Sorry my posts have been a little few and far between lately. I have been a bit preoccupied. And I imagine it's only going to get worse. :)

Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you; I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth.
Isaiah 43:5-6

Admittedly, we are not going to have to go quite as far east as I had originally planned, (Russia/Eastern Europe) but we are going east...

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him.
1 Samuel 1:27

My heart is full with hope.