Thankful

This past week we received our "On Deck" email from our agency. That basically means that our family is one of the next families that will be matched/recieve a referral for our child. It could still be 1-3 months but it feels awesome to be at this point in the process. I wanted to share a story of something that happened today. Scott was at work and a nice young man came to his office. He had known that we were adopting and he shared with Scott that he and his wife were really interested in adoption as well. They're young with a little baby but they still wanted to plan a time to get together to talk more about adoption. They agreed to talk to their wives and make a plan. As he was leaving Scott's office he handed him an envelope. To our surprise, it had a check for $500.00!! FOR US!! For our adoption!! To think that this sweet young family wanted to partner with us to help a child find a 'forever family' is simply awesome! Scott called and told me and I started to cry, so thankful for the ways God provides for our family.

2 Corinthians 9:11
'Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God.'

Still Waiting

Last night Scott was talking to the kids about our new brother or sister from Ethiopia. He was telling them that someone else is taking care of them until we can come and bring them home. All along we've told the kids that we are not deciding if their new sibling is a boy or a girl. The kids took turn praying and when it was Scotty's turn, it sounded something like this. "Dear God, please pray for the people that are taking care of our new baby brother from Ethiopia, and please make our new baby brother a girl."

When we asked him why he wanted a sister he said, "Sissy needs someone to play dolls with, doesn't she?"

We've been waiting almost 4 months to be matched with our new little Murray. Each week that passes we're getting more excited. Ethiopian courts close for 2 months during the rainy season. This year they will reopen at the end of Sept. So for now we continue to wait and pray that God would prepare our family for this new person. We pray that our new child would be safe and well taken care of until we are united. Thanks for continuing to join us on this journey!

Hebrews 12
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.