In less than 48 hours we will be on a plane to see our 2 precious boys, here are some prayer requests we would love for you to join us in prayer for:
1) Travel safety (honestly the devil has really been working overtime in this momma with the fear of flying AND Rich and I flying together so far so,.....)
2) Please pray for peace about the traveling and for our safety, my kids are my world and both of us traveling together is so much harder emotionally than I thought it would be.
3) For our children while they are in different states and with Grandparents. That God would give them strength and a sense of peace about us being gone for 10 days
4) For our flights to not be delayed and arrive on time, we don't have but 2-3 hour layovers so there is no room for delays in our schedules
5) That the Parents and children in the children's hospital would be open to receiving God's word as we come in and provide our care packages, bibles and offer prayer for them
6) For our connection and bond with William and Kevin to grow stronger, William has lost so many people in his life and finds it hard to not put a wall up for people he loves afraid of losing them.
Again, we just want to say Thank you so much for your prayers, love and support as we embark on this adoption/Missions journey together!
God Bless,
Rich and Tiffany Johnson
Below is a song that God laid on my heart today, please enjoy!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
7 days till takeoff!!!
Well we have less than a week left before we leave! :) I am sooooo excited I can't sit still these past couple days. I am all packed LOL but keep repacking, organizing, thinking of things I need to get still, etc.... BUT...... I want to share the incredible work that God has done for this trip! Not only was this trip somewhat spur of the moment but God has provided every step of the way from Airline tickets to gift bags. Here is a recap of all God has done for this trip:
We started out needing $200 in luggage sponsors to bring over the Peanut butter for the hospital ministry we are doing, GOD PROVIDED it in less than 24 hours, we needed atleast 50 jars of peanut butter for the care packages, GOD PROVIDED it and we actually have about 75 jars now :) our flight's got re routed this week and is actually a better flight now AND allows for more luggage without costing us a dime GOD PROVIDED, we were in need of 50 gift bags for the care packages GOD PROVIDED it and last but not least we wanted to put a beenie baby or small toy for each child in the hospital that the care packages will go to and a Dr's office locally had been collecting donations over the past several months and when I got home and started going thru the donations, guess what was in one of the tubs :) of course 65 beenie babies, new with tags GOD PROVIDED what we thought would be impossible for this trip!
I am in awe of all the blessings God has provided us for the trip and for our family over the past several weeks.
Please be in prayer for our safety as we travel, our children to adjust well to both of us being gone, our health while we are in country and specifically for our trip. One of the primary reasons we are taking this trip is to build a relationship with Kevin and William so once we bring them home they will adjust better. With the Sierra Leone law and gov't still not moving quickly on the adoptions we feel the need to provide them with that Mother/Father bond we will need to start our family with them.
Thank you all for your prayers and support!! We love each and every one of you!
We started out needing $200 in luggage sponsors to bring over the Peanut butter for the hospital ministry we are doing, GOD PROVIDED it in less than 24 hours, we needed atleast 50 jars of peanut butter for the care packages, GOD PROVIDED it and we actually have about 75 jars now :) our flight's got re routed this week and is actually a better flight now AND allows for more luggage without costing us a dime GOD PROVIDED, we were in need of 50 gift bags for the care packages GOD PROVIDED it and last but not least we wanted to put a beenie baby or small toy for each child in the hospital that the care packages will go to and a Dr's office locally had been collecting donations over the past several months and when I got home and started going thru the donations, guess what was in one of the tubs :) of course 65 beenie babies, new with tags GOD PROVIDED what we thought would be impossible for this trip!
I am in awe of all the blessings God has provided us for the trip and for our family over the past several weeks.
Please be in prayer for our safety as we travel, our children to adjust well to both of us being gone, our health while we are in country and specifically for our trip. One of the primary reasons we are taking this trip is to build a relationship with Kevin and William so once we bring them home they will adjust better. With the Sierra Leone law and gov't still not moving quickly on the adoptions we feel the need to provide them with that Mother/Father bond we will need to start our family with them.
Thank you all for your prayers and support!! We love each and every one of you!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Glory to God!
As we prepare for our trip in just 17 short days away God has been so appearant in our journey already and we haven't even boarded the plane yet :) We received all our 4 luggage donations in less than 24 hours and all the peanut butter in a matter of days! We want to say a big thank you to Harter House in Nixa for generously donating 36 jars of peanut butter!!
God is so good! We also received all the gift bags and cash to place in the care packages to hand out at the children's Hospital. Again we just want to say thank you for your help in our mission trip donations. We are still selling t-shirts if you would like to purchase one all the proceeds will go towards purchasing small bibles we would like to hand out to the community while we are there.
Thanks again and God Bless.
God is so good! We also received all the gift bags and cash to place in the care packages to hand out at the children's Hospital. Again we just want to say thank you for your help in our mission trip donations. We are still selling t-shirts if you would like to purchase one all the proceeds will go towards purchasing small bibles we would like to hand out to the community while we are there.
Thanks again and God Bless.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Really 16 months???
It has been 16 months since we first laid eyes on our little precious Kevin. He will be 2 next week and it's a bitter sweet moment. One of our friends in SL right now sent us a picture of Kevin and I cried when I saw it tears of joy and tears of sadness because our little baby is not a baby anymore :( It's really is hard to watch them grow up in pictures wondering what his first word was, when he toke his first steps all those firsts you miss out on. Then I think of our precious William and all his firsts we have missed and how much he needs a family. A mother, family and siblings to love and nuture him.
This process is not easy at all but God has us waiting for a reason and no one knows the reason. I am reminded of the Story of Noah and the patience he had not only with building the ark but waiting for the flood to end and to find dry land. People mocked him and laughed at him as he built the ark. BUT his patience paid off in the end. God will provide his promises on GOD'S time not ours and that is one of those friendly reminders I had today. Patience is a virtue!
I pray everyday that we can bring our boys home soon but I don't want it to happen until it's God's timing. We leave in 27 short days and I can't wait to spend 9 days with our boys just catching up and learning about one another, loving on one another and just being able to be a family.
This process is not easy at all but God has us waiting for a reason and no one knows the reason. I am reminded of the Story of Noah and the patience he had not only with building the ark but waiting for the flood to end and to find dry land. People mocked him and laughed at him as he built the ark. BUT his patience paid off in the end. God will provide his promises on GOD'S time not ours and that is one of those friendly reminders I had today. Patience is a virtue!
I pray everyday that we can bring our boys home soon but I don't want it to happen until it's God's timing. We leave in 27 short days and I can't wait to spend 9 days with our boys just catching up and learning about one another, loving on one another and just being able to be a family.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
PAYPAL ISSUES
For those of you trying to purchase shirts and ran into paypal issues. I am very sorry. Not sure if the link just isn't working but we have fixed the problem. Please visit the products tab to order now. I had to make some slight adjustments, instead of a drop down bar showing the sizes it is just a pay now button. PLEASE NOTE What size, mens/womens and what color shirt you would like in the notes part of your paypal payment! Thanks again for your patience!!!
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