News from Chicago

Many things have been transpiring since our last post. I have been so very busy with school and Adam has been working so much that it has been difficult to find the time to document the latest progress.  We are in Chicago tonight writing this post.  We just completed our first full day of the Empowering to Connect Karyn Purvis Conference.  WOW was it good and deep!  What we really took away tonight was that in order for us to be the parents we can be we must first allow the Lord to heal all of our inner hurts and issues with our own childhoods.  This was really powerful because even in good families there are levels of dysfunction that affect children and we all have areas that need to be recognized and dealt with.  We can't wait for tomorrow.  It was so neat to be in a huge room full of people who either had adopted or are adopting.  We met some really nice people.  Here we are at the conference in our India Adoption shirts.  The next picture is of us sitting in bed writing this post.

We recently got our test results back from our second psychological exam.   We will be going for personal interviews next week.  That should be interesting.  We also received the paperwork we need in order to complete our dossier (YAY!). It actually does not look as daunting as we had feared.

We have been planning on applying for grants, so naturally we had been asking the Lord to provide financially for our next step.  We got a letter from the IRS and we were worried.  We opened it and to our surprise we were going to get back DOUBLE what we were anticipating on getting!  We are so incredibly thankful to the Lord for His faithfulness because we now have the money we need for the next step.  

We are coming upon our 12th anniversary.  We knew when we married that we wanted time to build a strong foundation and relationship.  We feel we have done that and we have enjoyed our time as a couple.  We still do.  But we also believe that this has helped better prepare us for this next stage of life as parents.  

Even though I may not be having morning sickness or craving peanut butter on pickles, we are definitely in the midst of a waiting and growing process as we prepare for the Lord to bless us with the little ones He has chosen for us.

The LORD is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made. The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.  He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.  Psalm 145:17-19