Great News! Our "Application part 1" was approved! We received "Application part 2" in the mail yesterday. It is daunting. I am amazed at all the questions they ask - stuff we didn't even know we needed to know. We have a lot to think about.
A couple of weeks ago, our Pastor gave out 24 $100 bills to people in the congregation with instructions to "pay it forward." Click here to read the Pastor's blog.
Our dear friend Lindee Riley received one of the $100 bills. As she prayed about what to do with her $100 she felt like God wanted her to give it to us for our adoption. How amazing is that? Can I just say, this is the exact amount of the pre-adoption workshop that we are required to attend?
We feel so blessed! This showed us that God was working behind the scenes on our behalf. Also, not only did Lindee pay her $100 forward, but this will give us a chance to pay it forward also by changing the life of a child.
Our story will be told this Sunday along with the other "pay it forward" stories.
By the way, our plan is to update this blog on Wednesdays. Thanks to all of you who have checked in and offered encouragement.
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Congratulations! I tell you, every time you tell that story, I get chills. What a wonderful testament, and won't it be a great thing to document this process and show your kid/kids one day how much your hearts desired theirs? The Lord is shaping your souls for a very important job. Woohoo, what a ride is in store for you! Love you both, and remember, Amy's a comin' to town!
Great news on the update, that was pretty quick! Diddo on Amy's comments. I should help you get some of these comments, prayers, thoughts down in a scrapbook. I would love to do that. Julie did that for her two new ones, didn't she?
How exciting!!! Maybe we will be able to bring our babies home from overseas around the same time! We finished our homestudy and will mail it our agency Monday. I got the final copy this week.
Sounds like you guys are moving ahead and doing super!!
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