May 19, 20015 Court Update

They postponed the court ruling to August. 

May 19, 2015 Mr Smiles

Reminder that today is Mr. smiles court hearing to decide if they will end family reunification phase (just like what happened for Little Miss sunshine on Thursday!!!!). 

May 15, 2015 It's not raining around here!

Well, my sister just got off the phone with Little Miss Sunshine's lawyer and yesterday at the postponed court hearing no family showed up! The judge has now officially ended family reunification stage and September 10 will be termination of parental rights! Praise the Lord! Just in time for Little Miss Sunshine's third birthday! They do expect an appeal from the family but that is normal. At this point it's looking better and better that little Miss will be a part of the family forever!

Next week is Mr. Smiles court hearing to end the family reunification stage also so please pray! 

Thank you so much for all your prayers, questions, text messages, shares on FB etc...with our entire family during this whole process! From loss to blessing. 

James 1:2-4

Faith and Endurance

2Dear brothers and sisters,^awhen troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. 3For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. 4So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

May 2015 Little Miss 🌞 Court Update

Court update: Birth Mom didn't show to the hearing so they are giving her another chance to show up on Thurs. They have decided to end parent reunification services effective Thursday.  At this time they are looking to keep her with the F family but maternal grandma is still trying to get her. The main concern with placement with her grandma would be for Little Miss Sunshine safety in relation to her birth mom. Pray that this little lady will be officially apart of this family in 2015!

Termination of parental rights will be 4 months later if Thurs parent reunification services are ended. Pray that all will go smoothly. 

May 2015 Court Day

Today is the day that the Lord has made. It's also Little Miss Sunshine's Court Hearing where the outcome may be ending parent reunification services. Please pray! This little girl adds so much joy to our family!

April 2015 Prayers for placement

Please keep Little Miss Sunshine's future in your prayers in the next few days. Please petition the Lord to move mountains to give H and Tim favor as her adoptive parents. 

For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover him with favor as with a shield. (Psalm 5:12 ESV)

January 28, 2015 Surprise...Family of Six

So...something crazy just happened! This family, that has been through so much, just got a surprise in a small package! Yesterday at 4:00pm they got a call about a 2 1/2 year old boy in need of a family. They decided to go for it! At 6:00pm today Mr. Smiles walked up their house and into their (our) hearts!!! After a traumatic start to his life, he just walked into love and maybe his new family!

Pray for this little guy! Pray that he can sleep and catch up developmentally. Pray that the situation with his bio parents will be dealable. He's already adjusted so well but we know it could be a very long road ahead! He smiles a ton and even hugged everyone by the end of the night. He's very quiet and doesn't say much.  He's small and has a twinkle in his eye.

God always has something up his sleeve to use for his Glory. So much pain, loss, struggle in the past 2 1/2 years for this family and for Mr. Smiles but he's breathing new life into dry bones everyday and today was no exception!!!!!

'I am so excited now. And still scared and like what the heck just happened!?!!! I have 4 kids all of a sudden!! I like want to tell everyone!!' -Mama Havah

Welcome to crazy 4's club sis! Xxoo 

-Swift Mama