Freedom!

The big news as of recently is that WE have paid off all our debt except for the mortgage. It has been a long road but we finally did it. All the credit cards have been cancelled and destroyed. And we received the title for Jenny's Jeep on Friday, so we now have the title's for all of our vehicles/toys.

It is an amazing feeling to OWN everything. We are celebrating this coming weekend with a night out, something we have not done in a long time because of paying off debt.

Now it is on to the 6 month emergency fund, retirement savings and paying off the house early.

On the adoption front - there is not much of a change. We are still in a holding pattern waiting for a phone call. Having the debt paid off though sure gives us some stress relief.

Thanks for all of your continued prayers. Someday this waiting time will be over and we will look back thinking - that wasn't really that long.

In Christ,
Jerry

It keeps going and going and going...

Just like the energizer bunny, the waiting just keeps going. But that is okay, we are ready whenever we get the call. It has been tough the past few weeks for reasons other than the adoption. But with the prescription of plenty of water skiing - the mood is slowly starting to improve.

It really hasn't been that long it just feels like it. We first started our process with Generations on Feb. 13th. That was only 6 months ago. And just on the horizon there are several things to keep us busy. We will be debt free but the house this week, so we can finally start putting some money towards repairing, fixing up and remodeling the house. We have had a few non-essential items stop working in the past few months and decided to get out of debt first before paying to fix/replace them. Next month we get to start putting a little attention towards those items which should help remove some of the stress of waiting for a baby.

Well, not much else to say right now. I'm off work today and just waiting for Jenny to get home so we can go out to the lake and ski some more.

God bless,
Jerry

Life, Love, Loss

Well, it's been another few weeks since the last blog. No adoption news at this time. That area of our life has been pretty much the same routine......wait....wait....wait....no new news. I am struggling with that lately but our minds have been on other things.

The last few weeks we have been busy.
July 26th: I completed the Waco Triathlon. It was difficult but fun. I was praying the whole time to just survive it! For that i am thankful. That same day we received the news of Jerry's Papaw's passing. He was 86 years old. We went to his burial in San Antonio last weekend. We spent a much needed weekend with the family. One thing we know for sure is that Papaw is in heaven and not in pain anymore. WE are thankful for that.
Tomorrow i will compete in the Temple Triathlon. Please pray for that.....

All this to say that God gives us things in our life to help us cope with other issues....to set our minds at ease. I truly believe that. Each day we get a little stronger. Of course i have some sad moments but I know that one day we will have a baby.
Please pray for Jerry in coping for his loss. He loved Papaw very much and it will be hard to see the future without Papaw in it. One thing is for sure. Jerry will be a better father to our child because of the things that Papaw taught him. A part of Papaw will always be with Jerry and in all of us.
Please pray for me....I need strength to cope with life at work and home. My mind is distracted and I am having trouble trusting that our baby will come soon. It is hard to walk into the completed nursery but yet have no idea when it will have our baby in it.......ugh!!
Please pray that Jerry and I will cherish every moment we have with each other and enjoy our life and all of our blessings.

That is all for now. May God bless all of y0u daily.

love,
Jenny