Our hearts are full! Matt and I have talked all day about the heartfelt prayers, kind e-mails, blog comments, and phone calls we've received. We had no idea so many people were following our journey. Thank you so very much. Katie (a precious friend, who along with her husband, Jamie, are wonderful examples of godly parents), asked specifically how to pray for us, so we thought we'd share some specific requests.
Please pray for...
- Patience...with the process, with the amount of paperwork, with the Lord's timing. Please pray specifically that the Lord will sustain us as we go down this journey.
- The birth parents of our baby...we have no idea who they are, what state they live in, or when our paths will cross. Thank the Lord for their choice to give life to our sweet child!
- Other adopting parents...we have friends currently going through the adoption process. Pray specifically for peace of mind, patience, and direction from the Lord.
Thank you, Katie, for asking how to pray for us. We are truly blessed to have so many family members, friends, and co-workers praying for us.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Day 51
Thank you so much for your prayers today - they were felt! Matt and I weren't nervous and feel our first home study visit went extremely well! We really like our social worker and felt comfortable talking with him. We can definitely feel God's hand in leading us through this home study process. Our social worker met our adoption consultant recently and is connected to Enterprise and Ozark.
The visit lasted three hours - however, it didn't feel like it took that long at all! He asked us about a wide variety of things - how we met, how we got engaged, our wedding ceremony, our marriage, how we communicate, what we admired about each other, each other's strengths and weaknesses, what we would change about our mates, how we view adoption, how our families and friends view adoption, our church, and our spiritual lives...you know, just your typical everyday conversation! Ha! Matt and I had been praying over our responses and trying to anticipate what might come up. There were a couple of questions that were a bit challenging, but we made it through! Our next visit is next Tuesday morning. This time, he'll interview us individually.
Our social worker did walk through each room of our house. Whew, I'm glad it was clean! We've joked that we need to eat all of our meals away from the house so we won't make a mess! My Mother suggested we check into a hotel so we can keep it clean! However, having these visits so frequently will be good for us and will help us keep the house straight! He also wanted to see our backyard, so we took him out there. We were very pleased with our dogs - they didn't utter a peep! They curiously looked up at us and just walked around the pen. Perhaps they could sense they needed to behave for once!
Again, I want to thank all of you for lifting us up in prayer. We truly felt at peace before, during, and after our visit.
The visit lasted three hours - however, it didn't feel like it took that long at all! He asked us about a wide variety of things - how we met, how we got engaged, our wedding ceremony, our marriage, how we communicate, what we admired about each other, each other's strengths and weaknesses, what we would change about our mates, how we view adoption, how our families and friends view adoption, our church, and our spiritual lives...you know, just your typical everyday conversation! Ha! Matt and I had been praying over our responses and trying to anticipate what might come up. There were a couple of questions that were a bit challenging, but we made it through! Our next visit is next Tuesday morning. This time, he'll interview us individually.
Our social worker did walk through each room of our house. Whew, I'm glad it was clean! We've joked that we need to eat all of our meals away from the house so we won't make a mess! My Mother suggested we check into a hotel so we can keep it clean! However, having these visits so frequently will be good for us and will help us keep the house straight! He also wanted to see our backyard, so we took him out there. We were very pleased with our dogs - they didn't utter a peep! They curiously looked up at us and just walked around the pen. Perhaps they could sense they needed to behave for once!
Again, I want to thank all of you for lifting us up in prayer. We truly felt at peace before, during, and after our visit.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Day 45
We have news! Our first home study visit is this Tuesday morning! I've spoken a couple of times to our social worker, and Matt & I are looking forward to meeting him. To be quite honest, I'd always assumed our social worker would be a woman. However, that's not the case with us, and we're fine with it! I've heard some great things about him. At choir tonight, I sat next to the wife of our Minister of Adults. When I mentioned our social worker's name, she almost fell out of the chair. As it turns out, she knows him well - he used to work with her husband in the ministry at our church! God is so good!
Our initial call about the home study visit came yesterday...ever since then my head has been swirling. I know the social worker isn't going to come to our home and do the "white glove" treatment. I just want it to be in order - which it almost is! I came home today to my precious husband straightening our bedroom. He's been out of town since Friday and jumped right in to clean when he got back. I'm so incredibly lucky.
Most of you know that the busiest time of my job is right now and continues through the summer. One of the many things I feel the Lord is teaching me throughout this process is to slow down and realize that I can only do one thing at a time. One decision at a time, one day at a time. I can very easily become overwhelmed with what's going on in our adoption journey or with what's going on at work. The Lord is teaching me that I can't be everything to everyone, all of the time. That's not my job - it's the Lord's!
Our initial call about the home study visit came yesterday...ever since then my head has been swirling. I know the social worker isn't going to come to our home and do the "white glove" treatment. I just want it to be in order - which it almost is! I came home today to my precious husband straightening our bedroom. He's been out of town since Friday and jumped right in to clean when he got back. I'm so incredibly lucky.
Most of you know that the busiest time of my job is right now and continues through the summer. One of the many things I feel the Lord is teaching me throughout this process is to slow down and realize that I can only do one thing at a time. One decision at a time, one day at a time. I can very easily become overwhelmed with what's going on in our adoption journey or with what's going on at work. The Lord is teaching me that I can't be everything to everyone, all of the time. That's not my job - it's the Lord's!
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