DRAWING ME CLOSER!

Tomorrow is our match meeting with the children's adoption recruiter. I have been unemotional about it and have had a guarded heart, or have I? I am finding that I am more in love with these kids than I was able to admit, even to myself. Today I received and e-mail from our case worker informing us that other families are being considered as well as the respite provider. What's that supposed to mean? Is it just information? OR is it a subtle bubble buster? I'm not sure, but I'm finding myself strangely disappointed and emotional now?
If anything, I suppose the match meeting will be good practice if these are not the children God has planned for us! Still wanting what God wants more than anything else. He's drawing me closer!

GOOD NEWS????

Well, we are scheduled to meet with the recruiter next Wednesday. This will be an opportunity for her to gather more information about Jeff and I and take it back to the children's social worker. At the same time we hope to get some questions answered about the kids. We are not sure how familiar the recruiter is with these children and their situation. What a slow and emotionally draining process. I was thinking on Sunday that God could be using all this time to prepare the children's hearts for adoption, which made me want to be more patient with HIM! God give me strength and bind away the enemy!!!! Praise you Lord for your perfect timing!

WAITING IN HOPE

Today the family recruiter will be meeting with the children's social worker to share with her several possible adoptive families. We are obviously one of those families. I find myself hopeful and excited for the first time in a long time, rather that complacent and pessimistic. Praise You Lord!
GOD'S WILL BE DONE!
We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. Psalm 33:20

3,2,1, CONTACT!

FINALLY we have some information, not much information but information none-the-less.
The recruiter for the kids we are waiting for was able to get in contact with their social worker today. She will be meeting with her next week to discuss our homestudies along with several other families home studies. Wow, I am so glad God is in control!!!
We were thanked for our persistance and told we would be hearing something soon about a possible match meeting.
Father in Heaven, I know you have all of this in the palm of your mighty hand. I pray that your will be done as we wait for these children's social worker to choose a family that would be best for them. I pray that you protect the kids from fear and disappointment throughout this process. Please open their hearts to the idea of adoption and give them peace which passes all understanding! You are Awesome God!
Amen.

God, could you hurry a little?

I thought I knew how much strength it takes to wait on the Lord. Maybe I was wrong. I thought I had waiting "in the bag", but He continually grows my faith and trust by asking me to wait on Him. It takes everything I have not to call or e-mail our case worker every morning to see if she's heard anything. I wonder... will it be before Christmas 2011 that God will give us children to love???

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14
We wait with hope in the Lord, for He is our help and our shield. Psalm 33:20
I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. Psalm 130:5
Lord, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God. Psalm 38:15
But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior my God will hear me.
Micah 7:7
...it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. Lamentations 3:26
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore He will rise up and show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him. Isaiah 30:18


Hmmm, do you think God's word is telling me to wait?

Who has time to blog?

Well it's been a long time. I almost forgot I even started a blog. I have decided bloggers must have a ton of free time. Me, not so much!
Here we are in August and no children yet. We have shifted gears a little and moved to adoption from foster care, as the cost to adopt an infant was becoming too large. We had no idea how long this process was going to take. It wasn't until late May/ early June that we were even able to adopt as we were waiting on our Foster Care License. What a frustrating process... hurry up and wait, hurry up and wait! So, now we are legal, YAY!
On July 5th we received a message from our case worker stating that another social worker had seen our profile and wanted to know if we were interested in a brother and sister sibling group. Jeff and I talked and agreed we would be interested in a match meeting.
July 7th...E-mail case worker, yes we are interested.
Nothing...
E-mail case worker, what's going on?
She's trying to get a hold of the other social worker.
Nothing...
Finally, other social worker is contacted with the information that Jeff and I are interested.
Nothing...
E-mail case worker, what's going on?
Waiting to hear back from other social worker.
August 3rd... Nothing...
This is how this whole process has been. At this point we have fallen in love with these two beautiful children and aren't even sure if we will have a match meeting to learn more about them.
God, I know your plan is perfect. Please help me to wait on you and to trust You completely!
Amen!