What a beautiful Friday! I am excited about the cooler fall weather that is hopefully coming. I started school this week and I had a fantastic week with my students. I have a really great class so that makes me even more excited for this year. This year may be bittersweet for me because I know that I won't be here full time next year; I love my job, especially the staff and students that I work with, so leaving this place full time will be very hard for me. Yet, I know it is the best thing for our family and I am looking forward to being a mom.
Our adoption papers are still at U.S. immigration, which is fine because as soon as we get them back then we have to start making some decisions about when we want to send them to Zambia. We are praying hard for God's timing. I am so thankful to have Him to rely on through this process. I know that He will bring that little girl into our lives when the time is right. Thankfully it's not up to me.
So, for now, we are enjoying life as we start a another season of being busy with jobs. God is good and we know He will give us feet for the paths He has for us.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
I'll Give This Another Try
It sounds like the other link only showed half of the video about why we chose to adopt. Hopefully this works better.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Waiting Begins
I haven't posted anything for a little while because not much has happened with our adoption lately. Our papers are at U.S. immigration and will be there for a few months. We should be notified soon with a fingerprinting appointment in Grand Rapids, but other than that we will just be waiting for awhile.
Once the papers get back to us from immigration we have to make a decision when we want to send them to Zambia. We could send them over right away, but that would mean that we would probably get a referral for a child in the middle of the school year. Right now I am committed to teaching a full year. I think we will hold on to our papers and not send them to Zambia until at least after the New Year. Two other families will be going to Zambia before us so we will be able to learn a lot about the timing from them. Once we have our child, I will not be going back to teach full time. We will see if anything works out part time next school year.
That is where we are at; we will continue to let you know of any progress. On another note, my brother, Kyle, leaves for Belmont University in Nashville, TN on Friday. Your prayers for his transition into college would be appreciated.
Once the papers get back to us from immigration we have to make a decision when we want to send them to Zambia. We could send them over right away, but that would mean that we would probably get a referral for a child in the middle of the school year. Right now I am committed to teaching a full year. I think we will hold on to our papers and not send them to Zambia until at least after the New Year. Two other families will be going to Zambia before us so we will be able to learn a lot about the timing from them. Once we have our child, I will not be going back to teach full time. We will see if anything works out part time next school year.
That is where we are at; we will continue to let you know of any progress. On another note, my brother, Kyle, leaves for Belmont University in Nashville, TN on Friday. Your prayers for his transition into college would be appreciated.
Monday, July 30, 2007
From Atlanta to Zambia (Part 1 of 2)
I found it! This is a video about a church group's trip to Zambia, but they stayed at The House of Moses which is the orphanage we will get our daughter from. I was so excited to see a video that shows where we will stay and where our daughter will live for awhile. Please take a look!
The Miniature Earth
Check out this video- it is very interesting and reminds me of our responsibility as Christians to take care of those that are less fortunate. Let me know what you think.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
All in God's Time
On Tuesday night we met with the other families who are also going to Zambia to adopt children through Bethany. One of the families has spent significant time in Zambia doing mission work, so they were able to share pictures with us and answer some questions about the country and the culture of the people. It was great to spend a night with other people who are going through some of the same emotions as we are.
Our homestudy was also completed Tuesday night and I sent all the paperwork off to U.S. Immigration today. We will get information about a fingerprinting appointment in a few weeks. I think our papers will take a few months to go through the immigration process. Once that is all done, we could send our stuff to Zambia, but then we may have our baby before Christmas, or soon after. Because I would like to teach most or all of next year we think we are going to wait to send our papers to Zambia. It will be very hard for me to wait, knowing that we may have been able to have a baby earlier. But, God's timing is good; I know that during this 8-10 months of waiting He will continue to teach us a lot and prepare us to be parents. Once school starts I will be much busier also and then I won't have as much time to think about it. God is good; it has been amazing to see Him work through this whole process. We will keep trusting His timing.
Our homestudy was also completed Tuesday night and I sent all the paperwork off to U.S. Immigration today. We will get information about a fingerprinting appointment in a few weeks. I think our papers will take a few months to go through the immigration process. Once that is all done, we could send our stuff to Zambia, but then we may have our baby before Christmas, or soon after. Because I would like to teach most or all of next year we think we are going to wait to send our papers to Zambia. It will be very hard for me to wait, knowing that we may have been able to have a baby earlier. But, God's timing is good; I know that during this 8-10 months of waiting He will continue to teach us a lot and prepare us to be parents. Once school starts I will be much busier also and then I won't have as much time to think about it. God is good; it has been amazing to see Him work through this whole process. We will keep trusting His timing.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Adoption Update
Mark and I completed the homestudy for our adoption yesterday. This means that the social worker has said we are fit to be parents (crazy huh! :) and now stuff has to get sent to U.S. immigration and then we have to go to Grand Rapids to be fingerprinted. The immigration piece will probably take a few months so in the mean time we will keep learning as much as we can and keep praying for our baby girl. We are very excited about how things have gone so far. We will keep you posted when we know more.
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