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!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
"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.
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.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Progress!
We heard from our agency yesterday that our case has been submitted to court....now we wait for an official court date!
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas from the Keller family!
We have so much to be thankful for this year. We celebrated the birth of our son, Aaron Matthew in June and are now expecting the arrival of our son from Ethiopia sometime this spring. As I sit here at the kitchen counter, I am thinking about a verse that Aaron and I read out of the bible while waiting for Jack to come home from work. We were reading in Luke 2 and there is a verse that always jumps out at me whenever I read it. "...but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often."
I feel a little like Mary tonight....my heart is full as I reflect back over the last year and look forward to the next. We have been so richly blessed. We have so much to rejoice over this year - a healthy son, the journey of adoption - and the referral of another son from Ethiopia, good health, a stable job, a warm home, food in the pantry, wonderful friends, precious family....
As a family we also faced the unexpected and had many opportunities to grow in faith and trust of our Savior - pre-term labor contractions, bed rest for 12 weeks, financial adjustments as I became a stay-at-home mom, the journey of adoption (it has many ups and downs :), on-going health concerns for Jack, praying and searching for a new church family....
Through the times of rejoicing this year and the times of refinement one theme is resounding in our hearts - contentment. We don't want to be a family that is only interested in the gifts & blessings of God. We want to be a family that is in love with the Giver! We want to be fulling satisfied in the Giver - not just in His gifts. God is enough. He is satisfying. He is beautiful. He is able to do more than we could ask or imagine. He is worthy of all that we are, do and have. He is the only one that will not disappoint us. His love for us is sure. His mercies are new each morning. He is our Father, Defender, Strong Tower and Rest.
May our greatest gift, Jesus, delight you with more of Himself today!
We have so much to be thankful for this year. We celebrated the birth of our son, Aaron Matthew in June and are now expecting the arrival of our son from Ethiopia sometime this spring. As I sit here at the kitchen counter, I am thinking about a verse that Aaron and I read out of the bible while waiting for Jack to come home from work. We were reading in Luke 2 and there is a verse that always jumps out at me whenever I read it. "...but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often."
I feel a little like Mary tonight....my heart is full as I reflect back over the last year and look forward to the next. We have been so richly blessed. We have so much to rejoice over this year - a healthy son, the journey of adoption - and the referral of another son from Ethiopia, good health, a stable job, a warm home, food in the pantry, wonderful friends, precious family....
As a family we also faced the unexpected and had many opportunities to grow in faith and trust of our Savior - pre-term labor contractions, bed rest for 12 weeks, financial adjustments as I became a stay-at-home mom, the journey of adoption (it has many ups and downs :), on-going health concerns for Jack, praying and searching for a new church family....
Through the times of rejoicing this year and the times of refinement one theme is resounding in our hearts - contentment. We don't want to be a family that is only interested in the gifts & blessings of God. We want to be a family that is in love with the Giver! We want to be fulling satisfied in the Giver - not just in His gifts. God is enough. He is satisfying. He is beautiful. He is able to do more than we could ask or imagine. He is worthy of all that we are, do and have. He is the only one that will not disappoint us. His love for us is sure. His mercies are new each morning. He is our Father, Defender, Strong Tower and Rest.
May our greatest gift, Jesus, delight you with more of Himself today!
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Placement Papers
Yesterday we got our packet of placement papers in the mail! Yay! We have one form to notarize tomorrow and then they will be back in the mail to our agency. We are hopeful for a court date in about 6 weeks time. We have had fun putting together a welcome packet for baby M. We have included a disposable camera and are excited to get to see pictures someday of these next few weeks that his nannies take of him and the care facility. These will become a special part of baby M's adoption book. There is a family who traveled yesterday to ET to pick up there children. We put in a picture request of baby M and so we are hoping by Christmas to have some more pictures!
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Referral!
Yesterday we got the phone call that we have been waiting for for a long time. Our agency called us to tell us that there was a precious 3-4 month old little boy that was in need of a home.
The miracles that surrounded yesterday were so sweet. Jack was working out of town and called me early in the morning to tell me that he had forgotten to take his medicine that he needs to take each morning. As a result, he was going to have to come back to town early.
I was on the phone with a friend when I noticed I had an incoming call. When I answered, the director of our agency asked me, "Is this a good time to talk about a baby." "Of course," I said!
As soon as I got off of the phone with our agency, I called Jack and wouldn't you know that he was just pulling into town. How sweet it was for him to be home so that we could read our referral email together and get to see the first picture of our little one together as well.
I don't think that we have ever had a day like yesterday....I think we felt every emotion in the book. Extreme joy and excitement while at the same time extreme sorrow and loss. That is the thing about adoption - our joy has been another person's sorrow, either due to poverty, sickness, death the list goes on and on. Today, if you are prompted, say a prayer for not only the children that are awaiting forever families, but also the birth families of these children.
Today I praise God that He is the Father to the Fatherless and the Defender of the Widow....that His love is pure....that He sets the lonely in families....and that He is our Ancient of Days!
The miracles that surrounded yesterday were so sweet. Jack was working out of town and called me early in the morning to tell me that he had forgotten to take his medicine that he needs to take each morning. As a result, he was going to have to come back to town early.
I was on the phone with a friend when I noticed I had an incoming call. When I answered, the director of our agency asked me, "Is this a good time to talk about a baby." "Of course," I said!
As soon as I got off of the phone with our agency, I called Jack and wouldn't you know that he was just pulling into town. How sweet it was for him to be home so that we could read our referral email together and get to see the first picture of our little one together as well.
I don't think that we have ever had a day like yesterday....I think we felt every emotion in the book. Extreme joy and excitement while at the same time extreme sorrow and loss. That is the thing about adoption - our joy has been another person's sorrow, either due to poverty, sickness, death the list goes on and on. Today, if you are prompted, say a prayer for not only the children that are awaiting forever families, but also the birth families of these children.
Today I praise God that He is the Father to the Fatherless and the Defender of the Widow....that His love is pure....that He sets the lonely in families....and that He is our Ancient of Days!
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