say, NO.... I can finally put into play what I've learned over this journey thus far...
That it's all in God's timing..not ours...no matter what the situation...what the need or want...it's about letting go and TRUSTING God no matter what..trusting that He already KNOWS every day of the rest of our lives...He already knows what we need, not want, He knows what's best, and will only bring to us what we need when we need it....Patience...yes patience...not always my strong suite for me in the past, but I am and have learned it...
Now...is it agonizing waiting each month now at this point when we are soooo close to see if it will FINALLY be our turn next or next month??? Of course it is..!! WE CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE YOU SOPHIE RUTH!! The fact that it IS going to happen either this month of April or next month blows my mind....
But again..I KNOW and TRUST He will bring her home to us soon enough and in HIS perfect timing!!!
OK..that's all for now...hope the next post brings good good news from afar!!!