We are so very excited. Yesterday was a big day. Sharon, our adoption worker, was here for 3 hours interviewing us, interviewing the kids and touring the house. It went very well and we are excited to say our home study is complete!
Sharon will present us next Thursday January 20th for review by the agency and will call us after that meeting to let us know we are officially in the matchbook. We turned in our match letter and match book fee yesterday. Yet another milestone reached! We are so grateful for the prayers and support of family and friends. We are working hard to raise the remainder of our adoption fee. As of next Thursday we will be able to accept placement of a baby if we have our finances in order. We still need a large sum but are again blessed by God's timing. If we do not have enough money raised our tax return should cover the remaining fee amount. God's timing is perfect. We have been so blessed throughout this adoption process to see God's hand at work confirming and providing for each step.
We have been blessed by freecycle and craigslist finds this week of seven cans of unopened formula & a some cloth diapering items. We are still needing diaper covers and have registered at Target and Walmart for the remaining items we need.
We are still working on getting the T-Shirts printed at a reasonable price. Hopefully we will be able to offer them soon.
Please continue to lift our family up in prayer. We are getting closer to meeting our birth mom and baby. Please pray for health and safety for both the birth mom and baby and that God would be preparing us for an open relationship with the birth family. There are so many variables in an open adoption so there is no way to be truly prepared but we trust God will work in this relationship and bring about His glory. Please pray that we will be vulnerable and available for Him to use us.
We love you.
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