Trusting You

It's becoming more and more real every day! Chad set up our first home study meeting on Feb. 27th. Lots of paper work to complete prior to that time! Have to go to KC to get finger printed and boy do they make a racking off of that! It couldn't be that complicated, surely! Oh, well...what needs to be done, needs to be done. Chad is working hard to make extra money for our initial payment. I am considering taking on another flexible job to make a little extra cash. It's amazing to see how the Lord is already providing the means to our financial responsibilities for the adoption. I was extremely encouraged last night when I found out that Sara Harris is now a mommy to a beautiful, adopted little girl! What a blessing she is going to be to Sara and I can't wait to feel what Sara must have felt last night again. Becoming a mother for the first time (or second in my case with our adoption), is the greatest honor and such a humbling experience. Those of you following my blog, please be praying for our home study to run smoothly. We are currently in a two bedroom apartment and have decided that we don't want to be gender specific with our adoption. This might pose a problem though because most adoption agencies & home studies want the adopted child to have their own space; their own room (understandably so). Our lease is a 1 year lease and it's up in October. We have the possibility of being able to pick up our child in July when we are in Kenya for our mission trip if all the dossier and paper work is finalized and we have accepted a referral before that time. In other words, we would only have a couple of months that we would HAVE to stay in our apartment complex before we could move to a 3 bedroom or home. We don't know if our home study agency is going to make us be gender specific (choosing a girl) so that Haven and her sibling can "bunk" together. I trust that it's all in God's hands and that He sees the bigger picture, but it's still a lot to take in and lay at his feet. Please continue to pray that the Lord provide us with the financial means to adopt and that we are able to get all of our grant applications in on time. Pray that we continue to strive for our goal of becoming debt free by January of next year. We hate to loose track of that goal and desire to honor the Lord with our money. Thanks everyone!