Adoption Update

  I am excited that we actually have some news to report!  We have been waiting for our scheduled meetings to complete our home study and now we are almost done.  Last Thursday we had our last meeting in Phoenix with Sharon where she went over the results of our personality tests.  She was very encouraged by how well Aaron and I know each other and work together in our marriage.  We feel like we are blessed with a wonderful marriage but it was exciting to see that we have a good marriage on paper too.  Our next and final step is our home visit on January 14th.  Sharon will interview each of us and the children separately.  We will turn in our match letter at this time.  Then on January 20th Sharon will present us to the board and we will enter the matchbook.  Which means in 18 days we will be ready to be chosen by a birth mother! 

  I can hardly believe we are so close to meeting our baby.  Of course it could take some time for us to be chosen but our work is almost done.  Now we just wait and pray.  Please join us in praying for God's best and His peace during the remainder of our journey.  Please pray for wisdom and peace for our birth mom and for health for her and her baby.  It will be exciting to see how our story plays out and learn of all the details God orchestrated to bring her to this place.  We have so clearly seen the hand of God in our journey and I cannot wait to give Him the glory for all that He has done in both our lives and the lives of the birth parents.

  We have been getting our nursery completed and have been preparing our stash of newborn clothes and necessities.  We were blessed to find a sit and stand stroller on craigslist in Phoenix for an amazing price.  We have been given so many items from friends whose little ones have grown.  We have registered at Target, Walmart and Nikki's Diapers for the remainder of what we need but we are pretty well prepared to go pick up our little one when the call comes.  Thank you for your love and tremendous support. 

  May God richly bless you in this new year!

The Reynolds Family