God is God in The Storm

This blog comes to you with a heavy and saddened heart.  I can say that I was not prepared for the text that I received today from our hosting company.  Vika is sick and in the hospital in Ukraine.  It looks like at this time that she will not be able to come even though I know that God can allow a Miracle if He chooses to do so but if He doesn't we will continue to praise Him in this storm.  Please pray for Vika's healing and our family.  Yes, we are sad and upset but God got us this far and He will continue to carry us through. 

Donate Friday!!!

Let's have some fun today!  Most of you met our host child this summer-Vika.  She was absolutely a blessing to our family and we can't wait to see her again.  If you would like to donate please feel free to do so by donating to www.heartforhosting,com,  Put our names on it and Vika's.  Today is 106 days before she gets to come back but we need your help.  You might want to donate $6, $10, $16, $106, $1060, $60, or whatever God tells you to donate.  We appreciate your love, prayers and support during this time in the life of our family and Vika's.

107 days!!!!!

There are only 107 days until Vika comes back to America!  We can't wait to see her and have her back.  Please continue to pray for her safety, health and that she would feel God's arms wrapped around her until she returns.  If you would like to donate to help bring her home for a few weeks please donate to www.heartforhosting.org.  Please make sure that you put Kirk and Sherrie Albritton for VIka age 10 on the donation.  Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!  We only need $2,900.00!!!!

I know you all have been waiting to hear from us about V.  Well, I don't really have a lot to say other than we miss her terribly!!!  We wonder what she is doing, does she miss us, is she happy, sad, hungry, and did she like all the surprises we packed in her backpack.  Maybe not so worried about the last comment (LOL).  Honestly, if we had not be relying on our Lord for peace through all of this we would not have made it this far.  We are so Thankful that He led her to us.  Even though it's been painful we are ready to do it again and see V.  So, you wonder where you come into this?  I am so glad you asked.  V will be here December 18 and we need your prayers and support.  We need you to continue to pray for her safety, peace for her and that she continues to stay physically healthy.  Please pray for us as we continue to prepare for her coming and as we still need to raise $2,900.00 as soon as possible. It was $3,000.00 but God has already led someone to give.  Praise the Lord!  If you would like to donate to V's return please make check payable to Guglielmo's Hope.  We have been asked to turn in all donations to the company.  This helps cut down on pay pal fees.  Remember it is a non-profit organization so you will receive a tax receipt for your donation.  Once again, Thank you for loving our family!!!!!

December is Coming!!!

Well, here we are again!!!!  Winter hosting is coming up in December and we would love to bring "V" back again!  We are so excited that we can hardly wait.  I know that many of you fell in love with her just like we did.  We are beginning to fundraise again but it will be a little bit different this time.  If you would like to donate to "V"s return and would like your donation to be a tax deductible you will need to make your check out to Guglielmo's Hope and we will mail them in for you.  You will receive a tax form after all checks are received.  This also will help cut down on all the extra Pay Pal fees.  The hosting company is a non-profit organization.  Since most of you have met "V" already,  please do not share any information about her on my facebook page.  We would also like everyone to pray with us during this time of preparing for "V"s return. 

Well Vika has been gone for 3 days and it feels like an eternity!!!  Her leaving Saturday was the worse pain that we had felt as a family.  She begged and didn't won't to leave but she had no choice and neither did we but to send her back.  We know that God led us to host her for the summer and we were obedient and did just what we knew God told us to do.  One thing that we didn't know was that we were going to fall in love with a precious, brown eyed, curly headed little girl.  We didn't plan for her to steal our hearts and bond with our family.  We didn't plan for her to beg to stay with us.  We didn't plan for her to love us.  God had a perfect plan for her and us even though we thought we were just being obedient.  God knew exactly what He was doing and He still does.  It is difficult to get through the days without flooding with tears, but we are claiming God's peace for us and protection for Vika while away from us.  I really don't have a lot of information that I can share with everyone at this point but we do have are some prayer request-Pray for Vika to have a peace where she is and for her protection, pray for us as we miss her dearly, and pray as we begin the next stage of Vika's future with us. So many of you have called, texts and checked on us--Thank You!!!!   We feel your love and prayers that you have sent our way.  Even though it has been painful for our family the last few days, we Thank God for choosing us to host Vika and we are at peace with whatever He wants us to step out and do.  We love you all and Thank You for praying for and with us.

It's just a glitch!!!

I need all of my prayer warriors to pray for the host children from Ukraine.  There has been a glitch in computers worldwide that is causing our host children a delay in their arrival.  God is in control and knew about this glitch before it happened.  We ask that you pray with us about this situation and that our host children can get on their flights soon!!!  We can't wait to meet our V and I know others can't either.

Faith...Believing and knowing God will!!!!

I am almost speechless at this point-----But I can't be because God has provided and I must share!!!  We are fully funded for "V"!!!  As May 1st was approaching, it has caused me to pray without ceasing today.  We knew that God would provide in His timing and not ours.  When we were ready to start doubting, God once again showed up (at 9:03 tonight to be exact--well actually all the time)!!!  Our hearts are full of praise to our Heavenly Father.  We are still amazed of the people that have donated and prayed for us during this time.  We stepped out in Faith once again and God carried us all the way through.  We still don't know what will happen once after hosting but what we do know is that God provided for "V" to be loved on for the summer weeks.  Thank you to everyone that has donated and prayed for us during this time.  Please continue to pray for our family and whatever the future holds.  We give God all glory and praise for paving the way and for allowing you all to join us on this journey.  Thank You!  Thank You!

Sweet Reminder!!

 

 

This is just a sweet reminder that in 2 months a sweet little girl will be coming to visit with us and we will be able to love on her while she is here!!!

We are on our last few days to raise the remaining funds.  If you would like to donate to help us become fully funded please donate to www.heartforhosting.org.  Please make sure that it says for Kirk and Sherrie Albritton hosting "V".

 

 

Words are not good enough!!!

Thank you to everyone that has been donating for "V" this summer!  You are making a difference in the life of this little one!  We only need $950.00!!!  Yipeeeeeeee!!!!!!  God funds what He favors!!!  James 1:27

Deadlines! Deadlines!

We found out today that our final payment to host "V" is due by May 1st!!!!  Oh my!!! Oh my!!!  We know that our God can do anything and we know that He will.  If you have been praying about how you can help us in hosting "V"...here is away!!!!  We are still in need of $1,700!!!  This fee includes her visa, passport and plane tickets.  If you would like to make a tax deductible donation please make it to www.heartforhosting.com  make sure that our names Kirk and Sherrie Albritton are on it.  We THANK YOU ahead of time!!!!

Summer will be here soon!!!

We almost can't wait to meet "V"--July seems so long from now but guess what?   It is just around the corner!!! Yikes!!!!  We have a small amount of paperwork to do and get ready to turn in for her to come.  We also are so thrilled about how God is paving the way for her visiting.  So many of you have asked about how you can help us.  First and foremost please pray for our family as this transition is made in our life and pray for our children as they share their mom and dad.  Secondly, we still need to raise $2,000.00 in order to complete the financial obligation to bring "V" here for the summer.  We also know that our God can do anything!!!  We are so glad that God is allowing you to be on this journey with us.

Roller Coaster of a ride!!!

Well...we can already feel the ups and downs of hosting, it reminds us a lot of our adoption.  As I posted earlier, God has His plan for our family even if we don't understand.  After spending the last two days talking with the hosting agency and finding out more information about "D" it has been brought to our attention that she is not able to be hosted.  Yes, it has saddened our hearts but God has placed another little girl in her place.  We feel that God may have used "D" just to see if we would be obedient to His calling.  We know that God opened our hearts to hosting and we are going to continue this journey with Him.  I can remember 4 years ago when we went to Ukraine to adopt what we thought was a 4 year old little boy and when we arrived he had already been adopted. Yes, we were crushed but we knew God had a bigger and better plan for our life than just as we know He does now.  Some of you have already stepped up to the calling of our hosting needs and we Thank You from the bottom of hearts.  We have had many sweet calls and text in the past 24 hours.  Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!  At this time we are only 2,200 away from reaching our goal!!!  We need to raise 300.00 of that in the next 24 hours.  I am including the link if God leads you to give www.heartforhosting.com. ( it is tax deductible please put our name on it) Please continue to pray for us and with us  as God leads us on this journey.

                                                                         Meet "V"!
                                                                         James 1:27

It's A Girl!!!!

I know its been many, many months since I blogged.....ok at least a year!!!!  As a family we wanted everyone to know what God is doing!!!!!  Have you tried to tell God your plans or tell God how to plan your life for you?  I am sure that we all are guilty of this.  Sometimes we even try to give God certain things we want and the way we want it.  We also do it in a way that we think God can't handle it.  Boy, do we have it all wrong at times.  We are so HAPPY that God has it all right all the time and we just have to be obedient and just listen to Him. 
Today we accepted to host a little 6 year old girl from Ukraine.  We will call her "D" from hear on out.  We will get "D" the first of July and she will go back to Ukraine the middle of August.  We are not sure what God has in store for our family right now but what we do know is that we are to accept this call and once again we are living out James 1:27.  We ask that you pray with us and for us during this time in the life of our family.  The cost to host "D" is $2,900.00 and another $300.00 or so to obtain paperwork fees and updates from our last adoption.  If God leads you to help fund "D's" hosting please do so.  You can give directly to www.heartforhosting.org in our name.  The agency will keep us posted when fees are donated and you will be able to stay up to date by staying tune to our blog.  All donations are tax deductible.  Here is a picture of "D" so you can be praying with us!