You are not going to believe this!!!

OK, so yesterday we mailed the application. There is a possibility that Saturday, our Home Study will begin!! Talk about "quick"! We've got a yard sale going this weekend. Gotta raise some money.....but the Home Study guy is like that's ok. We will do the walk through and then in a week or so we can get the interviews done. Is this process really happening??? Am I dreaming.....This is real.

Clinton just got home from Little Rock, I'm like are you ready??? Ready for what he says! Ready for this thing to really begin. We're ready. "Here I am send me" Lord!

Just got off the phone with my mom, Mary Ann, we can talk about it now and know that it's going to happen. Just knowing that a little girl, will soon join our family. A little girl, I'm not even sure if I'll know what to do with a little girl. My two boys, are such boys! If you know what I mean! Having dolls and pink things lying around will definitely be different!

God is good!

Blessed is the man that trust in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. Jer. 17:7 We are truly blessed! Thank you Lord for giving us the faith to trust in you. Having that faith as small as a mustard seed....just knowing that "little seed" can hold just enough faith for God to spin his plan in motion.

It's official....We are expecting!

We are expecting!!! Not in the traditional, big belly, pickle-craving, hormonal, type of pregnancy. But in the glorious, can't wait, how much more paperwork is there, is she really out there, adoption "pregnancy". At 8:30 p.m. Tues., April 29th, we mailed the adoption application to Adoption Hope International. It was a very exciting time. We are all pretty giddy with emotion. As a family unit, we've been waiting for this day for over 6 years. But for me, I've waited a life time.....The desire has been there for about as long as I can remember. Being adopted myself, adopting a little girl was something that I felt like God wanted me to do. So all the glory goes to Him today for it was He who set this plan in motion.

The next step is to complete the Home Study. There's a great guy that my friend Melonie referred us to. We are excited to get that complete. Once that's done we can start applying for Grants. We know that God will make a way when there seems to be no way. We pray for his favor. Within the month of May, we will travel to Ft. Smith to get fingerprinted. They have to make sure we aren't serial killers, or bank robbers! In the meantime, I'm working on passports for the family and additional government paperwork.

It's late and I better hit the hay. It will be hard for me to sleep tonight knowing that we just got the news that "there's a baby on the way!" God is good!

Getting prepared

Well we are busy getting prepared for submitting our application. It seems like we've been going through the preparation process for a long time now. Adoption has been on our hearts for about 6 years now. More for me since I had this desire at a very young age. The desire to give that same gift that I was given. A home full of love and care from a family that wanted me more than anything! We have those feelings now!
God is good! Faith has played a big part in our decision to adopt. So we are walking in faith, knowing with God all things are possible. Can't wait to begin to record this fantastic and exciting journey.