Monday, September 29, 2008

Be Still . . .



We are more than overdue for an update, so here goes -

As far as the adoption goes, we are in the same spot as we were previously.  We are waiting.  We will complete our fifth month of waiting on Thursday.  We are anticipating a referral (when they match us up with our child) before the end of the year.  With that being said, we really don't know and have decided that trusting God and not worrying about it is our best course of action.  Just for your information, we would probably travel to get our child about 8 to 12 weeks after the referral.  



It has not been hard waiting thus far, I think that it is just easier to go about living and let the details of the adoption play out as the Lord sees fit.  We have learned that expectation is a dangerous thing when it comes to children and most other matters.

One of the things that has kept us busy in the recent weeks is our children.  Samuel and Lucy have a great deal of energy and they are so much fun.  Unbelievably, Samuel is now in the second month of second grade and Lucy attended her first day of practice pre-school.

Amy and I are learning more and more about being married.  I have fallen more in love with Amy and continue to be inspired by the Jesus that I see in her.  Life is not perfect, but there is no doubting that God knew what he was doing when he gave me this wonderful woman.




We are also pretty excited about an event coming up at Glorious Presence Church to benefit the adoption.  Sean Ponte is pulling this event together and we are hoping for a cool evening on November 1st.  There will be more to come on this benefit concert and there will also be some other ways to help us out with the adoption this fall and winter.  Stay tuned.