God provides....

God is so faithful! It never ceases to amaze me how many times He interrupts situations to bring about His sovereign will.

These past several days we have seen yet again how faithful God is! On Friday, everything with our adoption seemed to be a giant mess. Important documents weren't where they needed to be, our paperwork had been filed incorrectly (instead of being filed as if we were escorting...they were filed as if we were traveling); however, God used each of these little setbacks to reveal His plan for how we were to proceed.

The New Plan:

I will be traveling to Ethiopia, along with a dear friend to pick up Baby M. We have never felt peace with Jack going just because of how oversees travel could affect his health. We want to keep Jack as healthy as we can so I will just be traveling. We also didn't feel peace about me going by myself and so God raised up a wonderful travel partner to accompany me!

There are still circumstances that we are waiting for God to work out, but we are confident that He will work them out in his timing!

Just today we found out that we have every penny that we will need to bring Baby M home! God has provided!!! He is so faithful....Three years ago, we didn't know how we would do it but God has and we have all of the finances that we need! Thank you Lord for ALWAYS providing for Your will to be accomplished in our lives!

"Did you think it would be easy?"

my husband asked me tonight? "Well....I didn't think it would be this hard...." I replied.

Adoption.

This has been a long day.
This has been a long month.

Ever since accepting our referral it seems like time is standing still. Each day we anxiously wait for news...any news....that our case is progressing on the timeline but no news comes. We were fortunate to hear that our case was submitted to court, which is a huge praise! Today we encountered several "bumps" in the road. I am not able to share details at this point....Jack and I are just praying for the Lord's guidance and wisdom.

I didn't think adoption would be easy...but I had no idea how hard it would be....and we don't even have our court date yet.

This has been a humbling day where "our" plans seem like they are falling apart but we do know that God is for us....Time means nothing to Him - He is Master over time...that He can do what we can't and nothing is impossible for Him.

Progress!

We heard from our agency yesterday that our case has been submitted to court....now we wait for an official court date!