An Update On Isaac & Many Thanks!

Life is moving along at a fast pace here and having time to post right now is hard. I wanted to say thank you for all the wonderful, uplifting comments and prayers for our little man. We went today for his check-up and praise be to God that the main burn is indeed a 2nd degree one~Yay! no skin grafts...just lots of pain and discomfort while he heals up. He's doing great and actually doesn't seem to be in much pain at all. He's become very fond of his new big brother and sisters..His little brother, our Eli? Well, let's just say they're gonna need more time to adjust to each other. Isaac is two years older then Eli, but about the same size give or take about an inch in height and I think Eli's trying to figure out why this kid's here and whens he leaving? :) Isaac thus far has been like the new toy in the house that is fought over and played with much. He's enjoying all this long overdue attention that he's missed for a long time. He's pretty much like velcro on Mat, put has warmed up to me more. (a little any way) He let's me give him hugs now and kisses too and last night while we slept he would pat the bed looking for my hand and then hold my pinky as he drifted back to sleep :) I've been amazed at how much he's stuck to his normal routine of when to wake, eat and even use the toilet. Using the toilet has been the hardest. We've been putting him in pull-ups ( just in case of accidents, & you can bet we've had a few :) but he doesn't like them much and the thought of reliving himself in his bottoms is as appealing to him as it would be to any of us. He's worked hard at not being afraid to sit on the toilet and today mastered using it every time :) Now we'll give it a couple more days and then get him back in his undies~yay! :) I have to be honest and let you know this transition time is harder then I thought it would be. At the moment I kinda feel like I'm still watching someone else's little one and I think I was expecting things to fall into place sooner..even though it hasn't even been a week. I feel a defensive when he hits Eli or is pulling his hair :( Do you think this is normal? I would assume so..In all, we've only really know just a picture for so long, but my heart connected to this little monster right away when we first met him..but here, he's a little different. He's out of his comfort zone, and trying to understand where he's at and how he fit's in here. That's gotta be scary. Not to mention all that's happened to him:( I'm in no hurry though, we've got plenty of time to get to know each other and fall in love with each other :) I know in time I know longer will be just another caretaker to him and he'll soon figure out what that word he's learned to call me really means :) I've got to get to bed now, droopy eyes :) I'll post some pic's tomorrow now that I've finally got to get some unpacked and found my camera USB. I want you all to know, this hard transition time has by no means deterred me from wanting to bring our Levi home too..even if it's the same hard time for a bit~I can deal :) I love you Levi. My Isaac...I'm so happy to have you home :) Night, love mama

Prayers Needed For Isaac..

We lost interntet service when we went back to Kiev so sorry for the long delay in posting. We're home :) We got home about 5 pm on Saturday and Isaac didn't get to meet his brothers and sisters cause he slept thru all the comotion of them coming home with squills and glee. They we're dying to wake him up, but I insisted they let the little guy sleep. He woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed early on Sunday (5 am..yesterday) and after a good, long, much needed rest he meet the waiting troops. The morning was wonderful gettting to know each other. At 7:30 I brewed some fresh coffee and poured myself a nice big cup full. I turned for the creamer and as I turned back around my Isaac was pulling the cup off the counter. 911 was called and he was taken to the emegency room. His burn is bad. The transfered him via ambulance to a burn unit up north from us. There he under went alot of pain while they cleaned all the old skin that had now melted off his chest and belly. He was so frightened and I can't imagine how this is going to affect him later. He was wanting to be comforted, but wouldn't allow us for the most part. He rocked himself and sucked on his tongue and would push us away all while in heavy crying. He would go into a full panic anytime a uniformed person came into our room. They had an IV in his arm and had to board it on both sides so he wouldn't pull it out or bend his arm..they poked fisrt on his left several times but missed his vain, then on the back of his left hand, but again couldn't find the vain, then again on his right arm and on the third time hit. The burns are mostly 2nd degree, but they think one of the burns, the one where the main spill landed on his chest might be 3rd. The doctors put a special covering on him and he's wrapped like a mummy for the next 3 days until we go back to the burn unit to find out if the main burn has started to heal. If not he'll need a skin graft to cover the area. My heart is heavy for my son. He's found most of his comfort in his papa's arms and really wants nothing to do with me. I'm not sure if he is associating me to all the pain he's endured because I was the one with him in the hospital and in the ambulance rides....and it was my coffee. The look of terror on his face still brings tears to my eyes when I picture him. Would you please pray for his recovery. He's in alot of pain and is really confussed right now. My poor boy has only been out of the orphanage 4 days & his life has been turned upside down in so many ways. One of the hugest things is not being able to talk to him and give him words of comfort that he understands. Please just pray.

For Andrea...

Okay, I know it's hard to see but in the mist of this greeness are two little ones sitting in a stroller. The little one sitting in front with the yellow hat is the one I mistook for Serge. The one sitting behind him or next to him I should say, in the colorful hat is Tatya. I wish I was able to have gotten closer pictures, but they just didn't want me taking them :( If you save this picture and zoom in you can see both beauties. I so wish I could bring them home. I can't even tell you how heavy my heart is :( She's just beautiful. I'll see Yulia tomorrow and ask her about the little guy with Tatya. Hope this is a least a little helpful :)

Our Resting Place Until We Get Back Home..

Things are done much differently here. There are no building codes & if they have them their very poor ones. The home we're staying in is nice and has given us all the comforts we could ask for..air-conditioning, a washer, a dishwasher, & a bath so big you can swim in it if you wanted~& it comes with a seperate shower too. We have a flat screen TV in both our room and downstairs in the kitchen. We can only understand the BBC news channel which runs in circles and after you've seen it once..it's once too many. It belongs to our attorney. It's the home her and her X decided to keep so when their son is older this is where he can come and live once he has a family of his own. The inside is nice..the outside is being added to..And since Mat's trade is construction you can bet he's been really aware of how bad the way their doing things are. Here's some pictures for us to remember this place by :) (BTW Isaac didn't come home with us yesterday..our attorney is afraid for him to be here so she's asked for us to wait until we go back to the main city to release him from his orphanage...we're respecting her wishes and have to agree..it's not the safest place for our little man)

Their refacing the front of the house and this is the scafold they built. Mat's amazed by the lack of sturdiness of it.

Okay..as usual I'm being lazy and don't feel like taking the time to drag pictures around so that their in order :) These are pictures of the view we have from the back of the house. I love it. Just about every yard is supple and green with their own garden.

This one's taken from the boards that are going to be the flooring for a room..the rooms just not here yet.

Dryers are unheard of here. Everyone has a line to dry cloths on..or their hanging out the windows :) I happen to love cloths dry-lined. The bad part here is that everyone burns their trash in thier yards and so thru out the day your smelling smoke from different areas. What would be nice smelling clean cloths most of the time end up smelling like smoke..Yuck :/ But I have to say I am grateful for the washer :) Our cloths hang out our bedroom door. See that wall with the window? It's one side of what's going to be making the room were in bigger.

Okay, see that small brick wall? On the other side of the wall (were I was standing to take these pictures) is whats going to be the flooring...it's not finished yet and is a bit scary to walk on, but the view from out here is beautiful.

And here's what's on the other side of the other wall where the cloths line is connected too. This is the view when you climb over the little brick wall.

Again, Mat's amazed by the lack of building structure and skill that's apparent no one has here that's building. He's dying to speak their language and want's desperatly to go outside and help them. It's taken all in him to stay inside while they work.
Here's Mat downstairs..that wood flooring above him is what's holding the mess in the picture above.

"I can't believe this place is standing..I hope we don't have an earth-quake, baby..we're in trouble if we have an earth-quake"...Well now, I feel safe..

Here's anothe view shot from upstairs. Breath-taking, even with the buliding stuff in the way :) What do you think of the walk way?..yhea...I couldn't go out there, my fear of hights keep me right where I was standing :)

This is the front of the house, before they put up the new scafold you saw in the first pictures.

There's a big gate for us to go thru to get to the house. This is a shot from outside of it. See all the metal above Mat's head? It's filled with concret, just poured right on it :) Their making an outside porch above.

Another view of the front of the house.

Look how nice it is inside..a stunning kitchen with all new cabinets and even the fridge, dishwasher and washer are hidden in the cabinets. Beautiful :)

This is what you see when you enter the home. The front door is there at the right. These stairs are really, really, really steep. When we go up them I have to hang on to the banisters posts and climb them like it's a ladder. Not sure why their so steep.

The front sitting room. We've never hung out in here..but it's nice. We live in the kitchen and upstairs in the room we're staying in (it's air-conditioned)...I haven't taken any pictures of upstairs and didn't realize it until now :) I'll have to do that before we leave for memories sake.

Okay..so that's our resting place while we're here. Can't complain. It's quite here, and secure. Can't beat that.

And just for fun here's a couple of pictures of the jail here. It's covered by razor-ribbon and barbed-wire. There's a tower where the guard stands watching and police that stand around outside...I wouldn't want to be there, that's for sure. We had to take these pictures from our moving taxi, cause your not allowed to stop & take pictures of the prison..but our taxi driver said "go ahead"..so we did :)

And a Volvo big rig..you don't see these at home :)

And lastly..a picture of the street the home we're staying in is on. Being so green, and humid here, it kinda reminds me of being in Ohio. I'd rather be in Ohio :)

Okay, love to my blessings at home...miss you much and can't wait to see you, hug you, even smell you, LOL :) Only 4 more days guys & then Lord's willing we'll be home! Yay!!! I can't wait!!!

Levi..love you, love mama.

Bitter-Sweet..& A Reminder From Above..

Our time here getting to know our son has been wonderful..but at the same time it's bitter-sweet. Our Levi is still waiting to come home. It's been over a year that's he's been waiting and we've been told we should expect a longer wait until he's home with us ;(
I have no doubt that God's hands are in both of these adoptions. And that His timing is perfect..even when it seems so out of sorts to me :) We know He lead us to Levi. We know He put things on hold for the short 3 months so that He could put His plan into action and open the doors & our hearts to Isaac. We also know that the amount of loss we felt at that time contributed to us being willing to move forward with his adoption again when God opened back up those doors. Without that hold, Isaac wouldn't be ours. We didn't plan on 2 adoptions & we know He answered our pleas to make the way for Levi to still be able to come home. We know this was His plan..cause it wasn't ours :) I'm still amazed to this day that someday he'll be home. I can't tell you the thoughts that ran thru our heads the morning we got the call asking us if we still wanted Levi. Before we commeted to Isaac, we ran over in our heads what we would do if those doors were opened back up to us. We we're so hesitant to commit to another child because of that "what-if ". But we knew there were still hundreds of children in need. We prayed passionatly for God to guide us and for us to have willing hearts to follow where He would lead. We didn't consider children in Ukraine because of this long trip..But when Andrea sent us Isaac's picture..we knew we we're looking at our son. We felt at complete peace and were able to say yes to comitting to him within a 1/2 hour of first seeing his photo from Andrea. I can't explain the peace that was felt~and there wasn't the fear that by commiting to him we we're losing our Levi's chance. But I think we honestly didn't expect to be privlaged with having our second chance with Levi. We were so happy to be able to say "yes!" when it was offered, but we wondered..."How? We don't have the means for two adoptions, let alone one." God promises that He will provide and reward the obediant heart. What's hard is grasping that promise and trusting it wholeheartly. My friend Kelly is going thru the ever so expected trial of doubt right now in the apotion of her 2 girls. I think we all go thru this trial. The enemy relishes in seeing our faith wavier and he feeds on it. This morning, before I read Kelly's blog I was reading from the book of Joshua and pleading my own case before the Lord for our son, Levi, to be able to come home soon & for God to make the way. I prayed for Him to reassure my heart and renew my faith that He will make the way. I prayed for His peace to flood my heart about all my fears..including my fear of not ever going home again (it's been along time here & I miss home & my kids like I've never known I could) In His goodness He gave my heart the peace it needed. I want to share What the Lord gave me to my friend Kelly and any others who might be in our trial boat of waivering faith..
I've been studing the book of Joshua while here and am now coming to the end where Joshua's an old man and he's aware that not all the promised land has been conqured as of yet...Joshua 18 has Joshua stunnded by the Israelies..why are they not trusting in God? Haven't they been witness to all He's done for them?
In verse 3 he asks them "How long are you going to wait before clearing out the people living in the land which the Lord your God has given you?" He wants the Israelies to grasp God's promises to them..he wants them to have faith that the Lord will make the way for them to be able to fullfill what He has called them to do. The battles they need to fight are already won, this is already their land! He doesn't give the promise that it will be easy and trial free to gain..but He does promise to make the way. And He promises that the task He has called them to will be fullfilled by them with His guiding, as long as they keep their trust & faith in Him. He also promises they will reap the reward of their faith in Him. From chapters 19-22 The nation of Israel did just that and in chapter 22:4 after a long time of many battles having been fought Joshua calls the tribes together and declares their victory. "..The Lord our God has given us success & now rest as He promised He would. So go home now to the land given to you by the Lord...love the Lord and follow His plans for your lives. Cling to Him and serve Him enthusiastically.'So Joshua blessed them and sent them home."
In each of our lives God gives us all very different battles that He has already won...What He calls us to do is simply trust that. We have to stay strong in our faith & our fights for our children. Not everyone is called to this battle, and not everyone will answer this call when it's given. But for those of us who do, God promises to make the way. He promises to reward our obediance with the smile of a child...our child, the one He destined for us from the begining of time. Why do we doubt our Almighty God?! I think of Peter sinking before the Lord whose walking on the water...Peter whose looking right at the Lord, seeing the miracle in front of him..and even then, how easy it was for Peter to be swayed by the stormy waters around him..how easy it was for his faith in the Lord whose standing on those stormy waters in front of him to faulter. "Oh ye, of little faith, why do you doubt Me?" Thank the Lord for those beautiful hands that He so willingly out streaches to us as we sink. May today be the day we're all able to grasp God's promise that He will make the way, in His perfect timing for both us and our children. He knows what He's doing..now we just have to trust that :)
I love you Levi. Luv, mama

Firsts..:)

Now that Isaac is officialy ours the orphanage asked us to leave them a family photo to go into their book of the children who've found families. Yesterday we tried to get our photo. Here's our little guy walking down the hall. He starts squilling now when he see's us waiting for him at the other end :) It's one of the best noises to hear..that & our other childrens voices on the other end of the line. :)


So here are our attempts to get our first family picture together..Isaac's cute, huh? Isaac's first pictures with a mama & papa who love him beyond words :)


Mat didn't let us know he was taking the picture in this one.


My turn trying to take the picture..but my arm wasn't quite long enough..


Isaac looks great here! But, dang it!..Papa's missing...Opps!


Well, I guess we'll try later :)
With our morning visit over Mat & I head back to our home away from home to wait for our next visit. When we come back our attorney is waiting for us & Isaac is dressed nice. It's passport picture time! It's Isaac's first time out the gate and he's thrilled!! Papa has the honor of caring him over the threshold & out into a world Isaac doesn't even know exsists.


It's also his first time to ride in a "machine" (Russian for car). He seemed a little scared at first. But was okay in no time. There's no child car seats in Ukraine so Isaac was free to sit between me and the orphanage director. Papa's in the front with our attorney.

Isaac sitting in between us..

It only took about 2 seconds for my little guy to climb into my lap for a better view and security. Him in my lap :)

Once we got to the passport place we used candy to bribe our little guy to stay in the seat and look at the camera :) He did a great job & got a nice sugar high too :) Here's Isaac sitting on 3 big books so his face could be seen by the camera. They weren't to thrilled with me taking a picture, so I'm glad I got this one shot..even if it's not a great one :)

When we were all done the passport picture taker asked if we wanted her to take our picture...

So here's our first picture as a family with Isaac's name officially changed..It's a done deal & he's ours :) That was great to type :) On the advisement of our facilitator we took Isaac back to the orphanage until we finish doing paper work. This was the first time Isaac cryed when we took him back and he pulled and pulled at the hands of his caretaker to follow us out the door. It killed us. We've decided to allow him to stay their only 1 more night while we gather the things we'll need for him to be home with us..cloths, undies, food and such. On Monday we're springing him from that joint! We can't wait and think he'll be happy too :)

Our Ayla, Rubee, Zekiel, Naomi & Eli...We miss you and can't wait to be home all together to be able to have our complete family...a real family photo...taken. Enjoy your weekend with grandpa and Beverly. We love you and we'll call you tonight. HUGS.

Our Levi, we long for the day God brings us together as one. Your loved and thought of daily. HUGS to you too little guy.

Waiting For Us To Come Home..

My niece Leanna took these pictures of our little one's at home & sent them to us. Thank you, Leanna! Zekiel, You look so handsome with your great-grandpa summer buzz..(When we we're kids my grandpa used to gather the boys once summer hit & they all got this haircut :) Something to keep them cool thru the summer. This is my little brother reading to my nephew with Eli and Naomi.

Our Big 12 years & 1 week old Ayla with Eli..he looks sad :( Ayla said he's been calling out Mama & signing for Papa ;( ...Can't wait to be home with them all again.

Our Naomi, Rubee and Zekiel with his new hair cut, thanks to his Uncle Richard :)

Our beautiful gifts from God all together. Soon Isaac will be in the group too :)

We miss you guys sooo much!! We'll be home soon & then we'll be bombarding you with all kinds of hugs and kisses!! We love you. Have a great day and have fun with Grandpa and Beverly. Be careful at the beach and make sure you put loads and loads of sunscreen on, k? Big Hugs to you all. Much love, Mama and Papa

Love you Levi.

Holding Our Isaac..Our Son :)

We had our court date yesterday, Thursday, July 16th. Isaac is now our son! :) It was a nerve racking experiance to say the least! We we're asked several times if we really chose Isaac even though we know he's "not healthy". (FYI..he's in wonderful health :) The director was so kind and she expressed such gratitude for us wanting to "save Volva" (his nickname) She said since he's been with them (since he was 3 months old) no one ever inquired about him and she prayed for a family for him. She said she never knew a child with DS before Isaac, and now knows they are not bad children. She said she knows they are loving and can be taught. She said she belives that we are her answer to her prayers for Isaac..She called us "Volva's miracle". She was so kind and passionate as she spoke. She said she will miss him very much and that she is so thankful that he was not sent to the institution. (she's the one that begged for him to not be moved when he turned 4 in April..because of her we we're able to adopt him from the baby house and not have to deal with the institution) This is our blue-eyed Ukrainian..Isaac Voldymyr Fox..is he a looker or what?! :)


We had another great surprise...we're the first family to adopt a child with DS from this region~ In honor, the judge waived our 10 days!!! Isaac can come home with us next Saturday!! The judge was kind, and wished us the best of luck. He said Mat was a good man to love his family and I was a good women to love them too. Such unexpected kindness that was really moving to us both. :) Afterwards our facilitators took us to see Isaac and they we're able to go in and talk more to the director who let them know they have 6 more babies at the orphange with DS!! Now these children have the same chance Isaac had..to have thier families find them :)
Isaac has really warmed up to us in the last couple of day. On Wednesday he let Mat hold for the whole time we were with him! (total of 3 hours) and even wanted Mat to not put him down :) I brought grapes to eat and he LOVES them! We brought him a little water bottle for him and he drank the whole thing down in a matter of minutes! I think because the water here isn't safe for drinking he must not get it often. His spit was really thick (eeww), but after his bottle of water and a bunch of grapes it was good :) I don't think the children are given a bunch of fruit, it's one of the more costly things at the market. Breads seem to be the thing they eat most. (Ukrainians make some wonderful bread I have to say)

Here's Isaac not wanting to be put down by Papa :)

What a smile :) I think it says it all. He's smiling so much more & it' s only taken a couple of days..in no time he'll be smiling all the time :)

He usually holds my hand while Papa holds him. Yesterday morning though, he let me hold him!!! He reached his arms up to me and hugged me while we walked :) Then he searched my bag, found more grapes (I brought more since he liked them so much the day before) and stayed contint in my arms while he shoved his mouth full and dripped grape juice all over me :) It was great and my arms felt wonderful being able to hold him :) He even gives us hugs now :) I'm so glad he's becoming happy and comfortable with us.

:)


what a great couple of days:) We got to talk to our kids~much, much needed teir excited to have Isaac be coming home. They've been staying with my brother and sister-in-law during the week and with their gandpa on the weekends, with a Monday visit with their Auntie Gen and grandma. It'll be so good to be home. We can't wait. For now, we start our running around for our last of the paper chase to be able to take our little guy home. :) We're so blessed! Thank you all for your prayers, they've gotten us thru some hard days.

Okay, going to go get ready to visit our boy. Hoping for more hugs :)

Much love to Ayla, Rubee, Zeke, Naomi, Eli and Levi (being thought of often) Hi Mom..i love you.

Getting To Know Our Isaac..

This is the hall our little boy comes down every day to meet us.

Here he comes..

& now he see's us :)

His happy smile caues he's with his papa again.

When we first get here, this is the only time Isaac will allow himself to be held, and only by Mat, and only for a short time. He's getting better though & the time is getting longer. Here he let papa hold him for about 5 min. before wanting to be put down.

I've become the camera girl..but he knows I'm always with his papa & not here at anyother time. Today he held my hand while we walked and he kissed it twice. I almost cryed :)



FACT ABOUT ISAAC:

1. He has no concept of what it means to be held and loved on.

2. He has no concept of what it means to be comforted after he's fallen or gotten hurt. He crys by himself and comforts himself by rubbing his his hands together, then he wipes his eyes and quickly stops. When Mat or I try to comfort him (this kid is accident prone and has the scares to prove it) he looks at us very bewildered and pushes us away.

3. He's totally enamoured with Mat. He's never had a male show him affection or attention. There are no men who work in the orphanages. To Isaac, I'm just another women among the many who care for him..I just happen to speak a different language and always come with Mat...and a camera :)

4. He loves music, loves to sing and dance :)

5. He'll eat anything he see's and thinks is ediable...when were outside with him we have to constantly stop him from picking up the rotted fruit that's fallen from the trees (appricots, berries and small cherries). When were inside we have to put the small trash bin up out of his reach or he'll search it trying to find left over cookie bits or bread bits left by the other children.

6. He's not been given water once since we've been here..always warm milk and always in a fine china tea cup. Surprisingly, he holds it very carefully and seems to enjoy the milk warm. (good to know for when he comes home)

7. He has no concept of being given one-on-one attention. He's always happy to see us, but always seems a little miffed as to why were alone with just him.

8. He understands his native language well & is really good about following directions. In the few phrases we've been able to pick up he always responds to us.

9. He has a killer smile and laugh. We only see it when he first sees us and when he's being tickeled or rough housing with papa. Other then that, he doesn't smile. :(

10. He must be kept in line with a stick. In the play room he'll carry the play flute around and shake it at the stuffed animals..he'll yell at them and then hit them. :( I can't stand the thought of him being treated this way.

11. He's either potty trained or trained to use the toilet on que. Not sure which, but he's always wearing undies when we see him.

12. He likes to have his shoes off, and takes them off as soon as the caregivers leave us alone with him. When he see's them he scambles for his shoes and can put them on without help. I don't think he's allowed to have them off cause the couple of times he was caught, he was scolded. We make sure their on now about 5 min.s before our visiting time is over.

13. He loves to color! He loves the markers I've brought and is dying to color on himself. I'm afraid to let him. I don't want him to get in trouble. My family can testify to the fact that once Isaac is home if he want's to color himself green and go out that way...I'll smile and hold his hand out the door :)

14. He's learning how to be comfortable with us. He knows something is different about being with us. Yesterday was the first time he interacted with us for almost the whole hour and a half instead of around us. It was great.

15. He has many big scars on his little body..his neck, his chest, his back..unusual places. He seems accident prone...he has no fear and we've witnessed it first hand. He'll be just another one of my boys who keeps me on my toes. Eli and Zeke and Isaac will be westling all day I bet. :) I can't wait.

16. He's learned the sign for more and as soon as I pull out a granola bar, he starts with the sign :) Today we'll see if he thinks it means granola bar, or if he understands it means he gets more when I pull out grapes :)

17. He's a total visual learner. Less talk, show him how it's done and he'll do it. He'll fit in perfectly with his brothers and sisters who are all visual learners mixed with audio and sensory...He's going to blossom at home, I have no doubt.

We've been told court might be on Friday. I hope so. Praying for a waive of the 10 wait period so Isaac can come home with us. We'll see. We've been really enjoying getting to know Isaac and already he's loved & holds a very special place in our hearts. If we have to leave him....I don't want to. Our first Wednesday visit is in 2 hours. I can't wait. :)

Ayla..stop holding a grudge, it's not worth it :) I love you

Rubee..tell Ayla your sorry, you really hurt her feelings & got her upset, meja. I love you :)

Zeke....Eat more brownies for me :)

Naomi...enjoy your makeover by Leanna :)

Eli...I love you monster!
Levi...I love you and can't wait to meet you and make a list :)

My El Shadi (my God, my everything) I love you and I'm gratful for the lessons your teaching our hearts here. Thank you, Lord for your goodness.