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At least I pray they will ultimately be spared. The only ones spared so far have been our two Chinese beauties, probably because they built up crazy strong immune systems in the orphanage. What a whirlwind few weeks it has been! There is a stomach bug that has hit most of us, of course, one at a time. His power and might are displayed every day when I scroll through my News Feed! I have witnessed people going through all kinds of hurdles, overcoming mountains, and coming out on the other side still praising His name. The point is, I draw inspiration from these people daily. I have friends navigating the crazy waters of homeschooling along with me, friends who are sending their first kids off to college just like me, friends who give themselves completely to their home and their children, friends who have picked themselves up by their bootstraps and reinvented their lives, pursued new careers, or returned to old ones, friends that buried husbands who were WAY too young, friends that buried children who were WAY too young, and the list goes on.
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I have friends at all different stages of the adoption process, friends that I could not realistically call every day, but whom I can reach with a quick typed word of encouragement or shared celebration. I have friends that waited, cheered, prayed and cried along with me on either one of my adoptions - and I did the same for them. I have friends serving the Lord in Haiti, Nicaragua, and Africa. Yet the people on my FB feed expand my horizons. I still go to church, small group, and homeschool co-op. Yes, I still interact with people face to face. Most importantly, I have found my FB friends to be a constant source of encouragement for me. I am always moving away from people I care deeply about, and I love the opportunity to still be involved in their day to day lives on some level. When you move every three years, homeschool, and have six kids, it is pretty much impossible to keep in touch with all the people that you are continuously leaving behind. Friendships that are very real to me - but let's be honest. Plus, I can keep friendships alive even from a distance. When my hubby is far away I can keep in touch with him too. I can keep in touch with family when stationed far away much easier now than ten years ago. Beyond this, being a military wife has been made infinitely easier by all these changes.
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By the time I went to adopt Evie three years later, I only took an ipad and got to Facetme and FB every day, right from my room. I cannot fathom my first adoption trip to China without having Skype and my laptop to communicate with my hubby and kids back home. I, for one, have loved all the new technology and advances in communication for years. As a matter of fact, someone on my page said she was taking a FB break the other day, only to realize a day or two later that since most of her kids' schools and other activities communicate with parents via Facebk, she really couldn't unplug. Let's face it, though, this new way of communicating is here to stay. I know people love to be critical of social media and to focus on its negative aspects.