I am thankful....

I just realized that today is Thursday - which means it is Thanksgiving!  Although there will be no turkey and fixings for us today I do have alot to be thankful for...

I am thankful for a God who loves me beyond my imagination...so much so that He sent His son to die for me.

I am thankful for a saviour that was willing to give His life so that I may live.

I am thankful to have had a family that gave me a Christian foundation.

I am thankful for a husband that loves God and loves me and our family.

I am thankful for all of my beautiful children - both by birth and by adoption. 

I am thankful for my soon-to-be son, that we have the blessing of being his family.

I am thankful for my friends, both old and new.

I am thankful for my job - I love what I do and can't imagine doing anything else at this point.  I love working with the children....and being able to see their lives changed.

I am thankful for my home, especially in seeing the conditions so many others live in.

I am thankful for my country - praying that it stays that way!

Being away from my family is hard, but it is a worthy sacrifice.  I pray that "V" will someday understand the sacrifice and will have a lot to be thankful for.  I pray that he and all the other children I have helped to come home all understand the importance of the opportunity they now have.  God has given them all a new start in life, them out of the millions of orphans around the world....I pray that each of them will discover their God-given purpose.  My hope is that they will all have the same desire to help orhans and those in need BECAUSE of where they came from.

Have a wonderful and blessed thanksgiving!!!

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