The Family Business
(My idea for a book :)
Thanks to the Holy Spirit, many influential people, and the church, Matt and I have been given a big picture of who God is, His heart for the world and the people in it. The goal for our family is for Matt and me to be able to show this picture of God to others- through uniting in marriage, being able to bear children as a gift of that unity, and now through adoption. The themes of marriage, children, and adoption are woven throughout the bible, and as we live it out, we see the Word is living and active- God is in, before, and behind us in it all. This will be a book to read whenever our family needs a reminder, or we are telling others why or how we were led to this process of adoption. And thank you to all of the artists that will provide beautiful pictures to go along with the stories, all of whom have also been involved in fostering or adopting in some way. Enjoy!
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Expecting
We're in that phase similar to pregnancy when it's nearing your due date and you just want to meet your baby, but you also know it's going to be a lot more work once they're on the outside :)
Tuesday, February 13th, D's mom made the intensely difficult decision to surrender her parental rights to D and his three siblings. For any who might wonder, "how could a mom do that?", after seeing J's mom drag out her case for over 4 years, I see how this can be an even more loving act than I could have imagined. In court, a DHS worker said D should be moved over to our home by the end of the week....think when a contractor tells you the job should only take a week :) We have learned that there was a caseworker that left the agency, creating more paper shuffling, and the entire case is switching over to our private agency to handle their temporary foster placements as well as adoptions. This second piece was actually welcomed news because we were originally told they had to turn down the case on the adoption side because of inadequate staffing, so we would need to practically start over with an adoption profile with a different agency- so thankful for that! I got a call just now as I was typing, and also found out that 2 different cousins of the family down in Texas have called to look into taking all of the siblings. Back to that last post- continually trusting that our desires, a true need, and God's plan will all be made known in time. If there are appropriate family members able to care for these children and keep them together, it would be hard now that I have set my heart on a particular vision for the future, but we would also be thankful for the chance for these children to be together with loving family pursuing them from across the U.S. They have a lot of steps to go through, and the agencies are still planning to move D over to us as soon as possible, but it will be looming in the back of my mind, and a regular prayer request. So with a bed, clothes, car seat, name letter on the wall, etc. in place- we wait expectantly for at least the next step in the process- getting D back under our roof.
Tuesday, February 13th, D's mom made the intensely difficult decision to surrender her parental rights to D and his three siblings. For any who might wonder, "how could a mom do that?", after seeing J's mom drag out her case for over 4 years, I see how this can be an even more loving act than I could have imagined. In court, a DHS worker said D should be moved over to our home by the end of the week....think when a contractor tells you the job should only take a week :) We have learned that there was a caseworker that left the agency, creating more paper shuffling, and the entire case is switching over to our private agency to handle their temporary foster placements as well as adoptions. This second piece was actually welcomed news because we were originally told they had to turn down the case on the adoption side because of inadequate staffing, so we would need to practically start over with an adoption profile with a different agency- so thankful for that! I got a call just now as I was typing, and also found out that 2 different cousins of the family down in Texas have called to look into taking all of the siblings. Back to that last post- continually trusting that our desires, a true need, and God's plan will all be made known in time. If there are appropriate family members able to care for these children and keep them together, it would be hard now that I have set my heart on a particular vision for the future, but we would also be thankful for the chance for these children to be together with loving family pursuing them from across the U.S. They have a lot of steps to go through, and the agencies are still planning to move D over to us as soon as possible, but it will be looming in the back of my mind, and a regular prayer request. So with a bed, clothes, car seat, name letter on the wall, etc. in place- we wait expectantly for at least the next step in the process- getting D back under our roof.
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