I just got an email from our agency with our Ladybug Letter. Our LID is 2/16/2012!
Hooray!!!!!!
Now I can officially start counting the days we are waiting for our LSC.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Happy Feast of St. Lucy Yi Zhenmei!
Today is the feast of St. Lucy Yi Zhenmei. She was born in Mianyang, Sichuan Province., and beheaded on February 19, 1865. She was among the 120 martyrs of China canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 2000.
Here are some details about her life and death:
"St. Lucy Yi Zhenmei was born on December 9, 1815, and was the youngest member in her family. Lucy was a very pious child, to the extent that she made a commitment to chastity at 12 years of age.
As she matured she developed a love for reading and study. At 20 years of age, in the midst of her higher education she grew very ill. After her recovery Lucy took her spiritual life still more seriously. She devoted herself to the discipline of prayer with great devotion, assuming a way of life much like that of a religious while continuing to assist in the support her family. Her mother taught her how to spin, which also became part of her daily life. After her father died, she lived with her brother and mother, using part of her leisure time to teach the faith to children nearby. The parish priest, who asked her to teach at the school in Mianyang, noticed her devotion and reliable knowledge of her faith. After four years, her brother went to Chongqing to practice medicine, and Lucy and her mother moved with him. In Chongquing, the priest also asked her to help teach the women in the parish. When she was offered money for her work, she refused to take it and offered her work to God. A few years later, her brother moved back to Guiyang, during which time her mother died. Full of enthusiasm for spreading the gospel, she went on doing missionary work. However, for her own safety she decided to stay at the convent of lay virgins. Shortly after, her failing health forced her to move back home again. In 1861, Bishop Hu asked her to teach once more at the convent. In spite of opposition from relatives, she returned to work here. In 1862, she went with Fr. Wen Nair to open a mission in Jiashanlong, but just then the administrator of Guizhou Province, Tian Xingshu, began to stir up hatred against Christians, which the local magistrate supported. As a result, Zhang TienShen, Wu ShueSheng, Chen XianHeng and Father Wen were all imprisoned and sentenced to death without a formal trial. On February 18, the day of their execution, they met Yi ZhenMei on the road. She was also jailed and put on trial that very day and sentenced to death, because she refused to renounce her faith. The following day at noon, February 19, 1862, she was beheaded. Brave believers took the bodies of all five martyrs to the Liuchonnguan seminary grounds for burial." http://www.chinesemartyrs.org/chinese_saints/19-e.htm
http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=3159
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Here are some details about her life and death:
"St. Lucy Yi Zhenmei was born on December 9, 1815, and was the youngest member in her family. Lucy was a very pious child, to the extent that she made a commitment to chastity at 12 years of age.
As she matured she developed a love for reading and study. At 20 years of age, in the midst of her higher education she grew very ill. After her recovery Lucy took her spiritual life still more seriously. She devoted herself to the discipline of prayer with great devotion, assuming a way of life much like that of a religious while continuing to assist in the support her family. Her mother taught her how to spin, which also became part of her daily life. After her father died, she lived with her brother and mother, using part of her leisure time to teach the faith to children nearby. The parish priest, who asked her to teach at the school in Mianyang, noticed her devotion and reliable knowledge of her faith. After four years, her brother went to Chongqing to practice medicine, and Lucy and her mother moved with him. In Chongquing, the priest also asked her to help teach the women in the parish. When she was offered money for her work, she refused to take it and offered her work to God. A few years later, her brother moved back to Guiyang, during which time her mother died. Full of enthusiasm for spreading the gospel, she went on doing missionary work. However, for her own safety she decided to stay at the convent of lay virgins. Shortly after, her failing health forced her to move back home again. In 1861, Bishop Hu asked her to teach once more at the convent. In spite of opposition from relatives, she returned to work here. In 1862, she went with Fr. Wen Nair to open a mission in Jiashanlong, but just then the administrator of Guizhou Province, Tian Xingshu, began to stir up hatred against Christians, which the local magistrate supported. As a result, Zhang TienShen, Wu ShueSheng, Chen XianHeng and Father Wen were all imprisoned and sentenced to death without a formal trial. On February 18, the day of their execution, they met Yi ZhenMei on the road. She was also jailed and put on trial that very day and sentenced to death, because she refused to renounce her faith. The following day at noon, February 19, 1862, she was beheaded. Brave believers took the bodies of all five martyrs to the Liuchonnguan seminary grounds for burial." http://www.chinesemartyrs.org/chinese_saints/19-e.htm
For further information about the martyrs of China:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Versiglia
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=7374http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Versiglia
http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=3159
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Spring Festival at Eagles' Wings
The kids at Eagles' Wings had a lot of fun at their Spring Festival Camp. I can't wait to meet that little guy in the green sweatshirt. (In the later posts he has a black coat on.) It is so wonderful to know he is getting loved and cared for while he waits for his forever family!
Friday, February 10, 2012
Dossier done!
On Monday I put our precious dossier in the Fedex box to send it to our agency.
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This morning I got the news that it was approved by our dossier consultant and it is off to China today!
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