Words cannot express the gratitude I feel toward everyone who has prayed for this along with us. I never realized how many people were keeping up with our story. I am overwhelmed and humbled by the love that has been shown. Thank you for your prayers, even those we did not know before now, thank you! Our God is a powerful, faithful God, who answers our prayers.
We will continue to blog about our lives and this continued journey toward our baby Stella. Thanks again and God bless!
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
God's Timing....
It is hard to know where to begin today....first, I must apologize if this gets "rambly" or incoherent...I am working on very little sleep.(I was just too excited to sleep) Secondly, as many of you know we had a meeting with a birthmother last night. We original thought she would be meeting with us and one other family. This was truly hard for me because this meant that one of us was going to be extremely disappointed. I had been praying yesterday something would happen and they would back out, doubting that it could happen, but still praying none the less. Well, when we got there our social worker spoke with us before we met with the mother and told us the other family had emailed her and said they were not ready to adopt right now. Wow! I should know by now that God hears and answers the desires of our hearts.
Then we were taken back and introduced to the birthmother and she asked us questions and we talked about ourselves....well mostly Matt talked about us.=)(it is specialty, talking that is) We talked, cried and laughed with one another for about an hour. She told us how she would like me, to go to the remaining Doctors appts with her, to be in the delivery room with her and be the first one to hold the baby. We told her that we have had a name picked out. She asked what it was, we told her and she started to cry. The middle name we had picked is her middle name, her mother's middle name and her adult daughter's middle name. God is truly amazing. We talked some more and then at the end of the meeting she turned to us and asked if we would like to adopt her baby girl.
I am amazed at God and the gift that He has given us. Matt and I expected to be given a newborn at the hospital a few days after it was born. We never expected to be able to have the whole experience. But God knew how much we needed to have the "whole" experience and He knew the perfect woman who would and could give us that.
Matt and I are still a little shell shocked and still not really living in reality yet. I am sure that all the events of this week will slowly sink in, as we prepare to bring Stella Ann home with us. I do know for certain that I am one grateful women for the way that God provides, for a woman who is willing to give us our family, and for answered prayers. We are truly blessed!
In closing, I again want to share the verse that God gave us at the beginning of this long journey:
Jeremiah 29:11
AMEN!
Then we were taken back and introduced to the birthmother and she asked us questions and we talked about ourselves....well mostly Matt talked about us.=)(it is specialty, talking that is) We talked, cried and laughed with one another for about an hour. She told us how she would like me, to go to the remaining Doctors appts with her, to be in the delivery room with her and be the first one to hold the baby. We told her that we have had a name picked out. She asked what it was, we told her and she started to cry. The middle name we had picked is her middle name, her mother's middle name and her adult daughter's middle name. God is truly amazing. We talked some more and then at the end of the meeting she turned to us and asked if we would like to adopt her baby girl.
I am amazed at God and the gift that He has given us. Matt and I expected to be given a newborn at the hospital a few days after it was born. We never expected to be able to have the whole experience. But God knew how much we needed to have the "whole" experience and He knew the perfect woman who would and could give us that.
Matt and I are still a little shell shocked and still not really living in reality yet. I am sure that all the events of this week will slowly sink in, as we prepare to bring Stella Ann home with us. I do know for certain that I am one grateful women for the way that God provides, for a woman who is willing to give us our family, and for answered prayers. We are truly blessed!
In closing, I again want to share the verse that God gave us at the beginning of this long journey:
Jeremiah 29:11
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
AMEN!
Monday, July 1, 2013
Interesting week....
Matt and I had an interesting adoption journey last week. First off, Tuesday night we were having dinner with a work colleague of Matt's in Marian. When we were finishing up our meals and just talking a bit, Matt's and I's phones start going crazy. When we finished and headed for the car we checked our voicemails. We had messages from a gal in our small group and her mom. That all lead back to a social worker who had a birthmother that needed a family. We calmed our nerves and called the social worker. After a lengthy conversation with her we find out that the baby girl's Corpus Callosum did not form properly and would we be willing to take a special needs baby. I told her that we would need to do some research and talking and get back to her. This was one of the hardest decisions we had to make. We have waited so long that we had to set aside our strong longing for a child and look at the "big picture". After doing some research we discovered that most babies born with this have severe handicaps. With that in mind we talked and prayed about what to do and when the text came from the social worker Wednesday night we told her no.
Feeling pretty blue and without much hope we carried on into Thursday.
On Thursday in the morning, Matt receives a call from our social worker, Allison. She told Matt that there is a birthmother who is interested in us and would like to meet. She too, is having a baby girl and is due within the next month or so. Wow! We said no to one baby and the very next day God gives us another opportunity, with a healthy baby girl.
We will be meeting with this mother on July 8th at 4:30. We are trying to keep our excitement to a minimum though, because the mother is meeting with us and another family.
We have been waiting so long with very little hope to cling to and now this week we were presented with two situations....God is good. We know that we may not be picked for this baby girl but it has given us a renewed hope. Please pray with us as we look forward to the 8th. Pray that whatever the outcome we will be, we will be able to rest in the knowledge that God is in control of this journey and leading us to our baby.
Feeling pretty blue and without much hope we carried on into Thursday.
On Thursday in the morning, Matt receives a call from our social worker, Allison. She told Matt that there is a birthmother who is interested in us and would like to meet. She too, is having a baby girl and is due within the next month or so. Wow! We said no to one baby and the very next day God gives us another opportunity, with a healthy baby girl.
We will be meeting with this mother on July 8th at 4:30. We are trying to keep our excitement to a minimum though, because the mother is meeting with us and another family.
We have been waiting so long with very little hope to cling to and now this week we were presented with two situations....God is good. We know that we may not be picked for this baby girl but it has given us a renewed hope. Please pray with us as we look forward to the 8th. Pray that whatever the outcome we will be, we will be able to rest in the knowledge that God is in control of this journey and leading us to our baby.
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