I'm Home Again!!!

 

 

 

 

uY/sM2LNWhXXpY/s1600/DSC03698.JPG'>It's Friday and I have internet already! Yippee! As you can see...the problem is uploading the pics. I have been working on the pics for over 5 hours and I can't make things work right. Please help me pray about this. I give up for tonight.

Things are going great here at Lily. The staff is operating very well and the kids are doing fine. I loved their warm welcome. There is nothing like it!!!!

Mama and Papa have been busy getting Ed to various appointments for his eyes. He will be having a cornea transplant. Right now he is getting many surgery pre-tests out of the way so when there is cornea available...he can receive it. His last test will be completed Monday...so anytime after that he will be ready! Please help us pray about this.

I spent the day with Mark and Jean as they were at DIF. Alex and I were hoping to get in to see Naria, but she scheduled us to see her on Tuesday morning. The great news is the Rileys have a lot of their paperwork completed. It's a growing pile of papers, let me tell you! What do you expect for adopting 4 children? :) The children have been together several times and the reunion has been sweet. I am hoping to capture a pic of them all together Monday morning when they apply for the children's passports.

Please let me share with you something that is very heavy on my heart. Some orphanages are closing due to tough economic times and we are in desperate need of mattresses for the new children. DIF has asked us to take in many children and there is a desperate need. We have the staff, space and beds but no mattresses. If you would like to purchase a mattress for Lily, please send $65 American dollar via Paypal or check. For Paypal, send it to glbeggs@verizon.net. If you choose to send a check, please send it to Gary Beggs, 7282 W. Fox Rd, Mears, MI 49436. I am hoping to purchase 30 mattresses within the next few days. I have my debit card down here so I can purhase them immediately! (Thank goodness for technology!)

It's been warm down here but not unbearable. In the 100's...so far but not the teens. At night it cools down to the 90's. The good news is that I have not seen any tarantulas or snakes. Maybe it's too hot for them too! I can handle it!!!
Normally I am not a lover of cloudy days. But, they have been a blessing down here to prevent the temps from climbing higher. The past 2 days we had clouds and it kept it right around 100. Today is another story. Last I checked it was 106 and that was at 2:30. I'm sure it will reach about 110 today...or warmer. Whew!!!

A ministry team from Virginia will be flying down on Tuesday evening and the kids are SOOOOO excited! They are laying their hands on the pics and praying for them. Very cute!

I have been thinking a lot about the verses in the Bible that speak of God as our COVER. I love these verses. Since I have been here I have felt His protection...even with the clouds. I am safe because He is my cover. All of my strength cometh from the LORD!