WE GOT THE CALL.......

Well to say that it has been a crazy few days in the Whitten household would be quite an understatement!
I had surgery last Friday, can't sleep well, can't drive for at least two weeks, and during my 6-week recovery time cannot lift anything over 10 pounds.  I can't clean, do laundry, load the dishwasher, wait a minute...those are a few of the benefits of my surgery.  At least they are for me but not so much for my husband (hee, hee).   But I am happy to say that I am healing very well and starting to get more rest, which is a very good thing. Going on 6 hours of sleep in a 4 day period will do CRAZY things to your emotions!

Speaking of emotions, last night was a big night for our family as we finally got the call from Cori, our adoption counselor from Great Wall around 11 pm.  Cori had been searching through the shared list for a "match" for our family and she called David's cell phone with the good news.  To be honest I was asleep and when David came running up the stairs with the phone I thought something was wrong.  David put Cori on speaker phone and we were told about a precious little 3 year old girl who is waiting to be adopted.  This little girl was left on a street corner when she was 3 months old.  Not sure why because her special needs are very minor and now we are in the process of finding a Dr. who will look over her file to tell us more.  Now that we have her file we only have 72 hours (until Thursday night) to make our decision, so please join us in prayer as we make this very important decision.

David and I prayed over her last night before we even opened her file. We prayed that the Lord would
give us clear direction and unite our family with this decision.  We woke the girls up this morning to show
them pictures of what may soon be their little sister (I get chills just typing those words) and they were both excited.  Morgan even asked if she could take her picture to school!  We are not allowed to do that just yet but it was good to know that both she and McKinley are feeling good about her.

Over the past 5 months God has continually shown Himself to our family in some big and small ways.  As we make this decision I trust He will do so again.  Keep praying and we will keep you posted!

Melissa