The Husband Speaks!

So, now that Angie has finally allowed me to post on here, I figured the time was ripe for my first ever blog post.

First things first: A lot of people that I haven't been able to catch up with for a while probably think that this is really out of character for me. 

I completely agree.  This is a good thing, really.

My "character" is selfish, prideful, quick-tempered and lazy.  If something I'm doing now is out of character for who I've been for most of my life, I know I'm doing something that's heading me in the right direction.

The person that I want to be is not who I have been, so the more out of character I act, the better.

Second: The first thing that most people (outside of my Cross Creek family) ask me when I tell them that Angie and I are being called by God to adopt a soon to be 3 year old girl with special needs from Latin (/South) America is "Are you crazy!?" To which the answer is of course: "Yes, quite."

If you had tried to tell me a couple of years ago that I would ever be the kind of person who says stuff like "I know this is what God wants me to do right now" I would have laughed in your face and walked away. 

I do NOT cry.  Ever.  I make Chuck Norris look like a big softie.  But when I think about meeting our little girl for the first time - wondering if she'll hug me, or be afraid of me - I come close to tearing up.  We don't know if she can walk, or talk or what her level of independence is, or will ever be, but I love that little girl more than my own life. 

If the change that's taken place in me isn't proof that God is real, and working in people's hearts and lives, I don't know what is.

Warp Speed

Now that we have been approved to adopt I feel like things are moving at warp speed. Of course I know this will most likely be short lived as I know how slow the adoption process can be! We have found a local agency to prepare our international home study and now have to get appointments with our doctor and take our parenting class.

Right now we are working hard to come up with the funding for the initial fees for the adoption. We will have to pay for our home study, our parenting class, and our agency fees. These fees are all due soon. As you will see I have added a "Chip in" gidget to the blog on the right. This allows our family, friends and supporters to help us with the costs of the adoption. "Chip in" works through Paypal. The negative about "Chip in" is that it the donations are not tax deductible. The good part about it is that the funds will be deposited directly into our paypal account and can be used immediately for the adoption expenses. Soon (hopefully) we will be officially commited to the child we are seeking and Reeces Rainbow will have our page available.  Once this is up and running you will be able to make donations to us through them which will be tax deductible but will not be able to be used by us until we are ready to travel.

I will be selling some wonderful and unique items through my blog in the near future as I have some amazing family and friends who will be helping me with this.  You can also help fund the adpotion by purchasing items through my Etsy shop Simplyvintagefun.

We are humbled to have to ask for help, but God has asked us to put our trust in Him to povide us the means to follow through with this adoption.  Please do not feel obligated to donate to us.  We ask that all donations be given lovingly and not grudgingly.  We appreciate every bit of help that can be given. 

Still waiting and praying....

It feels like we handed in our application forever ago!  It has almost been a month and we still have not heard anything from our agency.  The problem is, they are trying to see if the children are adoptable and if we will be able to adopt them through this agency.  I feel like I am spinning in circles with them right now.  Supposedly the info was sent out last week and they are waiting to hear back.  I am hoping to have more information this week. 

I was really hoping to get a good portion of our homestudy done before I went back to school but that is obviously not going to happen.  The semester starts next Monday.  I am really not looking forward to it, but after this semester I will be half way done!

I will post again when I have more information. 

Faith in God includes Faith in His timing!