2 Months on Wait List!

Yeah! Today marks 2 months since we got on the wait list. With each passing day we are closer to becoming parents. It's also been 9 1/2 months since we started the adoption process, and I feel 9 1/2 months pregnant [but hopefully a little skinnier]!!!! :) If only I had a due date like most other mommas-to-be. That's one of the hardest parts.

But today we are celebrating that we have been waiting for 2 months. And who knows!?!?! Maybe we'll get a phone call quicker than the 6-8 months referral wait prediction we've been given. Can you send a Christmas prayer for that today? That's#1 on my Christmas list this year!

Prayer for Orphans

My mom sent me this passage from Psalm 71. I had to read it at 2 different times because of the tears. May this Psalm be a prayer over our babies today and the 143 million orphans globally...

Psalm 71:1-8

O Lord, I have come to you for protection; don’t let me be disgraced.
Save me and rescue me, for you do what is right. Turn your ear to listen to me, and set me free.
Be my rock of safety where I can always hide. Give the order to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked, from the clutches of cruel oppressors.
O Lord, you alone are my hope. I’ve trusted you, O Lord, from childhood.
Yes, you have been with me from birth; from my mother’s womb you have cared for me. No wonder I am always praising you!
My life is an example to many, because you have been my strength and protection.
That is why I can never stop praising you; I declare your glory all day long.

Traveling Companions

We've been blown away a thousand times over by the way people have supported, encouraged, and prayed specifically for us throughout our "growing our family" journey. Most recently, we've had some really good friends shared that they'd like to come with us to pick up our little ones [whenever that day comes]. They just need about $6000 to make that happen. So...

Would you pray that if they should come with us that God would provide the means? About $5000 of that cost is airfare, so maybe someone has a connection with that?

It would be a crazy blessing [more like a luxury!] to have friends come to help us with the pick-up - logistics, taking a million pics of our experience, and just supporting us. We'd love for you to shoot up a prayer or two about that. Who knows? God can do whatever he wants. :)