It's been a while since I have written a post, and I couldn't be more excited and thankful that this is my first post back.
I won't post the story here, and will let you read what I wrote on our fundraising website. I wanted to just give an update on what we've done so far in the adoption process, what are our next steps, and how you can help!
What have we done so far:
We are working with Christian Adoption Consultants for our adoption and couldn't be more blessed to be working with our consultant, Leah! She has been awesome! I was blessed to be able to meet her, and her precious daughter Haven when I was in Jacksonville, Florida visiting with some sweet college friends.
We used Nathanson Adoptions for our Home Study, and again, the Lord answered our prayers in matching us with an incredible social worker, Liz. The homestudy included in depth interviews with Brett and me about our past as a couple, our marriage, and our plans for the future-how we will raise, discipline and love our child(ren). We also did individual interviews where we discussed our upbringings and our awesome family! This part of the process also included tons of paperwork, fingerprinting, criminal and child abuse clearances, etc. We were blessed to be able to have our first visit with Liz on December 1st, and a finalized homestudy on December 29th.
God's grace is sufficient and His blessings along the way continue to be sweet to us! On January 2, 2015, I had an appointment to receive the methotrexate shot to complete my miscarriage. On January 2, 2016, we received our Finalized Home Study Approval!
What is next:
Now that our homestudy is final, we are finishing up our Adoption Profile book. This has been extremely difficult to put together (to write out everything that describes our life and choose pictures that reflect our life and story), but Leah has been incredible in piecing everything together perfectly. We will be completing that and sending it off to be printed this week.
These books will be sent to the adoption agencies we are applying to, and will be shown to prospective birth mothers to see if we will be a perfect fit for parenting her sweet baby. I will update once the books have officially been sent out to agencies so you can be praying as these women get a glimpse into our lives, our hopes, and our dreams for parenthood.
How can you help:
WE are ADOPTING!
I won't post the story here, and will let you read what I wrote on our fundraising website. I wanted to just give an update on what we've done so far in the adoption process, what are our next steps, and how you can help!
What have we done so far:
We are working with Christian Adoption Consultants for our adoption and couldn't be more blessed to be working with our consultant, Leah! She has been awesome! I was blessed to be able to meet her, and her precious daughter Haven when I was in Jacksonville, Florida visiting with some sweet college friends.
We used Nathanson Adoptions for our Home Study, and again, the Lord answered our prayers in matching us with an incredible social worker, Liz. The homestudy included in depth interviews with Brett and me about our past as a couple, our marriage, and our plans for the future-how we will raise, discipline and love our child(ren). We also did individual interviews where we discussed our upbringings and our awesome family! This part of the process also included tons of paperwork, fingerprinting, criminal and child abuse clearances, etc. We were blessed to be able to have our first visit with Liz on December 1st, and a finalized homestudy on December 29th.
God's grace is sufficient and His blessings along the way continue to be sweet to us! On January 2, 2015, I had an appointment to receive the methotrexate shot to complete my miscarriage. On January 2, 2016, we received our Finalized Home Study Approval!
What is next:
Now that our homestudy is final, we are finishing up our Adoption Profile book. This has been extremely difficult to put together (to write out everything that describes our life and choose pictures that reflect our life and story), but Leah has been incredible in piecing everything together perfectly. We will be completing that and sending it off to be printed this week.
These books will be sent to the adoption agencies we are applying to, and will be shown to prospective birth mothers to see if we will be a perfect fit for parenting her sweet baby. I will update once the books have officially been sent out to agencies so you can be praying as these women get a glimpse into our lives, our hopes, and our dreams for parenthood.
How can you help:
Prayer!
Pray for our child-for good health and that he/she would not only grow to know our love and the love of our Father, but also desire to love and serve God!
Pray for our child's birthmother, that she would know that our Father sees her and loves her deeply, and that she would have support and feel encouraged during this journey!
Pray for us, that the Lord would continue to prepare our hearts to be able to love our child's birthmother well, to prepare our hears to welcome our baby home and to raise him/her to know the Lord.
Give!
We are not all called to adoption by bringing a child into our home, but we would LOVE for you to prayerfully consider helping us to be obedient to God's call on our life by giving financially. Please keep reading our next post to see information about our very 1st fundraiser!
We love you all!
We love you all!
So excited for you!! I can't wait to purchase my puzzle pieces and watch your story unfold!!
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