I feel like I am rushing toward something. Constantly. This is good and bad. I don't like that feeling of wishing/running through life too quickly. In the past few years I have realized just how quickly this time will pass. However this has been such a busy week that it really felt as if it just rushed by. We had our 2nd homestudy appointment on Tuesday! We are officially done with that portion of our adoption. Oh how thankful I am! Now we wait on the approval paperwork for that and soon we will be rushing to the county office and the State capitol to get the appropriate notarization so that all of our paperwork (our dossier as it is known in the adoption world) will be sent off to Washington D.C. then to Ethiopia. How exciting! I will post more about that as it gets closer.
So far through this process we have rushed to collect information such as: birth certificates, marriage certificate, background checks, child abuse checks, medical reports, tax information, homestudy/agency approval, letters of recommendation from friends, bank information, vet information, employment verification, health/life insurance info...a LOT of verification! Praise the Lord this paperwork phase is almost over.
So, please pray with us that we will finish all our paperwork soon and be ready to send it off. Once it is out of our hands we will officially be waiting on our baby! Also, please pray for us financially. The services for adoption can be costly. We will begin applying for grants soon and trying to think of any and all fundraising ideas we can (besides my wreaths). We are trusting that God led us to adoption and He will see us through it through love and support of others. I am so thankful to be on this journey. I know it isn't the road most traveled and I know in a lot of ways it doesn't "make sense". I am so thankful because I am learning everyday that I can not rely on myself...that I have to trust in God. I have to trust and obey as the old hymn says. I know what the Bible says about orphans and I know I feel the calling to adopt. I know that God has led us exactly to where we are now. I am anxious for all that is to come, yet I feel peace in knowing I am where I am supposed to be, even if I don't have it all figured out yet. I know that He does. I know that all of this is so much GREATER than all of the little things I worry about :) That is a pretty amazing feeling.
P.S. If anyone has any fun fundraising ideas we would be happy to hear them!
