Yeah!!! A New Number!!!

Wishing we could shower our daughter with real kisses but for now this will have to do.  So happy to receive our official letter from our agency.  We are now 53 in line.  Rumor also has it that the committee will be meeting this Friday.  Please join us in praying for a family that recently received their referral who will be traveling this week.  So excited for them!

Hearing of some movement

Well, it has been a while.  We all kept hoping that we would be letting everyone know of a new number but alas things don't go according to our plans :).  Things did seem to go a little out of order.  We did hear shortly after we received our new number that a few children were assigned families, none that we specifically knew (for that matter they may have been Honduran families-which means no number movement, but still makes us happy).  Then we heard that on Thursday, March 22 ( a day before they were supposed to meet) they met and assigned supposedly 10 children!  Ok, so the number sounds great, which don't get me wrong, is great but even greater the fact being is THEY MET!  You may be thinking not really a big deal but the reason they moved up the meeting is that Honduras played against Mexico a qualifying match for the World Cup. Sadly, Honduras will not be playing at the world cup.  The game ended in a tie 2-2.  This is a BIG deal in Honduras.  So happy for them!  What this means on the adoption front is that from March 22-April 2 things basically shut down.  A big holiday for Holy Week.  Families heard that there was a match but nothing further.  No picture, no information about the child...you get the idea.  I can't even imagine the agony that these families went through in the waiting time.

  I am rejoicing for the one family that I know of who received their referral.  We are just waiting to hear of the others!  In the mean time please pray that things continue to move forward at a great pace!!  We are praying here that God will continue to move mountains!  Another great fact is that we are hearing that many children have been posted in the paper for their abandonment decree.  This is more great news because that means that things hopefully are really starting to move.  According to what seems to be happening on some form of regularity (when they do meet) is that around April 19 could be another assignment meeting so sometime between now and then we could hear of a new number.

At times this wait is agonizing, especially when we hear of people in the process of finalizing their adoptions that started much longer after us, but rejoice in the fact that other children are being given forever families!  This is when I step back and remember that our prayer from the very beginning is that this journey would be all about GOD!... and not about us.  God, you are good all the time!  We are trusting in you for your perfect timing.

Back in the race at 58!

Well, we got our new number.  A "sweet" number, right where we figured we would be.  Finally breaking the 60 mark.  We have officially moved 16 spots since we got our first number in June 2012. Yes, this number is out of Juicy Pear Jelly Bellies from our favorite chocolate store around the corner from us - Ashers.  A sweet reminder that we will hopefully soon know who our new little sweetie will be.

We were just asked tonight by a friend how things are going and it was nice to be able to say things are moving.  Tomorrow there is the hope that the committee will be meeting.  We are hoping that there are many children who have made it through the abandonment process so that they can continue the journey to a family.  Please join us in praying for the committee as well as the children who's lives will be changed tomorrow.

A few nights ago we concluded another swim season, at least officially, with a swim banquet for the club the girls swim for and at the end of the night I look over to see our older daughter playing with a little girl who is originally from a Latin American country (this is no strange thing to us) but for some reason it just touched my heart.  Watching my older daughter just light up as she was playing with this little girl, knowing that our little one will someday get this opportunity to play with not only one but two older sisters who will adore her but for now they are ALL missing out on this opportunity.  So for now, as they both go to sleep each night we just pray for this little wonder that God has the privilege of watching and caring over for now for us.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's day my little one.  Praying that today there is someone that is near you  that can show you a little extra love today.  Wishing that that someone could be me.  I love you and know that God loves you even more and that He is watching over you!

Continuing to wait upon the Lord

Well, the month of January is coming to a close quickly and our 2 year mark of beginning the process is creeping up close!  We know of no progress that has been made on the adoption front  and yet pray that much has been going on.  Since IHNFA went back to work another group went on strike.  The people that take care of the birth certificates.   This had been a frustrating thim for a fellow adopting family who are down in Honduras now and were having to wait to get their birth certificate for their son ( it should be arriving to the town they are in today).  This is yet another reminder that we have to continue to rest in God's peace through this journey.  What will our trips look like...after reading about fellow adopting families from Honduras we really have NO idea.  You may have hear that  you should not pray for patience (which I had been praying & will continue to do) because you will receive the opportunity to practice this patience.  Well, let me tell you that this is definitely something that we are experiencing so now I am also praying for God's peace through this journey and I am truly seeing God's peace.  Don't get me wrong in this, I am still having times of questioning and yet I know God led us on this journey for a reason, if not for anything else but to Glorify Him!  That is my desire. 

What will February look like for us? 

• Hopefully the assignment committee will meet at-least one time, possibly two.  
• Hopefully we will hear of our new number from the families that were matched back in December (we have been hearing that there were at least 3, so that means that we could hear that we are at 57 at least).  
• Hopefully many children have gone through the abandonment process in Honduras so that they will be ready to be matched with families (this is quite  a lengthy process from what it seems).  
• Hopefully there will be no strikes for quite some time.
• Hopefully Families that we know are in Honduras finalizing their adoptions & returning home

We do have much hope for this process.  Please pray for peace for our family as we wait upon the Lord for His timing.