OH YA Life Goes On

 Hi the other half is on tonight so Deb is gone to bed. We are getting closer to the launch date please pray that Homeland Security will quickly assign a case worker and that the paperwork will go smoothly. We have heard that SDA is moving to another location in Ukraine and that it could foul up the process we need to get there quickly.
On the home front it is getting close to completion I'm finishing  the tile work this week and will start the electrical trim this weekend and hopefully hang lights next week.  Deb and the kids are working on the paint touch up now, and that was a hard two week project to prep and paint the whole house even with a commercial airless paint sprayer it was not worth it in time or money. The flooring on the other hand has gone well and the tile will be ready to grout by tomorrow or Monday.  We had hoped to be finished by the 15th of May but more likely the 21st.
Then Debbie can leave for Ukraine, Derrick and I will fallow in a week if we can afford it and I'm not moving in to the new house while she fetches the kids home. Again we need those prayers that all will be ready to send before the 21st.
Debbie has talked some about what a miraculous path we are on to find our children. After the third IVF failed I said "If the Lord has more children for us he is going to have to drop them in to my lap." I was so upset when the third attempt failed. When we found that most adoption faith based agencies didn't consider LDS to be Christian and disqualified us, then I was too old, and Debbie wouldn't think of  Eastern European adoption so I just reverted to the "let the Lord drop them in my lap" and slowly the Idea faded for me. I know anything of great value to you requires work on your part. We were worried about our Moms and Dad needing a place as they aged, we chased our tail more than a few rounds trying to find a solution. I couldn't find a way to renovate either their home or ours that worked. We prayed and fasted and searched and prayed as we had about the children that we felt were missing.  I've been told to be careful what you pray for; HE has answered many prayers in my life and some he is still helping me work out the answer. Mostly they sort of ease in to my life and I have to look and listen carefully to even know the answer came.
I think HE has a sense of humor and decided to put a bunch in one pile and let us dig them out of the tangle.
We prayed 1) & 2) above 3) that the kids would adjust quickly  to our new ward alignment, 4)that the new callings would be as easy as the old ones, 5) that I would find new employment, 6)that the new roof the kids and I were putting on the house would work out well and be finished before the weather got too hot, 7)that I would find a comfortable place in the High Priest Group sense I only knew 3 of them, 8) that Deb would rekindle her old friendships and have a new calling not cub master.... ... ...I'm tired of counting and I'm sure that you are bored by now. Well HE got our attention with the smoke and fire July 30 at 9:57 AM God opened the windows and poured out blessings that we could not hold them all.
After the initial trauma we began to see the blessings, even though we were over whelmed and exhausted it was like camera flashes at a wedding  blessings were all around us.  Then after a month or so we took a minute to think of what the kids wanted rather than NEEDED and sweet Delanie; 16yrs, wanted and needed a piano to have music back in her life (Go back and read Deb's post).
Sense the tragic house fire we have been blessed to build a home with bed rooms for 3 more kids and the kids to fill the beds are coming home soon,a suite for the wheel chair bound, and so much more we are knee deep in miracles and blessings.
I know if you have a tragedy in your life look and you will see the blessings pray that you might find them and you surely will see great blessings and maybe a miracle. WE HAVE

   

Finger print

Yea! the FBI finally release David's fingerprint to the social worker now one more set of fingerprints to go! of course they are usually the hardest but hopefully faster than the FBI! Ok, Home land security take the challenge and be faster than the FBI!

Adoption vs pregancy.

A lot of people have compared the travails  of adoption to pregnancy. As I was fasting again today I was thinking with pregnancy you get to eat more but with adoption I keep fasting and praying for fingerprints to get back , for the right people's hearts to be soften. for all to go well! It is so exciting to watch all these families come home with their children. I was never a patience soul but I am trying to learn it that even though I want to leave tomorrow for Ukraine it is all in the Lords hands. We do are part and trust his time line. We have been waiting 9 years for our children I will just have to wait a few more days!

Other Miracles

This is not an adoption miracle story today but all miracles need to be thank for so I thank my Father in Heaven as I tell this story.I am in Denver Co today for classes for work when I get a phone call from one of the Dr. I work with that my father is sitting in front him needing to go to surgery as he fell and ruptured his ligament above his knee!  I am glad he is there taking  care of him. So after class I am heading down the highway heading for my hotel ( I have been ups and down this road for 2 days) when I notice something I had not noticed before! A familiar Spiral. So I pull off the highway thinking I can at least put his name on the pray roll wishing I had a dress with me. They actually let me in in my dress pants, Wow, did I feel out of place until I change. It was so peaceful being there. My Dad spent so many years working in the Manti Temple, being in his favorite place really helped me. I got out of the temple to a message that all went well. Now I  wish my house was complete to bring him home to help him heal! We have designed a completely handicapped house, but it 's  just  not done in time!

Advice

It was mentioned in a SAC meeting about being able to use donated Sky Miles does anyone have more detail about that?

Our Story

     As many of you know our story I will try to make it a short version. Siminar to other stories we knew our family was not complete. Yet we have  had some pretty dramatic steps in this journey.
      Nine years ago I knew as I was pregnant with my fifth we where not done having children  Which was hard to realized  since that pregnancy had just cost us $16000 for  IVF to conceive. but no worries as we still had 12 frozen embryos but after 2 more attempts, no more embryos or pregnancies
     We then went through 2 years of Derrick's Chemotherapy for Cancer. He was 7 at that time. When Derrick had his Wish granted by the Make a Wish Foundation he wished for a baby brother. (our course this was a Wish they could not help with).
     With all of us sharing the feeling our family was not complete, I started the daily injection both David and I went under the "knife" for an other IVF cycle . We where so devastated when the pregnancy test was negative! We wondered if we were crazy when we felt so prompted to have another child.
   .  When the prompting continued we look into adoption. would start down that path and a door would slam in our faces. As my biological clock tick on I decided to put that dream behind me and just be grateful for the 5 wonderful children and 2 older step children.
     Then a horrible and amazing thing happened. our home burned up on July 30 of 2011. When looking for a piano we meet this family who told us about their impending adoption. Within a month we were hosting two beautiful children from Ukraine  In the few week they were here the realized our family was headed for completion.
     We love them, the 13 year girl and the 12 year old boy, they were fun, loving, and we seemed to bond well. We were disappointed when they said "No" to being adopted. We told them if they changed there minds when they got home to  write us (I sent pre address envelopes  home with them). We knew we where going to Ukraine, that that is where the rest of our Family is. I hoped they would be the ones coming home with me. My husband  and other children had no doubts so we prayed every day for the right thing to happen. Then in February  one of the happiest day of our lives was a phone call with two children telling us they did want to be part of our family. Now you know why we call this our Mosteller  Miracle!

WORK!

Working, working, Working Trying to balance working my job as a nurse, helping my husband finish our beautiful new home with rooms for our new children!( up late last night staining the front door! And most important the paper work for this adoption. I have a question for all of you that have blazed this amazing path before.Is the I 171 H form what come back form our  our 1600 A application or do I need to apply for this form? someone mention having someone email it and the getting it notarized as  a copy. I have to thank our county assessor, as our house had burned He had to go  today and do a special assessment for our Dossier. He was so nice and prompt about it,  I was so grateful. Also Any experience with apostille from other states? David was born in AZ. I would appreciate any help!