Soooo, I kinda gave up on this blog for a bit since some folks said they were having trouble logging into it. But, here I am again....It is almost the end of April!! Time is going by so fast! We are done with the home study paper chase... What a job that was!! I feel so strong in my faith right now. I know that things are going as planned and we are all growing more and more excited every day. We should be scheduling our first meeting with the social worker early next week....makes it feel so real. Not just a mad search for documents! The only other thing that is holding things up is our water well. It has failed the bacteria test twice now and we just finished shocking it again. Health Department should be out in a few days to recheck...if it fails a third time, we will have to put a UV filtration system on the incoming water line....great for our water...bad for our wallets! I feel so thankful that I have been able to work as much as I have been lately. I am getting either 2 or 3 twelves a week! And Sten has been pulling lots of overtime to save, save, save!!
I've talked some with Krissy about how a baby girl in Africa, so far away from us is either growing in her mother's womb or in the hands of caretakers at her orphanage all this time. I have been praying for her, wherever she may be. I have been praying for adoption in Ethiopia and all over the world. I came across this prayer a few weeks ago and I want to share it:
Father, in the name of Jesus, arrest any hindrances that may come to try to hold up our family's adoption. Even now, oh Lord, keep and protect her from all hurt, harm or danger. Provide and meet her needs and the needs of her caregivers. Send hope to her birth-family, bless them for loving her enough to giver her the opportunity to live the life you intended for her. Lord, I know this is your will and I know that you have a purpose for this adoption...order our steps, be a light unto our path. I send this prayer up, not only for me but for all the children and families waiting to be united...waiting for referral, court dates, travel, escort...I pray for all the workers that are involved in the adoption process from agency workers to orphanage workers. Father, let your grace be on each one of them. Let your grace be upon the judges in Ethiopia to do their jobs in excellence and let it be on the attorneys that they will work diligently to accomplish all that is needed to connect the children to forever families. Father, God, grant traveling mercies to all who are going and returning with their little blessings. Holy Spirit, intercede for the things that I don't see or understand... In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, I pray....Amen.
