It seems that I have slipped back into my old sleep schedule again. :) It is currently almost 6:30am here and I have been up since 4am talking to both my mothers and friends via skype.
It has been very frustrating the past week having to deal with a very slow internet connection. We are very thankful for the internet thumb drive that the Burmans have, but it takes one hour to send one picture. As I was fuming over how long it takes to upload one picture, and the inability to video or even just voice chat with all of our friend and family at home, I made a realization. For the last week, we have been using the prepaid internet thumb stick a considerable amount of time. I have been keeping a close eye on the balance that is left on it so we can make sure to pay the Burmans for the amount of time that we use.
An amazing thing has been happening with this little thumb stick. No matter how much the Burmans or Amanda and I use the internet, or how long it takes us to check our email or upload a picture, the balance has not once gone down! This remided me of the story of Elijah and the Widow and her son. I am not going to go into details of the story but encourage you to read it for yourself in 1 Kings 17:8-16. God is the great provider! No matter how much I complain about how slow the internet is, we are still always able to at least chat with friends and family and get one or two pictures out.
On a good note, we found a computer store in town and will be getting an antenna today to hopefully increase the signal of the wireless router so this evening or tomorrow we can go back to video chatting with all of you and start posting lots of pictures and video.
On another good note, it seems that the Burmans and Amanda and I will be able to celebrate Valentine's Day this year! The church we are attending is holding a Valentine's Day dinner on Saturday and has invited us to join them. What a blessing! God continues to meet our needs, even the ones we don't ask for! It has been so amazing to sit back and watch God work time after time while we are scared in a foreign land. I can't wait to see what He is going to do next.
Thank you all for your prayer support! Please continue to pray for the Burmans and us as we continue forward in the adoption process. We are all homesick, which makes life very intersting. We should know by then end of the week when our court date is. That is probably the most difficult thing to get used to over here, there are no plans! They wake up in the morning and see what we can get done today, if not, we try again tomorrow. Again, thank you all and God Bless. Talk to you all soon!
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