What a whirlwind of a month it has been!
As Caleb mentioned, we had been looking at files of children in the Philippines and it was overwhelming...Then it was heartbreaking...
The beginning of June, the day we were going to start the process for the two little boys, the new list came out and the boys were no longer on the list. We were heartbroken and did not understand. Then we noticed a pattern as we looked closer at the finding list- Many of the children from May and June's list were the same kids...a lot of the children that were still on that list waiting are older children.
We saw a sibling group, a boy and a girl. As we had started this process, we realized, we desire to have a son and a daughter (I desire to share that special connection with my daughter like I have with my own mother). We prayed and sought God. Then we asked for our ages to be increased on our home study so we could be approved to adopt up to age 11. Our agency and social worker approved for us to adopt older.
Here we are in a new month now...for half of last month we were working tirelessly on
paperwork. It was exciting also to be able to hold in our hands our completed home study - a document that took over 2 years of adoption process to get our hands on. We praise God for His provision over and over.
Here we are in July now and we are waiting. Waiting on immigration approval from the U.S. and waiting to find out if this boy and girl will be our children. We have sent in referral to the Philippines, and if other families from other agencies send in for the children, the Philippines will decide which family is the best fit for the children.
So we wait, with our hearts already in love with these two beautiful children. It's a very vulnerable process. No matter what, we know God has called us to adopt and we place the adoption into His hands. He knows what He is doing. It is a daily surrender.
Yesterday we got a text from USCIS telling us that our papers for immigration were received. In a couple more weeks we should hear from the Philippines that we are being considered for the boy and girl.
Then in a couple more months, we should know...pray for us as we have to daily ask God to take this out of our hands and place the adoption in His hands. He is in control and knows what He is doing. SO we must trust Him.
Would you pray for us as we wait the next few months to hear back on whether we get accepted for this sweet boy and girl?
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