Our Books are in the Mail!!

I just returned from mailing our life books out to the 8 social workers our agency has through the state of Ohio.  For those of you who aren't familiar with what happens next I'll give you a little over-view of how our agency works.  Our agency social workers will begin showing our books to birthparents who match up with our criteria.  Birthparents then choose a couple to parent their child.  They could want to meet us before making a final decision or they might just choose us!  We will not be made aware each time we are shown, and we will only get a call when we are matched.  These women are at various points of their pregnancies, many referrals come from the hospital after the baby is born, so we may not have much notice before bringing our baby home!!  We are very excited, but know this may not happen as quickly as we hope.  We are praying for patience as we wait...for those of you who know me, I need a lot of prayers for that :)  I will definitely to my best to keep updating as exciting news comes about.  As always we are grateful for your continued love and support!!

Paying it Forward

This was the appropriate title of my transformation journal this morning.  Last night Zach and I experienced an awesome and unexpected gift from some amazing brothers and sisters in Christ.  This just summed it up this morning when I was reading the reflection....
"God is a confirming God. Jesus told them who witnessed His miracles, "If you can't believe based on my words, believe based on my works - these miracles I'm doing. (If you cannot trust me, at least let these works that I do in my Father's name convince you.) I assure you, most solemly I tell you, the person who trusts me (steadfastly believes in me), will not only do what I'm doing but even greater things" (John 14:11)."
What we received last night was a "work" of Christ to us, definitely convincing us more of God's will, and words cannot express how grateful we are for it.
We are really getting so excited for this adoption, ready to find out what God has in store for us, but I know we'll have to be patient....it will all be perfect in His time.