Happy Day After Christmas

Christmas is my favorite time of the year, but I've been thinking about "time of the year" ever since I heard this song today~  I just thank God for giving all the Christians artist the gift of writing and playing songs that just really SPEAK~

It is true..."The Light of the World is still HERE."  Happy Day after CHRISTmas and Merry rest of the Year!

Christmas Morning

Christmas Morning...HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!

The angel said to them, "Do not be afraid.  I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.  Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you;  He is Christ the Lord."

Luke 2:10-11

We are so very thankful for this day because it brings HOPE and PEACE to this world because God sent His one and only Son to this earth to live and die and be raised from the dead and He is ALIVE today for all, not just for some people but for all people, if we ask Him to come and live in our hearts and forgive us of our sins and believe this; Salvation is given and we will live with HIM forever!  Jesus is and forever will be what Christmas is all about, Christmas is all in the HEART!  

I couldn't have asked for a better gift years ago then my salvation and the change that only HE can bring in my life and the lives of my family members~ We are so blessed with such a wonderful family and we are truly thankful.

From our family to yours; Merry CHRISTmas!

Not this time around...

Our message from BCS was: No China referral match for this round in December. So we wait until January~


"Wait patiently for the Lord. 
Be brave and courageous. Yes, 
wait patiently for the Lord."
Psalm 27:14


This verse is exactly what WE will do~

We Are Praying...

Since our last post in November we have had our conference call which was on December 5th and the call lasted about three hours.  We went over the whole process of adoption for the Waiting Child Program and it couldn't have gone any better, but boy it was a long conversation!  Sholey will have cleft lip and cleft palate and this is where we have been lead from the beginning.  
It was shared with us that we could get a referral as soon as December 26th! The China team shared with us that they match families every last Monday of every month and so now we wait with so much anticipation with our hearts very ready for this moment to come when we finally get to put a face to our little Sholey Joy. 


GREAT news has come!!!  As of last night (December 19th) we had received information that the CCCWA notified agencies that the special needs shared list (only agencies can see this) will be updated Tuesday, December 20th in the evening (8:30 pm - 4:30 am EST).  So what this means is that our family could be referral matched TODAY, December 20th! We will find out later tonight!
All our friends at Bethany Christian Services have been so wonderful and we thank them so very much from the depths of our hearts for the journey to our daughter.  God KNOWS all and CONTROLS all and we praise God for all HE is doing and trust HIM.  


We wanted to share a song with you ("Merry Christmas" by Third Day.)  
This song really fits our family in this part of our journey to OUR LITTLE GIRL IN A LITTLE CHINA TOWN.

November-National Adoption Month

Before this month is up we wanted to share that November is national adoption month and ask you to pray for all the 140 million orphans in the world who deserve a forever loving family.  
God doesn't call the equipped He equips those He calls...
We wait patiently for our "Sholey Joy" and know that God has called us and He will equip us...He has already been at work and we see this everyday we wake up and let HIM lead us.  We love you and thank you Jesus~

Our Next Big Day...

DECEMBER 5th is a BIG DAY for the Woolverton's!  We will be sharing more after this day, so please be praying for us and we thank you in advance.

Our Adoption Process Update

Here is where we're at in our adoption process, SO MUCH closer to knowing who our little Sholey Joy is and we couldn't be more exited!

The last date posted on our blog was on October 14th, which we were sharing that  October 13th was our confirmed DTC date (Dossier To Country).  From this point it happen really quick...even the words from our local case worker said "That was fast and your dossier must have been perfect!"

I just couldn't believe how fast we received our LID (Log In Date) which means officially marks our wait for a referral (a picture of a child with their history and medical information).

OKAY OUR LID is 10/25/11!!! TWELVE days from our DTC date, we got a message about our LID!  I couldn't believe it when I got a texted from our local case worker saying "Congrats on your log in date!!"  I had been trying not to check our portal everyday so I wouldn't have anxiety, so at that point of receiving that text I had no idea that we had our log in date, so I pulled my vehicle over and checked my email and sure enough we had our LID!  My heart was beating so fast from the joy inside me and immediately called William to tell him the great news and then following, calling our children to let them know!  
It truly was an exciting day!