The Big Announcement!

After many months of bursting at the seams to announce our plans for adoption to our church family, yesterday was the day!  I was able to share my testimony, and the way God has been working in my heart and life, planting seeds along the way for a love of adoption!  I am so thankful to have such an AmAzInG church family and am forever grateful for the support, prayer, and encouragement they have given my family since I arrived in Fowler 3 years ago! My testimony was able to be tied into Kirk's excellent sermon, "A New Family," which reminds us we are all adopted through Jesus Christ should we seek to accept Him as our personal savior. What an exciting reminder of the goodness to come!

Check it out!

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A Sweetest and Most Sincere...See You Soon

Today was an incredibly difficult day at work. Last night,  we lost Dr. Tom O'Connor tragically in a car accident during a terrible storm. He was a living testament of God's love, compassion, patience, and mercy. Aside from being an incredible surgeon, he lived his faith through his words, actions, and love of life with anyone and everyone he met.  I am so thankful to have been able to witness such example and pray that I can continue to grow to live life in this same manner.  I have to think God has a most incredible plan for such a incredible loss and find comfort in the fact that God promises His greatest treasures after life here on earth for those who trust in Him.  My family's deepest sympathies go out to his colleagues, my co-workers, and Dr. O'Connor's wife and five children, one of whom was in the car at the time of the accident.  I pray for their continued faith, perseverance, and confidence that God will carry them through this time of need. Please keep them in your prayers.

Running on His Love,
the Zimmermans

HALLELUJAH!

BIG NEWS!!!!!!!!! On May 12, 2011, our family's homestudy was approved!!  We signed on the dotted lines, made payment, and are now prepping for completing the dossier!  This is such an amazing milestone, and continuing to pray He will bring us one step closer to seeing, holding, and loving on OUR sweet baby!  Kirk and I have constantly talked about the love we have for our children and those to come. It is truly amazing to have a partner to encourage, pray, and live this journey alongside me. :)

PLEASE PRAY!

Running on His love, the Zimmermans

Oh, Canada...Land that was Kirk's Home

Looking back from the last post, I cannot believe it has been several months! To present a slight recap, our family of six traveled to Canada to visit Kirk's family and friends.A major highlight for me, aside from seeing loved ones, was a birthday celebration with lobster and Kate's Dora ice cream cake!It was great to see our kids reconnect and have a carefree week with family they love so much!We traveled along the coast and met up with childhood best friend Sheldon.I am not sure he realized he signed up for a daylong tour after just traveling down to see us, but was hilarious to see the one-and-only college boombox at his cabin!It was great to see Kirk in his element--relaxed and just a sense of being home.

To make up for some lost time, I will continue to post updates on some awesome life changes here VERY soon!!  Stay tuned!

Running on His love, the Zimmermans