Words cannot begin to express...

First, I want to say a special thank you to each and everyone of you who have left comments for us over these past few days. Your well wishes and Congratulations have truly made this whole experience so much more meaningful for us. I have been personally blessed by your words.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so very much.

As many of you know we are currently on vacation (a much needed one I must say). Some very dear family friends allow us to use their beach cottage and for the past four years I will say it IS what we look forward to every summer. Well, my first summer here, hubby was on a missions trip to Mexico with his youth group and I went ahead alone with the boys and during our week stay I met a very sweet woman, Katie (and her two children) who lives up the hill and she comes down to the beach to swim in the ocean twice a day - everyday no matter winter, fall, spring, summer. I totally admire her commitment to this. Anyways, each year we have warmly greeted one another during our stay. This year was no different. This morning while I was having breakfast on the front deck, enjoying the beautiful sea before me, Katie was finished with her morning swim and while passing by stopped for a quick conversation.

ME: Good morning, how are you today?

Katie: Very well thank you. Boy your boys are sure getting bigger, how old are they now?

ME: #1 is 16 yrs, #2 is 14.5 yrs, #3 is almost 12 ...AND (of course I had Abigail's 3 photos with me as I was admiring her during breakfast) here is a picture of our baby girl who we were just referred from China.

Katie: Oh my goodness, isn't she beautiful. {now the tears begin to roll down her cheeks and she proceeds to tell me how much she admires me for saving this little girl and giving her life and how if she was a baby she'd want me to save her...and on and on about how touched she was by our decision to adopt a baby and offer her a family}

I began to thank her for her very sweet, kind words and let her know how much we already love her and don't even know her, and ...I think you get the picture.

About a hour goes by and I am down on the beach sitting on a log watching #2 attempt to walk out as far as he could go in hip boots (all the while going too far and having water pour into said boots) and I hear a car drive up. Katie gets out of the car and calls for me. I let her know that I was down on the beach. She approached me with a piece of paper in her hand, tears streaming down her face and she says to me "I know this isn't much, but I am so touched by what you are doing adopting Abigail, you are such a beautiful person for doing it and I want you to have this." Of which she hands me a check for $100!

OH MY WORD! Can you say HUGE blessing to my soul. I was speechless. After she'd gone and I had a chance to think about it all, I sat before the Lord and thanked Him for His continued provision for us during this process. God is SO Good!!!