Showered in Love!!

On Sunday, some of my dearest friends showered us in LOVE!!!! My friends and church family came together (about 50 women in all) to show their love and support for Jacob, us, and our adoption! It was so nice to see so many friends just days before we leave!! I got many hugs and promises of prayers for our journey, which means the world to me!!

At church, before the shower, our church family prayed over us. Pastor really blessed us with his prayer!! Pastor prayed for safety, health, and a speedy process, etc. But he ended the prayer by praying for Jacob to grow to love the Lord, and that is certainly the biggest responsibility about being a parent. It is our greatest desire to have Jacob grow up with faith in God and a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I was humbled and amazed when I turned around after the prayer to see just how many people love us and are covering our trip and Jacob in prayer. Needless to say, I shed some happy and humbled tears!!

Here are the ladies responsible for the WONDERFUL day!!

Larcy, Marie, me, Angie, and Tanya

Larcy and Marie are pregnant and Tanya has a baby just a little bit older than Jacob. I can't wait for all our kids to grow up together!! Angie's girls are a little bit older, so they might be our babysitters one day!!

My sister Amy, niece Kylie, and my Mom came up for the day too!!

Here is Megan Snyder, another AWAA adoptive mama!! She lives only 45 minutes away and we got our referrals on the same day!! She will be coming to meet her 4 year old daughter the week after we get to Ethiopia!! I have been blessed by our friendship and so happy we live close to each other!!
Jacob is one very spoiled boy already, look at all these gifts. And yes, I really opened them all in front of 50 pairs of eyes watching me. It took about an hour, I really hope people weren't bored. I am very thankful for all the love and support shown in many ways!!

I had Angie's daughters help me so I wasn't sitting up there by myself!!

Here is the yummy cake!!


Many friends and family also brought or have given us donations to take to the orphanages in Ethiopia. We have 2 suitcases full of wipes, diaper rash cream, infant vitamins, crocs, soccer balls, play dough, 1,200 pencils and several other items that we can't wait to deliver to people of places that we meet! Thank you to all of you!!