Jehovah-Jireh (The Lord Will Provide)

It’s been two weeks since our home study was mailed to DCFS for approval. From what we’ve been told, it will be about two more weeks before we receive that approval. In the mean time, I am busy filing out grant applications and getting together all the needed documents that go along with them.  Most grants require home study approval before submitting, but I want to have everything together so that the applications are ready to submit as soon as we have our approval in hand. Also, some grants are done quarterly, making June 30 the next deadline for them. It will be close as to whether we can get our applications for these in on time or not. If you would like to pray for us, pray that the finances for this adoption will fall into place.

God has many names, and one of them is Jehovah-Jireh used in Genesis 22:14. This means THE LORD WILL PROVIDE. And yes, He will provide.

                             
                                                                                           Lori 

God's Timing

Today at church we were once again reminded of God’s timing. A dear lady and friend there believes that any setbacks are God’s way of ensuring that we get the right child; the child that God has handpicked for our family. I believe this too. God knew from the beginning of time that this precious child born in China would one day be our daughter. How amazing is that? On the other side of the world, there is a tiny little girl without a home and family waiting for us. Please be praying for our daughter in China. Pray that she is safe, loved, and that all her needs are being met.  Though we do not yet know her name or what she looks like, she is already our daughter at heart.                                      

 Lori                            

Our Home Study is in the Mail

Our home study is in the mail!!! This is a long awaited day with piles of paperwork and a few unexpected roadblocks in our past. We now will be counting down the weeks – probably days – until we get the much coveted home study approval. This is a major step in the adoption process. We’ve been told that approval typically takes four weeks. Once we get the approval, we can apply for grants/loan, send our I800A to the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services), and view CCCWAA’s database of special needs children. 

Even though we are trying to hurry things along, we acknowledge that everything will happen according to God’s timing. He may speed things up at times or slow them down at others so that we ultimately adopt the child that He has in mind for us. Of course, there could be other reasons for God's timing in this as well. I’m sure that at the end of this journey we will be able to look back and understand so much more than we do now.

                                       

                                                                                     Lori