Little Tree Frog

We heard from our case worker and she said the birth mother is still good with the adoption.  We have 5 days to go, so keep praying, but things look very good!  The birth mother still needs so much prayer for comfort and that God would work on her heart in the months ahead.  Our case worker gave her a devotional that is only scripture and she is hopeful that it will be an encouragement.  The birth mother's mom is in the hospital again so this continues to be a sad season for her.

This stay has brought about some humorous hotel experiences for us.  We had ear piercing fire alarms go off for 30 minutes yesterday while we were on the 4th floor and we had to hurry down the stairs, one of us in socks.  There is a lot of work going on below us so we can hear the loud banging of jack hammers off and on during the day.  The power went out one evening for a while.  The cable was out for a day. At one hotel, the phones did not work in either room, neither did the remotes,the heater was broken in the pool, and in another the handle kept falling off in one of our doors.  Today we found out the laundry room has been gutted so Gary is getting ready to take our mound of clothes to a laundromat (Blake's only clean pair of pants are his Christmas elf stripped pajama pants that he wore downstairs to breakfast this morning).  The children are now afraid of the elevator breaking with us inside and their concerns brought a great deal of humor to the man who had the privilege of sharing the elevator with us this morning.  Our family has probably brought a great deal of amusement wherever we go. We are very thankful for health and no serious issues on our travels, although we have had some rather funny challenges!