Hello!
So, sorry I’m lazy and haven’t updated in FOREVER! In the
past two months there has been little movement and I’ve felt kinda ashamed to
come on here and say “ok another update…we are STILL working on our home study!”.
And Im sure right now you are thinking, what the heck, you still aren’t done?!?
Well if you aren’t going to admit it I will help you, I feel the same. Ive sat
at my desk many days crying, wondering if we will ever get done with this
portion. I mean come on, most people race through this phase but we just seem
stuck! The crazy thing is that its not like we are having huge problems with
our house or family history or anything like that. In fact our social worker
didn’t have any issues with us and thinks we are a great family (see at least
ONE person thinks it! ;0). I really can’t explain it except to say that it is
God…well and a little procrastination by me! I know God doesn’t want us to hurt
or stress about all this. I know He doesn’t want to see me get so frustrated
that I am about to quit. No, I think God is slowing us down because this is HIS
story, not just ours. You see God has this AWESOME plan that he is writing and
working out for our family and my impatience is trying to get in the way!
Yesterday we got an email from our social work telling us
that she is DONE writing our home study and now she is waiting for it to be
approved and finalized! Twenty minutes later I received an email from a lady
that wanted to buy one of our shirts! I was amazed by how God was working the
little details of our adoption. Later that night we received a check in the
mail from one of Chris’ sisters that was a late Christmas present that got lost
in the mail from Chris’ grandparents. Again I was thankful for God’s blessings
and reminders that He’s got this. Today a friend asked us about our shirts and bought
one! I am blown away by God’s faithfulness to His promises! That’s almost $100
toward our adoption in less than 24hrs! That’s $100 closer to reaching our $7700
dossier submission fee! And for those that have given and/or supported us in
any way so far, please know that even if we don’t say it enough, we appreciate
each and every one of yall more than yall can ever know! You are helping us pay
the ransom to free our children and you will forever be in our hearts!
So what now (I have been asked this a lot in the last
24hrs!)…now we wait for our home study to be approved and then we will send it
off to the US government for them to approve it and assign us an appointment to
get our FBI background checks/fingerprints. While we are waiting for that we
are still working on more forms and paperwork (did I mention that I am a
procrastinator??). Oh yeah and there is that HUGE dossier fee that we have to
raise (look to the right to see how we are doing on that!). We are hoping to
have all that finished in the next few months. Hopefully I will be a better
blogger and keep yall a little better updated! I sincerely hope that you are
having a GREAT week!
~Abbey
“I lift up my eyes to the hills, where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip, He who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.” Psalm 121:1-4
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