Waiting...

I've been putting off updating our blog because I was hoping to have more news. Jim and I are patiently waiting to receive our referral. For those of you who aren't familiar with the adoption process, a referral is a picture and brief summary of a child that best matches our needs. We then have the choice to either accept the referral or wait for another one. After speaking with our case manager, it looks like our adoption agency is trying to match us with a baby (boy or girl) that is 5-6 months old or less. Our agency would like the adopted child to be younger than Jade. I spoke with our case manager about a week ago, and she told me that we should have our referral in 1-2 weeks. The referral will come to us via e-mail. Needless to say, since then I have been checking my e-mail about every 10 min. I am really hoping that the next post that I write will be telling you all about our referral.

I am very anxious to receive our referral, but God has given me a peace that has kept me grounded. I had this same peace when I was pregnant with Jade. I just knew that God had this situation in control and I just needed to yield to Him. At the time we lost our little girl Abby, I never thought that I would be able to endure another pregnancy without significant fear, but God has given me the faith to trust Him because I know that I am not in control.

"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." Hebrews 11:1