Two Weeks Ago

Two weeks ago Madison Elizabeth came into this world at 6:14am. She was not breathing and had to be revived. The cord was wrapped around her neck and middle. We watched her oxygen levels drop and heard alarms ringing every few hours. We watched nurses and doctors get those levels back up with just a touch of a hand. We had totally faith in God that He had brought us this far He would see us through. We watched our tiny girl be loading into a transport cart to be taken to another hospital. We felt prayers from so many people. We drove to the NICU at 10 that night not having been able to hold our baby girl. We walked into the NICU and saw so many tiny babies and knew that ours was going to be ok. If God could heal these babies He could heal Madison. Finally at 2:30am I was able to hold our sweet girl and the calm came over me that it would be ok.
We got to experience God in so many ways over the next few days. He was there in the family that trusted us to raise Madison for them. He was there in the doctors and nurses who shared with us even when they weren't suppose to. He was there when we couldn't hold Madison ourselves. He was there when we got 3 hours sleep in our car. He was there the next day when we had to split time between our baby and the family we had grown so close to. He was there when Madison had no more oxygen drops (she had none once she was transported). He was there when we walked out of the doors on Friday with our baby girl!
Our church recently did a study on Experiencing God and throughout the study I could related to things that had happened in our adoption journey. However, the most extraordinary experiences came after she was born. We were so blessed to have so many people praying for us during that week. Our church was extremely supportive and our phone rang constantly (but we didn't answer most of the time-not allowed in the NICU) with people concerned for us and Madison. I received countless e-mails from people that let us know we were being prayed for and offers to help out in any way. We are so thankful to all the people who prayed for us and sent us kind words. Even if we weren't able to respond we really appreciate it and it is what got us through that week! Now that we are home I still see God at work. He has shown me so much. Mostly I have learned that you live by faith and not sight. If you trust in Him you can get through anything.