I Feel BLAH!

God says WAIT!  That's totally not according to MY timeframe, but I prayed for it to be on God's timeline and I guess now is NOT the time.  So I'm thankful to have some very specific children to pray for now, but it has been confirmed today that they will not be our children.  I love you all and will continue to pray for you for who knows how long.  I felt like you were mine and that I lost you, but I pray you will find wonderful homes to nurture your needs soon.  I love you all.

I waited for the Lord on high...I waited and he heard my cry...

Well, we went to meet with an Adoption Social Worker today to hear about specific circumstances and it was so great to begin a new part of this process of adoption.  We both were able to make it, so that was really great to share.  We just need to pray for the Lord's timing on EVERYTHING.  We're still gathering info, so we'll see how things go!

Let the Rollercoaster begin!

I've been calling this journey a rollercoaster since we started the PRIDE classes because they take you through such great emotional and logical evaluations of what you can handle.  Well, yesterday our Social Worker said "You're about to BEGIN the best rollercoaster ride we've ever been on!"  Those are words I have been eager to hear from a Social Worker because since I last wrote, we have learned of another situation that is available to us.  We are being blessed beyond measure right now to have the call last week about a 2 yr old little boy be followed up with another call about a sibling pair of a 2 yr old little girl AND a newborn!  We meet with the Social Worker next week to get all the details and to begin making any serious decisions toward parenthood!  Please pray with us as I pray for these children and our marriage.  FYI, an immediate praise is that I have been able to use all of this to discuss God with some family members that have never made it easy in the past, please pray God will use this process to show them HE IS RISEN!

Roller Coaster

We received our Foster Certification certificate in early February and since then I've been thinking..."just pray and wait."  So I've been pretty patient knowing that things will happen in your timing, well, I don't know what you have planned, but sheesh!  Last week we received a call from the Placing Social Worker to touch base with us and let us know we were officially in the system.  This was great to hear since we have heard of people who waited years and when they finally looked into it, there was no record of them in the system.  UGH!  So she asked me questions about how we want to serve with them and I informed her of our decision for adoption only situations at this point.  She agreed that was a good fit for us at this time and that we would not be hearing from her for a very long time and "she hopes to cross paths with us again."  SO, my heart sank, yet I knew this was as it should be! 

Well, yesterday Pedro got a call from the county asking if he had been contacted about a child or if I had...he responded "NO."  So we're asking more questions, but I am praying for the child to continue to be cared for according to their needs and that whoever is blessed to adopt this child, that they will come to love and hold him/her no matter what the situation is!  I also pray that God will carry me through this because I'm already attached.