From Blessed Chaos
Adoption
When we first started down this road I went searching for websites and blogs that would tell me exactly what was going to happen and when. I’m a real need-to-know kinda person. It’s a constant struggle. Of all the sites and blogs I found none gave me the answers I wanted so I thought, if I was gonna blog about the adoption process, I’d give lots of details so others starting on this journey would know what to expect. Since when is growing a family predictable? It just doesn’t work that way. Just as all families are different, everyones adoption journey will be different. It’s been an exciting trip so far, lots & lots of drama and the shows not over yet. The reality is that most of what’s been going on is just not appropriate to share on the net.
So where we are now. We have completed our Homestudy and all paperwork is in except a letter from the kids Dr. I noticed this morning that I had posted a prayer request on march 13th for an adoption related matter. We had been presented with a birth mother that has special needs beyond race that make her baby particularly hard to place. She had been due two days earlier. We prayed about it and gathered lots of medical advice and came to the decision that we could deal with the possibilities, in fact we reconsidered our acceptance level in general. We honestly feel that the Lord will equip us for any baby has for us. We had complete peace about this baby and were joyfully willing to have our profile shown but we were still wrapping up the loose ends of our homestudy and we just didn’t see any way we could raise the 9800.00 needed on such short notice. I had to call J and tell her we weren’t ready. That was so hard, I hung up the phone and cried. In such a short time I had started to feel a connection with this mother and child, she was making such a hard, selfless choice for her child and we felt we were letting her down. Of course, we know this is all in the Lords hands and He obviously had another plan this child.
Fast forward to now- Last week we spoke with J and I asked if they had found a family for this baby. No they haven’t, but there has been a mistake. They have no idea where the mistake came in, this lady has had sonograms including one at L.C. but somehow the due date got mixed up and she is due May 3rd instead of March. J wants to show our profile and is waiting for us to tell her to pull the trigger. We need 9800.00 at placement. Placement is when we actually pick the baby up and our placement check is due then. This could still be the babe God has for us. Please pray for this mother and baby & for us as we wait.
If anyone has any fundraising ideas we would love to hear. As we approach the seventh anniversary of Abby Grace’s birth (4/28) we are running our first ever sale at Abby’s Grace Originals with all sales going into our adoption fund. Ellen and I are burning the candle at both ends to update the site and get new products on. If you or anyone you know would be interested please share our web address with them. If you ever thought you needed 15 or 20 diaper bags on hand for quick gifts now’s the time!
Ellen is making Farm Overalls just for our adoption fundraiser. Available soon at our site & on Ebay
