Roller Coaster

I love roller coasters! One of my favorite summer time activities is to go to an amusement park and hit up every single roller coaster.  My favorite amusement park is known as the roller coaster capital of the world...CEDAR POINT!  They boast the largest and fastest some of the biggest coasters ever.  It seems like they set world records every summer for their newest ride.  I tell Cyndi all the time if we ever live within a couple hours of Cedar Point I will own season passes!

Currently I am on an emotional roller coaster.  Every day news changes in the adoption process.  One minute we don't have to do something, the next we do etc, etc.  I am trying to be strong, for Cyndi, for Micaiah and even for myself.  It's hard sometimes!  

I know that when Caiah is finally home to SC and he is Micaiah Jacob Brown it will all be worth it, but sometimes its hard to keep the end in sight!

GOD is soooo GOOD!

I'm sitting here looking at my son and just thanking God for such a great gift!  He's just a little over one week old and he has been used by God in so many ways!  How can a week old little boy be used by God?  Oh believe me they can!

Here are a couple of ways that God has used Micaiah:

• I have been humbled at the fact that God would choose a hyperactive person like me to take care of such a delicate person.
• Micaiah is a living miracle.  He could have been another statistic to the abortion rate.  However, God has other plans.
• God is using Micaiah to teach many of us to just TRUST HIM!!  God has the entire adoption process in His hands and we just have to trust Him to be God and do His thing!

As Cyndi and I travel back to Charleston tomorrow, part of us is staying in Fort Wayne, but we hold firm to the fact that GOD IS IN CONTROL!

My Year So Far

2009 is in full swing and I am being blown away!

I decided that I was going to read the entire Bible in 2009.  It is something that I have never done and it is a BIG challenge for me.  So I logged onto my YouVersion account to take part in their New Year's Resolution - Read the Whole Bible!  And I am having a blast reading.  I am currently going through the books of Genesis, Psalm, and Matthew.  It is amazing to see how each book actually fits together in God's plans for His people (I will post more on this later).

Cyndi and I have been so blessed by friend's and family already this year.  In just a few short weeks we are going to be welcoming either Micaiah Jacob Brown or Peyton Renee Lee Brown into our home.  The blessings of clothes, crib, car seats, etc. are just so overwhelming.  We see how God truly works everything out for His good and I cannot wait to meet this little one that God is entrusting us with.

I'm also working on a project in which I need the help of anyone and everyone who is married. I am looking for your comments/stories/observations in married life that could be relayed to individuals just starting out in their first year of marriage.   They can be funny stories, serious moments, things that you have learned along the way, etc.  ANYTHING!  You can either post them in a response to my blog or email me, facebook me, or twitter to me!

I am having so much fun and have already been blessed in 2009...I cannot wait to see what GOD is going to do this year!

Patience is a Virtue...

That I don't have!  I never really have been a patient person.  Every time I pray for it, God always sends a challenging situation my way. 

I am not saying that God has put me in a challenging situation but I always get a little antsy right around Christmas.  I love Christmas!  But this year is a little extra special for me.  This will be the last Christmas that it is just Cyndi and I.  I am also getting a little antsy that in a month in a half we are going to be blessed with a little one.  Someone that God is entrusting me and Cyndi to be responsible for and raise up to love, respect and follow Him.  WOW, what a calling!

Please pray for Cyndi and I as we embark on this adventure, but also pray for Monecia as we are still trying everything in our power to get her as soon as possible as well!  God is good!