Thankful Thursday

Please direct your prayers to this family.  I have learned of them through the loving community of blogging and Chinese adoption.  This family recently met their daughter Susannah in China only to find that she is very ill and hospitalized.  They need lots of prayers for her health, their strength and some logistics in getting her to better health care in the US.  Please lift them up at this very difficult time.

This week I am thankful for...

~ the help and love of friends and family.  So many people have extended their kindness to our family this week. Thank you Lisa and Diana, Tessa and Leslie and everyone else who has helped us (I know I am forgetting people and I don't have much internet time). Thank you for the prayers and wishes and calls and e-mails. We have been displaced for about a week now and although we are all getting crabby, I realize our problems are so small compared to what many people endure every single day.

~ I am thankful that God is in our hearts and He has protected us and reminded us of all of our blessings.

~I am thankful for my incredible husband.  He is so much stronger than me and when I am weak, he just takes over.  He has taken over a lot this week.

~I am thankful for the health of our family.  In reading this blog from an amazingly strong woman, you realize just how precious life is. Lisa's fight with cancer (two different kinds), her courage and willingness to share her story have blessed me this week.  I know she will save a life or change some outlooks by doing so.  She has changed me.

P.S.  I am receiving e-mails but for some reason I cannot send them.  I have drafted several to respond to people but on my friend's internet connection, I cannot send them.  Sorry.  Call me if you need something right away.