Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Please pray
We have to renew our fingerprints. This has to be done in Sioux Falls which is 4 hours one way for us. We got our fingerprint appointment letters in the mail. We will be in Sioux Falls this weekend. We are going to stop in at the USCIS office and see if they will let us do our fingerprints early b/c we are already in town. Please pray that they allow us to do this while we are there. It sure would be nice to save a trip. The thing that concerns me is the fact that it is the Friday before Labor Day. They might be overly busy due to the fact that they will be closed on Monday. We would like you to join us in praying for understanding by the people that are working to let us "slip in" early since we will already be in town. Thanks!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
While we wait
There is a group on Facebook of people from our agency that have adopted or are adopting from Ethiopia. (Great support system) Someone posted on the FB group about what things we should be doing right now. (those of us that our close to the top) One said to work on the "Transition Plan." I had not even thought about that. Well—someone mailed me what was needed in this 8-10 page document. It was similar to our home study questions but these all dealt specifically with things once we get home. I talked with another AGCI mom and she sent me her filled out one to give me an idea about things. It was nice to have the reasurrance that I was on the right track. :) Someone told me the referral paperwork was roughly 100 pages long. YIKES!!! Of course we will want to get this completed as soon as possible. The sooner it gets done, the sooner it get to AGCI, the sooner we get a court date, the sooner we get an Embassy date, the sooner we get home! J So…getting 8-10 pages out of the way will be nice. Besides, the questions are kind of in depth and are way easier to answer now when we are thinking clearly.
The other thing that was brought up was to work on a photo album for the baby. We need to purchase a baby friendly photo album that will be taken to Hannah’s Hope and left with our little one until we get to bring him/her home. By getting this done now, we will be able to have a family traveling before us take the pictures over so he/she can have them longer. So, I did some searching on-line and got a book ordered. We had a wedding yesterday and we took some pictures with the thought that they would go in this book. It will be nice to have this done also. That way, as soon as we get a referral, we can find a family that will be traveling and they can deliver our book.
Right now, I’m very calm. We had a case worker tell 2 different families that they had been busy this past week even though we didn’t know about it. Some families are not on the list serve or the unofficial list so there are some “mystery families” in front of us. Sounds like some of the mystery families have gotten their referrals. Crazy that a case worker mentioned this not only once, but twice as they are usually so tight lipped. I’m quite focused on the new school year right now, so I’m able to remain calm and not dwell on what could come soon! J (I’m hoping it will be soon, but still very realistically thinking it could still be awhile before we know anything)
Monday, August 22, 2011
Some fun news
First of all, I got a text from an AGCI friend telling me she got "the call." WOW!! I was freaking out for her. Tears of joy! She texted me about their new baby girl before she posted it. It was so fun to be in the know so early in this process. It really had me kind of freaking out thinking about us in that situation. There will be so many people to contact when we get our referral. I doubt I'll be able to focus. People that know me well will appreciate this....I'll probably call some people 4 times and others I will forget to call. HA!! Don't worry, I do have a list. So I was having a hard time focusing on things b/t this referral information plus the fact that a couple of families got court dates for November even though the courts are currently closed. I went and worked on some stuff for school. Then I went and checked the list serve to see what the latest was. Holy cow!!! Another referral. This time it was a boy. Not only a boy, but someone that was on both the boy and girl list. Now...I'm really freaking out!!!! Currently we are unofficially 15 for a girl and 6 maybe even 5 for a boy. AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I'm living in the moment right now and am just pumped about the news. However, the realistic part of all of it is that this is very rare. The slow parts are soooo slow. The closer you get to the "front of the line" the harder it is when there is NO movement. I just thought I should share my thoughts from tonight as it is another important part of our journey. Praying hard we don't have to wait up to 18 months (which is the end of January) for our referral.
Friday, August 19, 2011
August numbers
18 months on this crazy journey. 13 months on the wait list. August numbers are 17 for a girl and 7 for a boy. So close, but sooooo far away.
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18 months on this crazy journey. 13 months on the wait list. August numbers are 17 for a girl and 7 for a boy. So close, but sooooo far away.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Renewal of fingerprints
We only needed 3 different sets of fingerprints to this point in our adoption process....only 3, wow! (Note the sarcasm.) Today I filled out some more paperwork to renew our fingerprints. This paperwork had to be sent to Missouri. Then they send it to Sioux Falls and give us an appointment to get our fingerprints done AGAIN! We knew we would have to renew these things. It just is so silly, but one of the many hoops to jump through. We will have to renew some of our other things also in the months to come. Fun and games!
Sunday, August 7, 2011
A sense of peace
Not only is my heart sad b/c I just don't know when we will finally have our little one in our arms forever, but it REALLY aches for the families from our agency that now have to wait MONTHS instead of weeks to bring their kiddos home. They have met their kids already. They have held them in their arms. They had to leave them a world away knowing they have no clue when they will be back. So sad!!! So, so sad!!!
Church really spoke to me today. Our gospel reading and the sermon screamed at me today!
Matthew 14: 22-33
Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he dismissed the crowds, the went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but by the time the boat, battered by the waves, was far from teh land, for the wind was against them. And early in the morning he came walking toward them on the sea. But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, "Take heart, it is I, do not be afraid." Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water." He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came toward Jesus. But when he noticed the strong wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, "Lord, save me!" Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?" When they got into the boat, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."
Wow! This couldn't have been more fitting. Peter doubted Jesus many times. He even visually SEES Jesus and doubts that it is Him until it is proven to him. If one of the disciples doubts, then I'd think it would be human for me to do it also. Not saying that doubting is a good thing, but meaning it is a very REAL thing. Peter needs proof that it is Jesus. So Jesus tells Peter to walk on the water. Peter was actually able to walk on the water until he started to doubt! Jesus was able to calm the storm. This was just one of the many miracles that were performed. NOTHING is too big for our God...not an Ethiopian court, MOWA letter, etc...In His perfect time, our 3rd child will be placed in our arms forever. It WILL be hard. God doesn't promise our lives to be easy. He does promise to be with us every step of the way. When we are suffering, Jesus is walking right next to us, holding us through the tough time. I may still doubt from time to time as that is easy to do. However, today I was reminded of the fact that NOTHING is too big for God. When we, as humans, feel it is "impossible, " we must remember that nothing is impossible with God.
I can't understand why things are happening in the adoption world. God wants us to be the father of the fatherless. So, why is it that we are trying to do this and we keep running into obstacle after obstacle? I don't know. I might never know or it may be reveal to us later. For now, I need to trust that God is in control and that things will be okay. I have a major feeling of peace right now. As with all things in the adoption world, that could change very quickly. For now, I will rest with peace in my heart.
Church really spoke to me today. Our gospel reading and the sermon screamed at me today!
Matthew 14: 22-33
Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he dismissed the crowds, the went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but by the time the boat, battered by the waves, was far from teh land, for the wind was against them. And early in the morning he came walking toward them on the sea. But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, "Take heart, it is I, do not be afraid." Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water." He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came toward Jesus. But when he noticed the strong wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, "Lord, save me!" Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?" When they got into the boat, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."
Wow! This couldn't have been more fitting. Peter doubted Jesus many times. He even visually SEES Jesus and doubts that it is Him until it is proven to him. If one of the disciples doubts, then I'd think it would be human for me to do it also. Not saying that doubting is a good thing, but meaning it is a very REAL thing. Peter needs proof that it is Jesus. So Jesus tells Peter to walk on the water. Peter was actually able to walk on the water until he started to doubt! Jesus was able to calm the storm. This was just one of the many miracles that were performed. NOTHING is too big for our God...not an Ethiopian court, MOWA letter, etc...In His perfect time, our 3rd child will be placed in our arms forever. It WILL be hard. God doesn't promise our lives to be easy. He does promise to be with us every step of the way. When we are suffering, Jesus is walking right next to us, holding us through the tough time. I may still doubt from time to time as that is easy to do. However, today I was reminded of the fact that NOTHING is too big for God. When we, as humans, feel it is "impossible, " we must remember that nothing is impossible with God.
I can't understand why things are happening in the adoption world. God wants us to be the father of the fatherless. So, why is it that we are trying to do this and we keep running into obstacle after obstacle? I don't know. I might never know or it may be reveal to us later. For now, I need to trust that God is in control and that things will be okay. I have a major feeling of peace right now. As with all things in the adoption world, that could change very quickly. For now, I will rest with peace in my heart.
Friday, August 5, 2011
What goes up must come down
Hang on! This post could be a bumpy ride. Hopefully it isn't too confusing. I posted already this week and that was a very positive, heart-warming post. This one, not so much. Again, I debated if I should share these things. Then I thought that only people that care are reading this blog, so I might as well let you see the true picture of the adoption world. My last post was filled with the excitement of switching bedrooms now that our new bedroom is completed. It has been a busy week, but I'm happy to report that we can now see all of our living room and can safely walk through it without getting hurt. With switching rooms and shampooing carpets, etc...the living room was a catch all of things. Jason finished the inside of our closet yesterday so today I'm switching things from one closet to another. It will be great to have plenty of room in our closet. Pretty good for a teacher. ;) Way to go, Jason!!!!
Even with all that is going on in our house, my heart is heavy. Last night I was looking at things and I wasn't reallly very happy with the reality that I found. First of all, there is an overall ho-hum with people from our agency. It has been quite some time since there have been some referrals. That is always so disheartening. Also, the people at the top of the unofficial list have been on there for 14 months and they still don't have a referral. We have been on the wait list for right at a year. So--we have a long time to wait yet. Awhile ago, our agency up-ed the wait list timeline to 12-18 months. 18 months for us would be the end of January so I was thinking that we should be getting our referral around Christmas.
Well, the disheartening news keeps pouring in. First of all, the courts in Ethiopia close for roughly 2 months. Today is their last day in session until October. :( During this closure, referrals can still go out and families can still go on their final trip to bring their babies home. (as long as they have passed court b/4 the courts closed)
In March, our world was rocked when MOWA said they were going to cut their case load by 90% and process 5 letters a day. Each family needs a letter from these people in order to pass court. The amount of letters being processed daily has increased!! Thank God!!!! Actually, our agency didn't see a huge slow down b/c they have such a good reputation. :) Now families can pass court and wait for the letters. As soon as the letters are there, then they can pass and an Embassy date can be issued. Before, if the families went to court and the MOWA letter wasn't there, they would have to reschedule the whole court appointment.
There was a group of families that are currently in Ethiopia that didn't have their MOWA letters there. There is a group of orphanages in the southern part of Ethiopia that have been closed. This group of families THAT HAVE MET THEIR BABIES have to have some serious investigating done since they came from one of these orphanages that has closed. MOWA will work through next week and they too will quit until October. Heartbreaking!!!!
Also--with these orphanages closing in the southern part of Ethiopia, we can only speculate that the referrals will slow down that much more b/c Hannah's Hope will not be getting children from these orphanages.
I know some of this is very confusing especially when you don't deal with the adoption lingo like we do daily. I know that God is bigger than all of this. I know He can and does move mountains. I know that this is all part of the greater plan. I know in HIS TIMING, we will have our perfect little one. Even though I know this things, I feel different. I'm very sad, frustrated, disappointed. Some of you might think that this shouldn't consume me so much. That is easier said than done. For example, even in the midst of chaos in our house with switching of the bedrooms, etc...I still think about our little one a world away. It is hard not to think about. When will we get a referral? Will it be during school? Where will the kids go when we are gone? As I prepare my classroom for another year, I want to get all of my ducks in a row thinking we can be gone for a week or an extended period of time depending on what happens. So many things trigger the thoughts of what our future holds.
Last night even though I was a bit down in the dumps about the slow down of everything, I sat down with the girls' first and middle names seeing if I could come up with a create middle name for our baby combining their names. I didn't really come up with anything, but did come up with some cute middle names for the girl name we are thinking of. We will be using our child's given name as a middle name also, but I'm thinking we want to give him/her an American middle name as well. I find it strange that in the middle of all of this that I would randomly think of names. Crazy!!
So...the real picture of the adoption world is not pretty. It is not for the faint of heart. Your day can start out great and end on a pretty crappy note or vice versa. It takes a little piece of news from others from our agency to make or break the day. Even when you don't realize you are thinking about the journey, you still think about it. Our 3rd child is always on our mind and in our hearts. We hope that God reveals him/her to us sooner than later. We hope that He grants us strength and patience as we wait. Like my last post talked about God providing and His plan unfolding before us. It is easy to see that, but it is hard to believe and trust that everything will work out like it is supposed to.
PLEASE pray for everyone involved in the adoption of our newest child. Please pray for the courts, MOWA letters, people that are researching the cases and orphanages. Pray for the birth parents that make the hard decision to give us their children b/c they can't afford to care for them. Please pray for everyone in every stage of adoption. It is not an easy journey even though we know the end result will be great!
A few weeks ago, we were estatic to realize we were in the teens for a girl and in single digits for a boy. Reality had hit that this was really going to happen. Now all of this happens and I can't help, but to sit back and wonder if this will really happen. I guess we wait to see how things play out.
Even with all that is going on in our house, my heart is heavy. Last night I was looking at things and I wasn't reallly very happy with the reality that I found. First of all, there is an overall ho-hum with people from our agency. It has been quite some time since there have been some referrals. That is always so disheartening. Also, the people at the top of the unofficial list have been on there for 14 months and they still don't have a referral. We have been on the wait list for right at a year. So--we have a long time to wait yet. Awhile ago, our agency up-ed the wait list timeline to 12-18 months. 18 months for us would be the end of January so I was thinking that we should be getting our referral around Christmas.
Well, the disheartening news keeps pouring in. First of all, the courts in Ethiopia close for roughly 2 months. Today is their last day in session until October. :( During this closure, referrals can still go out and families can still go on their final trip to bring their babies home. (as long as they have passed court b/4 the courts closed)
In March, our world was rocked when MOWA said they were going to cut their case load by 90% and process 5 letters a day. Each family needs a letter from these people in order to pass court. The amount of letters being processed daily has increased!! Thank God!!!! Actually, our agency didn't see a huge slow down b/c they have such a good reputation. :) Now families can pass court and wait for the letters. As soon as the letters are there, then they can pass and an Embassy date can be issued. Before, if the families went to court and the MOWA letter wasn't there, they would have to reschedule the whole court appointment.
There was a group of families that are currently in Ethiopia that didn't have their MOWA letters there. There is a group of orphanages in the southern part of Ethiopia that have been closed. This group of families THAT HAVE MET THEIR BABIES have to have some serious investigating done since they came from one of these orphanages that has closed. MOWA will work through next week and they too will quit until October. Heartbreaking!!!!
Also--with these orphanages closing in the southern part of Ethiopia, we can only speculate that the referrals will slow down that much more b/c Hannah's Hope will not be getting children from these orphanages.
I know some of this is very confusing especially when you don't deal with the adoption lingo like we do daily. I know that God is bigger than all of this. I know He can and does move mountains. I know that this is all part of the greater plan. I know in HIS TIMING, we will have our perfect little one. Even though I know this things, I feel different. I'm very sad, frustrated, disappointed. Some of you might think that this shouldn't consume me so much. That is easier said than done. For example, even in the midst of chaos in our house with switching of the bedrooms, etc...I still think about our little one a world away. It is hard not to think about. When will we get a referral? Will it be during school? Where will the kids go when we are gone? As I prepare my classroom for another year, I want to get all of my ducks in a row thinking we can be gone for a week or an extended period of time depending on what happens. So many things trigger the thoughts of what our future holds.
Last night even though I was a bit down in the dumps about the slow down of everything, I sat down with the girls' first and middle names seeing if I could come up with a create middle name for our baby combining their names. I didn't really come up with anything, but did come up with some cute middle names for the girl name we are thinking of. We will be using our child's given name as a middle name also, but I'm thinking we want to give him/her an American middle name as well. I find it strange that in the middle of all of this that I would randomly think of names. Crazy!!
So...the real picture of the adoption world is not pretty. It is not for the faint of heart. Your day can start out great and end on a pretty crappy note or vice versa. It takes a little piece of news from others from our agency to make or break the day. Even when you don't realize you are thinking about the journey, you still think about it. Our 3rd child is always on our mind and in our hearts. We hope that God reveals him/her to us sooner than later. We hope that He grants us strength and patience as we wait. Like my last post talked about God providing and His plan unfolding before us. It is easy to see that, but it is hard to believe and trust that everything will work out like it is supposed to.
PLEASE pray for everyone involved in the adoption of our newest child. Please pray for the courts, MOWA letters, people that are researching the cases and orphanages. Pray for the birth parents that make the hard decision to give us their children b/c they can't afford to care for them. Please pray for everyone in every stage of adoption. It is not an easy journey even though we know the end result will be great!
A few weeks ago, we were estatic to realize we were in the teens for a girl and in single digits for a boy. Reality had hit that this was really going to happen. Now all of this happens and I can't help, but to sit back and wonder if this will really happen. I guess we wait to see how things play out.
Monday, August 1, 2011
As the pieces continue to fit perfectly
Lots has happened in the past few days. First of all on Saturday, Jason and I got to sleep in our new bedroom!! :) We will never have a new house, but we got a new bedroom. It was/is sooo exciting!!! We started this bedroom add-on project last summer. What a relief to be able to move in. Jason is still working on the closet. It will be nice to have lots of extra space.
After over year of waiting for someone to come and cut the cement for Micala's egress window, her room is completely back to normal. :) I already posted about the window getting put in. The 2x4s have gone up and the insulation has been put in. The paneling has been put back up and the final coat of paint has been applied. This may seem like something little, but keep in mind that her room hasn't been complete for over a year. Little things, but Saturday was a big day in our world!!!
I was working part time as a dietary aide at the Nursing Home. I have been there since March of 2010. I knew that I wouldn't keep on working once school started as it is just too hard for me. I've been on the fence as to when I should quit. I kind of thought I should keep working for a couple of weeks into August. Well...I decided to quit at the end of July. I was going to help unload the truck and stock shelves on Thursdays through the school year and maybe help out where needed. My boss had me sign official quitting papers. I was kind of let down b/c I wasn't going to stay on staff. Funny b/c Saturday night was my last shift there while Saturday night was also the first night in our new bedroom. Yesterday and today I have spent LOTS of time going through things and moving things from bedroom to bedroom. I have a huge mess! However, I'm so thankful that I am now done with working my part time job so that I can give 100% of my attention to the projects going on at our house. What a blessing in disguise!
A recap of the bedroom situation in our house: Jason and I get the newly built on bedroom. Lexi will be moving to our old bedroom. Lexi's room will be the baby's room. Micala will be staying in her own bedroom in the basement. So imagine the mess with switching rooms. Yuck! Lexi currently has a twin bed, but will be getting a bigger bed when she moves into her bigger room. We got a full size mattress and box spring given to us. (someone was going to throw it away) We needed a frame and happened to get one at a garage sale for $1. :) Then came the dilemma of sheets. We didn't want to buy brand new sheets for Lexi's bed. However, I hadn't found any at garage sales. I looked at Amazon, Ebay, Walmart, etc...All of which were way higher than I had hoped for. Man sheets are expensive!!! We were just going to hold tight for awhile and see what we could come up with. Well, it turns out that a friend of ours has held on to her daughter's old bedroom set for years and it fits!!! So we got the whole bedroom set for $10.
Tonight there was a knock at the door. It was our new neighbor who was going through her daughter's clothes and wanted to know if we wanted them in case we got a girl. She had 2 full totes of clothes 0-2. If I didn't take them, she was going to take them to Salvation Army. What a blessing!! We have a friend that has given us a few small boxes of clothes from her son. I feel such relief now having some clothes from each sex. I've always had the concern of missing "rummage season" and finding out if we need pink or blue and then having to buy everything new. Now...I don't need to worry about it. We will at least have a small pink and small blue "stash" of clothes so not everything has to be new.
This might have been a very boring post. Actually, I debated and debated about even posting it. I wasn't sure if anyone would really care to read about this. I'm just floored with all of the pieces that have just been falling into place. This truly is God's plan and He is certainly providing for us. It is AWESOME to be on this end of it and seeing things play out. Adoption certainly is NOT an easy journey. It is way harder than I ever thought it would be. God told us from the beginning that this was His plan and He would provide. I'm human so I have to doubt. Believe me, I still doubt from time to time. However, it is just totally overwhelming to me to see how the pieces continue to fall into place. Should I have doubted God's plan? To be honest, some days I wonder. I really wish I could be as trusting with all areas of my life as I have been with the adoption world. What a learning experience this is for me. God's hand is in so many of our daily blessings, but sometimes we are so busy looking elsewhere that we miss it. So, as silly as this posting might have been, I couldn't help but to post about the daily blessings we have received lately. Our God is an awesome God. I'm so glad He is unfolding His plan to us. Wow!
After over year of waiting for someone to come and cut the cement for Micala's egress window, her room is completely back to normal. :) I already posted about the window getting put in. The 2x4s have gone up and the insulation has been put in. The paneling has been put back up and the final coat of paint has been applied. This may seem like something little, but keep in mind that her room hasn't been complete for over a year. Little things, but Saturday was a big day in our world!!!
I was working part time as a dietary aide at the Nursing Home. I have been there since March of 2010. I knew that I wouldn't keep on working once school started as it is just too hard for me. I've been on the fence as to when I should quit. I kind of thought I should keep working for a couple of weeks into August. Well...I decided to quit at the end of July. I was going to help unload the truck and stock shelves on Thursdays through the school year and maybe help out where needed. My boss had me sign official quitting papers. I was kind of let down b/c I wasn't going to stay on staff. Funny b/c Saturday night was my last shift there while Saturday night was also the first night in our new bedroom. Yesterday and today I have spent LOTS of time going through things and moving things from bedroom to bedroom. I have a huge mess! However, I'm so thankful that I am now done with working my part time job so that I can give 100% of my attention to the projects going on at our house. What a blessing in disguise!
A recap of the bedroom situation in our house: Jason and I get the newly built on bedroom. Lexi will be moving to our old bedroom. Lexi's room will be the baby's room. Micala will be staying in her own bedroom in the basement. So imagine the mess with switching rooms. Yuck! Lexi currently has a twin bed, but will be getting a bigger bed when she moves into her bigger room. We got a full size mattress and box spring given to us. (someone was going to throw it away) We needed a frame and happened to get one at a garage sale for $1. :) Then came the dilemma of sheets. We didn't want to buy brand new sheets for Lexi's bed. However, I hadn't found any at garage sales. I looked at Amazon, Ebay, Walmart, etc...All of which were way higher than I had hoped for. Man sheets are expensive!!! We were just going to hold tight for awhile and see what we could come up with. Well, it turns out that a friend of ours has held on to her daughter's old bedroom set for years and it fits!!! So we got the whole bedroom set for $10.
Tonight there was a knock at the door. It was our new neighbor who was going through her daughter's clothes and wanted to know if we wanted them in case we got a girl. She had 2 full totes of clothes 0-2. If I didn't take them, she was going to take them to Salvation Army. What a blessing!! We have a friend that has given us a few small boxes of clothes from her son. I feel such relief now having some clothes from each sex. I've always had the concern of missing "rummage season" and finding out if we need pink or blue and then having to buy everything new. Now...I don't need to worry about it. We will at least have a small pink and small blue "stash" of clothes so not everything has to be new.
This might have been a very boring post. Actually, I debated and debated about even posting it. I wasn't sure if anyone would really care to read about this. I'm just floored with all of the pieces that have just been falling into place. This truly is God's plan and He is certainly providing for us. It is AWESOME to be on this end of it and seeing things play out. Adoption certainly is NOT an easy journey. It is way harder than I ever thought it would be. God told us from the beginning that this was His plan and He would provide. I'm human so I have to doubt. Believe me, I still doubt from time to time. However, it is just totally overwhelming to me to see how the pieces continue to fall into place. Should I have doubted God's plan? To be honest, some days I wonder. I really wish I could be as trusting with all areas of my life as I have been with the adoption world. What a learning experience this is for me. God's hand is in so many of our daily blessings, but sometimes we are so busy looking elsewhere that we miss it. So, as silly as this posting might have been, I couldn't help but to post about the daily blessings we have received lately. Our God is an awesome God. I'm so glad He is unfolding His plan to us. Wow!
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