Months go by and the clock is ticking, some days I cried, some days I was strong. While my husband just kept being strong and smiling, and every now and then he would say,"How is my Maiya,what is she doing". I would say.."Stop it that is not funny,and while some days I laughed just as he did". So time went on and so did life and we just kept praying for our daughter every day and being faithful in not giving up even though we couldn't see. We just kept believing and walking by faith. Often times..it was you who helped me,your encouraging and loving comments,so supportive you all were.So thank you.
Here goes the good part... A while back the Lord led me to a dear friend Maggie Alsworth, that is getting ready to go get her sweetie at ISRC here soon. The story goes way back several months ago on how the Lord mended our friendship together. We have supported each other this whole way, we are now BFF's in our book. There is not a week that goes by that we don't talk and we hope to meet one day and continue our life long connection of friendship. Her and I always talk about how amazing her story is and about how the Lord led her to her sweet daughter thru our friendship. And now the Lord used her family to confirm our daughter,and much more. Her husband Shad told her a few weeks ago that they would know our baby and get to love on Maiya. He just came in from work one day and told her this and for her not to worry. She said she was stunned because she wasn't even talking about me and it was not like him to say stuff like that. Shad would tell Maggie that he felt connected for some reason.I told her to remember that and that it could mean something. So don't forget this part.
Last Tuesday Nov 3rd, as I was sitting in my living room in our recliner. I was just sitting..quietly. When all of a sudden I felt a strong since of HOPE and it entered my soul and surrounded me like a storm. There was JOY and oh I cannot describe it. I remember texting Maggie and I told her that I was feeling so strong and hopeful and that it was gonna be soon. She then texts me back and says"God answers prayer when you least expect it." I just kept reading what she wrote a few times. So on about our day. I also told Shane this day how I was feeling and that it wasn't gonna be long. At this time,I know another friend was praying for me this day,and she knows who she is,Thank you. Then later on I go to a website to look at these BABY BE BLESSED Dolls,then I find one that I wanna get Maiya, and then I opened it up online to check the verse that went with it and I started crying..it was this verse who another dear friend gets in her heart when she prays for me(Romans 15:13) She is also a Dillon family. I couldn't believe it. The evening went on and it was finally time to hit the hay.
Wed. morning Nov 4th, I woke up and it was I thought just another day. Little did I know. So I started looking and trying to shop around online for Christmas....when I look to my left and my phone was on vibrate and it started going off at 8:23 a.m., and behold when I seen that name Tami, my heart started pumping,I was not expecting this and when I answered I said' Oh I cannot believe this,I am so shocked now,I was at my computer just shopping."!!!!!!! Then here it comes,"Gidget, I wanna talk to you about a little girl, right then my heart said this is her!! BEFORE she said anything about her. So as I am listening..tears streaming down my face as I am writing about this princess. After she was done,she asked me if I wanted to look it over,SO I said YES. Send it thru. WOW!, Ok so I hung up and I jumped up screaming and crying so hard I could barely breathe...keep in mind we haven't looked at anything yet and Shane was sleeping! Finally, I decided to get it together just a little bit and woke Shane up and I kept telling him..it is her. Shane had pretty much just worked a double shift and he just got asleep good. So we waited and finally my slow poke computer brought it thru. Don't you just love it when computers go bonkers when you really need them?LOL
Shane and I felt so strong about it. We knew we needed to take it to our pediatrican and that it would confirm it even more.Our spirits were in agreement. This time was different. So Shane and I finally set down and opened up her picture,WOW! HOW BEAUTIFUL,we just sat there shocked,smiling and laughing. So then we decide to run it to out local pediatrician, I told God I knew it was her,but you know how we like to get all the confirmations we need right? So I dropped it off for the doctor and we waited a few days.Then Shane and I went to my dad's to share the news with him and told him we were waiting to see what our doctor says. The day went on and then the boys and I went to pick her out a toy and I gathered up a couple of dresses and a little lambie stuffed animal that Shane had gotten for her a while back. We took it to the post office and over-nighted it to our friends so they could take it to her. Totally acting on faith on this part! Oh we were on cloud nine,don't forget we still are! Adyn kept saying..MAMMA,I feel Maiya in my heart. Just another sweet confirmation. Then Thursday morning Nov 5th we are still waiting for that doctors opinion. I kept thinking, why was we doing this? We know it is her!
Friday morning Nov 6th 2009 came around my nerves were SHOT and so I went to starbucks cause I thought that was what I needed and to walk,OK so it was not what I needed HAHA. I decided to drive to my pediatricians office and guesswhat,I was the first person there! Then here he comes pulling up, the DOC. So I am setting there thinking I will atleast let him get in first,HAHA. Keep this also in mind that Thursday night...I prayed that God would show us that is was Maiya before noon, before Shane had to go to work. So I go into the docs office and they were so nice and told me he had just scanned them in last night...and if I could wait,he would look at them. So I said sure,take your time,no hurry. My nerves were so tore up that I went to the bathroom and dumped all that coffee down the drain. I was so thankful they were nice,I thought maybe that they might have had it with me!!! So a little later,here he comes with a GOOD REPORT and asking when do you go get her? I left that office laughing and sayingYESSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Got home..and told Shane and Adyn she is ours. Bailey was at school. Tami called and we accepted together with the phone on speaker phone. And it was before twelve when we knew,Thanks be to the Lord. OH, the burden that rolled off my back!! We were parents once again!
So then I find out that our daughter's birthday is on the SAME DAY as Maggie's husband who is getting ready to travel to ISRC! And her birthday is on one of my best friends birthday ( Tami) who lives here. (The one who took me out for tea and gave me that blanket and tea set with her name on it) Then we find out that on Friday morning another friend who is a Dillon family and that has been praying...(the one who has been giving me that verse Romans 15:13) she said she was thinking of me all Friday morning and she had no idea about any of this. We plan to meet one day also. And I also received a shirt in the mail a few months back from Maggie and it said HOPE,of course it goes right with that verse that the other lady gets when she has prayed. It all falls into place perfect and it is all about HOPE and trusting in the LORD. There were times I didn't know what,when or how,but if you follow this God will always guide you, In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:6.
And another confirmation recently was that we had a family that was traveling over there and she said when she seen our girl...she thought to herself and said "I just bet that is Gidget's baby. How awesome.
We are so happy that we have been lead to our daughter and her led to us, and we are looking forward to more great things. So after all of this reading ...I know you are so ready to meet her ....and here she is our BEAUTIFUL...brown eyed girl...Maiya Reela-Grace Fenwick :).
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And remember God does the amazing when you least expect it.
Maiya, we love you so much and we hope you like the presents we sent you and we can't wait to bring you home. Until we meet hand in hand...we send our love with Maggie and Shad and other families traveling soon . We look to the day when we walk in that orphanage and begin our lives together as a family of five. LET THE PAPERWORK and WAITING BEGIN!! We are praying for a smooth and quick court process..will you join us? Thanks and God Bless you all.
