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.