It's been a few days since my last post but things have been a "bit" hectic in our world with the Harvest Festival and Halloween and all of the chaos that comes with both of those. We also hit our first bump along the road in the adoption process. I won't go into a lot of detail, but for a day or two we thought we weren't going to be able to adopt after all. To be completely honest, I was scared to death. You wouldn't think it would be that big of a deal I guess, not being able to bring home a child you've never met or even seen yet. But in reality, for me it was like when your doctor tells you there might be a problem with your pregnancy. All of the uncertainty and fear that comes with not knowing if your baby is going to be ok. I realized during this moment of limbo that I was already completely attached to this little boy a million miles away that I've never even laid eyes on. I feel like we have a son out there just waiting on us to get all of this red tape stuff out of the way and bring him home.
As it turns out...everything will probably be ok. We have it pretty much straightened out. A request...pray for favor with both governments, continue to pray for God's provisions financially, and pray for our son who desparately needs people around him to love him and care for him until we can bring him home.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
A Brand New Place
Ok. So today it actually hit me that somehow we have to raise at least $50,000 to bring our baby home. Yes. I knew this going in, but we've been so busy with getting all of the paperwork together and the excitement of the initial process that I somehow "overlooked" what that actually means. Of course we've been praying for God to provide and we are believing that He will. He has been so faithful in so many other things in our lives and we know He is leading us every step of the way.
I was praying, though, this morning and suddenly I realized that this is truly the first time in my life that I have been totally and completely dependent on God for something. He just kind of spoke to me and I realized that so many times in my life I have said, "Lord I need your help on this" or "Please help me with this situation" or "God, I need you here or there", but in all of those times there were things I could do in my own strength to work in at least some small way to "help" with the problem or the decision. But this is TOTALLY different. I realize that there is nothing Daniel and I can do to work this out on our own. We are COMPLETELY dependent on God to provide for us. We know we cannot do this on our own. This has given me a completely new perspective on serving others in need. So many times in America, we don't know what it means to be totally dependent on God for something. But we are in that place right now.
As uncertain as it may seem, it is actually a pretty amazing feeling because I know I will get to see God work first hand. So many times in my life I have looked back and seen where God has moved or the doors He has opened or closed, but it's usually after I am already on the other side of the storm. In this case though, we get to see God move right in front of our eyes. How awesome is that going to be!!! I can't wait to see how he does it!!!
Keep us and our baby in your prayers, and if you have any good fundraising ideas, please feel free to share them. We are so excited not just about our new baby, but about the opportunity to see the Creator of the Universe reach into our lives and work in a mighty way!!
I was praying, though, this morning and suddenly I realized that this is truly the first time in my life that I have been totally and completely dependent on God for something. He just kind of spoke to me and I realized that so many times in my life I have said, "Lord I need your help on this" or "Please help me with this situation" or "God, I need you here or there", but in all of those times there were things I could do in my own strength to work in at least some small way to "help" with the problem or the decision. But this is TOTALLY different. I realize that there is nothing Daniel and I can do to work this out on our own. We are COMPLETELY dependent on God to provide for us. We know we cannot do this on our own. This has given me a completely new perspective on serving others in need. So many times in America, we don't know what it means to be totally dependent on God for something. But we are in that place right now.
As uncertain as it may seem, it is actually a pretty amazing feeling because I know I will get to see God work first hand. So many times in my life I have looked back and seen where God has moved or the doors He has opened or closed, but it's usually after I am already on the other side of the storm. In this case though, we get to see God move right in front of our eyes. How awesome is that going to be!!! I can't wait to see how he does it!!!
Keep us and our baby in your prayers, and if you have any good fundraising ideas, please feel free to share them. We are so excited not just about our new baby, but about the opportunity to see the Creator of the Universe reach into our lives and work in a mighty way!!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Here we go!!
It's Official!! We are "for real" clients of our adoption agency. We mailed in the contract and made our first of MANY payments this morning. We are SO excited!!! It's such a long road ahead, but we know God is leading us and will eventually get us to our son.
It's been a wild ride already and we are only a couple of weeks into this thing. We've been spending every spare moment we have trying to get all of this homestudy paperwork together. Who knew there was actually this much information out there about us? Anyhow, we've been busting our tails to get this stuff done and just when we were seeing light at the end of this paperwork tunnel, our agency emails us with some other stuff to do. It's a good problem thought because it means we are actually making progress. Knowing that our baby is across the ocean somewhere and all we have to do is get through this "red tape" to bring him home makes it all worth it and puts a huge sense of urgency in it for us. So...what's next?
Well, now we begin the part of the journey that is requiring the most faith. We are faithfully and prayerfully believing God will provide the financial means to actually get this done. We have no idea how that is going to work because I mean who has 40 or 50K sitting in savings? But we do know God is faithful and He holds all provisions in His hands. We also know that when He calls us to something, He will make a way. So, here we go.....
It's been a wild ride already and we are only a couple of weeks into this thing. We've been spending every spare moment we have trying to get all of this homestudy paperwork together. Who knew there was actually this much information out there about us? Anyhow, we've been busting our tails to get this stuff done and just when we were seeing light at the end of this paperwork tunnel, our agency emails us with some other stuff to do. It's a good problem thought because it means we are actually making progress. Knowing that our baby is across the ocean somewhere and all we have to do is get through this "red tape" to bring him home makes it all worth it and puts a huge sense of urgency in it for us. So...what's next?
Well, now we begin the part of the journey that is requiring the most faith. We are faithfully and prayerfully believing God will provide the financial means to actually get this done. We have no idea how that is going to work because I mean who has 40 or 50K sitting in savings? But we do know God is faithful and He holds all provisions in His hands. We also know that when He calls us to something, He will make a way. So, here we go.....
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