Filed under: Adoption
We just found out that our court case has been pushed back to March 18. Wish I had more to tell, but that’s all we know. They know no reason for this. Everything was in order, as far as the agency was concerned. Guess this is just what happens when dealing with governments and third-world countries.
Please keep praying with us that our case will be finalized soon. We long to bring our little one home…and to share more about her with you. We know that God’s timing is perfect, and we rest in his goodness and grace. We are still thankful for how quickly our case has moved to this point. We are still confident that it will not be long before we bring our baby girl home.
Thank you again for all your prayers.
Yippee! I received a phone call on Friday from our director at Arise for Children and she said, “they found her file”!!!! I am not exactly sure what else she said because I was in such shock about the file being found. I think I asked her if she was serious and then I was laughing and crying at the same time.
The day before, our agency was petitioning to begin another file, which we had no clue how long that could take. So William and I were both preparing for an indefinite wait. But, the Lord answered prayer and allowed this silly file to be found! Praise the Lord!!! What a HUGE relief!
Now, our case must go before the judge again because the file has now been found and needs a stamp. So, please join us in praying that everything goes smoothly on MARCH 5! Then, William and I can begin making plans to travel and pick up our little pumpkin!!! It looks like, if things go well, we could potentially be traveling in April!
We are so excited!!! Thank you again for praying, all your encouragement, and for walking with us through this journey called adoption.
Filed under: Adoption
We have not yet explained here what is holding up our adoption. Many of you already know from personal conversations. But, we are coming up on a month since our court date (Monday), and we are desperate for a breakthrough.
Our understanding is that three major documents were to be at the court for our date with the judge back in January: our dossier, Feven’s dossier, and an approval letter from the Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MOWA). This MOWA letter states that they have seen both dossiers and approve the adoption. Based upon this letter and the birth mother’s testimony (she also has to be there), the judge will typically approve the adoption.
In our case, the mother was there, the letter was there, and our dossier was there. So, the judge approved and signed the Letter of Determination that we need to move forward in this process. However, Feven’s dossier was not available at the court date. It has been misplaced by the court. And, before the judge will put his official stamp on the Letter of Determination, he would like to see Feven’s file.
In the month since the court date, the file has not been found. We received an email last night stating that if the file is not found by Monday, our adoption agency has decided they will petition the court to have a new file created. We have no idea how long this will take.
Please join us TODAY in praying that the file will be found before Monday. We believe that this little girl is our daughter and that God has given her to us as part of our family. We believe God desires to have her here in our family and home rather than an orphanage. And, we long to be with her and to watch her grow with us. Please pray for a breakthrough this weekend.
Filed under: Adoption
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Thanks Bob & Angie for helping us paint…as you can see, we wouldn’t have finished it without you!
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And, thanks Ben & Laura for the supplies. It’s hard to pain without brushes and rollers!
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William and I continue to wait and pray as we long to hear our case is final. We are eager to bring our little girl home. But, as we wait, we are seeking to rest in the Lord and trust that His timing is best. Waiting and trusting can be so hard and I am not saying we are always good at it, because we aren’t, but knowing we are in God’s will is comforting.
We do ask that you pray our case is finalized soon. Pray God orchestrates the completion of our adoption, so we can move forward making plans to pick up our little pumpkin!
Here’s a prayer called “Desires” from The Valley of Vision that has meant a lot to me the past couple of days.
O THOU THAT HEAREST PRAYER,
Teach me to pray.
I confess that in religious exercises the language of my lips and the feelings of my heart have not always agreed, that I have frequently taken carelessly upon my tongue a name never pronounced above without reverence and humility, that I have often desired things which would have injured me, that I have depreciated some of my chief mercies, that I have erred both on the side of my hopes and also of my fears, that I am also unfit to choose for myself, for it is not in me to direct my steps.
Let thy Spirit help my infirmities, for I know not what to pray for as I ought.
Let him produce in me wise desires by which I may ask right things, then I shall know thou hearest me.
May I never be importunate for temporal blessings, but always refer them to they fatherly goodness, for thou knowest what I need before I ask;
May I never think I prosper unless my soul prospers, or that I am rich unless rich toward thee, or that I am wise unless wise unto salvation.
May I seek first thy kingdom and its righteousness.
May I value things in relation to eternity.
May my spiritual welfare be my chief solitude.
May I be poor, afflicted, despised and have thy blessing, rather than be successful in enterprise, or have more than my heart can wish, or be admired by my fellow-men, if thereby these things make me forget thee.
May I regard the world as dreams, lies, vanities, vexation of spirit and desire to depart from it.
And may I seek my happiness in thy favor, image, presence, service.
