Will You Pray With Me?

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank you for this day you have given us and for all of your many blessings. Lord I come to you this morning with many emotions. I know that only you can calm my soul and lift me to the place I need to be. In a few short hours I will be walking out my front door to accomplish the journey I set out over 4 years ago to do again. Lord, please watch over my children and my sister while I am gone. I know when I walk out that door, my soul will feel like it is being ripped out of me. Daniel is having such a hard time right now at the thought of not being with me. Lord, please have your hand upon him, calm him, help Ingrid to be able to give him the peace he needs while we are gone. Protect his little soul.....he is my sweet baby boy and my heart is so overwhelmed leaving him.....my heart aches at what I know he must be feeling and will be feeling for the next 18 days. You gave me such a gift when you gave me him......please, please be with him.

Lord I ask you to be with Sophia. Keep her gentle spirit calm and nurturing. Help her remember to take care of Daniel and to know that we will be back as soon as we can. Lord, she is so attached to her Daddy and Sister. Help her through this time as well. Please protect her while she is at school. Keep her safe and healthy. Help her to be strong and helpful. I know her tears will come.....she is such a special little girl. A gift from you that touched us so deeply that we knew we needed to make this journey again. I knew that I needed to make this journey again. That my child was out there waiting for me. You planted that seed in my heart dear Lord and I am so thankful for that. Sophia is so excited to have another little brother,"one that looks just like her".

And Lord, I ask you to be with my sister. This is the journey we have all waited for and I know I could not have left my children with anyone except her. She is such a gift, a treasure to me and I trust her with my children. I love her dearly and I know she loves the children. Please give her the strength and patience she needs to take care of Sophia and Daniel the next 18 days. Keep them safe while they drive and when they go out to have adventures together. Lord please have your hand upon them. I don't know what I would do.......And Lord I ask you to be with our family and friends. It is so hard to be away from those you cherish and love. Be with them and keep them safe.

Dear Lord......please be with David, Emmie and I on this journey. Bring us to China safely and return us home to our children and to those that we love as well. I ask for your healing hand to keep us from becoming ill like we all did before. I ask for our anxious hearts to be calmed. Lord, I pray for our sweet Andrew. You have given him to us for a reason. You wanted me to be his Mother for a reason. You are entrusting me with with yet another one of your beautiful children. Please be with him through another transition in his little life. Help him to see our love for him. Show him that I will love him until the end of time. Calm his little heart....and I pray dear Lord that you have healed his heart from all emotional and physical needs. That he will know that he is safe now and loved and will never feel the sense of loss that he has gone through time and time again. I ask that you be with us during this bonding time. That we can communicate with him and that my Motherly instincts will know what it is that Andrew is trying to tell me. I pray that he feels my love even though he may not understand it. Lord my heart is so anxious.....please calm me. Lord I give you my word, as I have with all my children, that I will train Andrew up to be a follower of Jesus Christ and that he will honor and glorify you. Where I have failed you in other area's of my life Lord, I will not fail here. Please hear my prayers oh Lord......in Jesus name I pray.....Amen.