Sunday follow up

Well, yesterday at church went really well. My dad filmed the song, but he is having issues uploading it to his computer. I might be able to post the Youtube link, once he figures out what is going on with his camera. I did not see our social worker there, so I guess something came up. But so many people were really blessed by the testimony and song. One man came to me in tears and said that he really needed to hear that song that morning. I have no idea what is going on in his life, but I have committed to praying for him every day this week. There is a line in the song that says, "with his blood He has saved me. With his power, He has raised me." During the second service, I changed it and sang, "With His power, he healed my baby." I lost it at that point, but I was able to recover and finish the song. A lady came up to me after the first service and told me that she felt like the Lord wanted her to tell me something. The message was that because I shared our testimony (the Lord had told me to share it with the church and then sing and He told me which song to sing), He was going to pour out blessings on us. That lady had no idea we are trying to adopt. I let her know that we were awaiting another miracle and I told the Lord I would receive whatever He wants to give us!

Excited for Sunday

On Sunday, John and I will be sharing the testimony of Micah's healing with our church. After the testimony, I will be singing a song of praise to God as a thank you for what He has done for my child. I am excited about this on many levels. Today, I had the thought to invite our social worker to attend the service, so I did. Part of her job is to get to know us as best she can, so that she can make good decisions regarding our adoption. I figured if she was there, she would get another glimpse into our family, one that she won't see in interviews or on paper. My parents and my brother's family will be there, so she can meet some of our family as well. Anyhow, I wasn't sure what she'd think of the invitation, but she called me not long after I emailed her and sounded so touched that I had invited her. It made me happy that I had. She is going to try to be there. We're adopting through a Christian agency and our social worker is already a Christian, but I'm praying that the Lord ministers to her through the testimony and song in whatever way she needs and that she leaves feeling blessed.

The Journey Has Begun!

John and I have started the process of adopting a little girl. This is something the Lord has been laying on our hearts for awhile now. The Lord has shown us that this is the time to start pursuing that adoption. The timing doesn't seem to make total sense from the world's point of view. We have three little ones already and we just spent a good chunk of our savings on the purchase of our first home (which is requiring quite a bit of fixing up). However, God's ways are not our ways and we trust in his sovereign wisdom. We are excited about the possibility of having a daughter soon. I have been wanting a little girl for years, and John would also like to have a daughter. We have already been to the informational meeting and met with our social worker for our first interview. At the interview, we talked for quite a bit about the process of adopting a child. We were given an impressive stack of paperwork to fill out, which includes everything from background checks, fingerprinting, and medical exams to detailed financial information, an autobiography of our lives, and some required reading on adoption. There is a lot to do and fill out! We also attended a two day seminar that was training for being adoptive parents. We are about 80% done with the paperwork now. The biggest thing we have to do now is finish the two books that we are required to read. Once the paperwork is done, we will have a series of interviews at the agency and begin what is called a homestudy. One will be a joint interview and then they will interview me by myself and John by himself. They will also inspect our home to make sure it is a safe and loving environment that is suitable for another child. Once all that is complete, we will put together a profile book. This is a short book that pretty much portrays who we are and what our life is like. The profile books are shown to the birthmothers and that is how they choose the family they want their child to go to. After that, we wait to be chosen and then we wait for the baby's birth. Our journey has definitely begun! I will be using this blog to keep you up to date on the status of our adoption and to share our prayer requests and praise reports. One day soon, I hope to share a very special picture as well....a picture of our little girl!