Nemo

Just as Dory in Finding Nemo says, "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming..." I am constantly playing the words through my head and sometimes I say them out loud. "Just keep waiting/praying/hoping/loving, just keep..." Lots of waiting and praying.
Things are going well. Yesterday (Thursday) we had our second homestudy visit. We got to talk about marriage. It was a great to talk about my amazing husband and nice to reflect on the past 3 years of marriage, 5 1/2 years of being together, and almost 20 years of knowing eachother. I think that sometimes life gets so busy that I don't take enough time to reflect on the past and the wonders of today. Of course I always know that David is an incredible man and fabulous husband; we have such a great time together and love to dream about the future. I truly enjoyed answering the questions and am so glad that we share the love we do. Sometimes it is easier to realize just how truly blessed I am when was asked to talk about the one I love.

I hope our kiddo likes Nemo.

One visit down 3 more to go!

We finally met our social worker from Lutheran Family Services. She was great and the time was a blessing. Ahh how I love to talk about adoption, and the way God has prepared our hearts for each of these moments. It was kind of fun answering her questions. An important step forward. (Once we finish the homestudy and the social worker writes the report... it will go through a series of approvals and then we can be put on the waiting list.) Pray with us that there won't be too many, hopefully no hiccups along the way. We will be working as quick as possible to prepare the dossier (massive paperwork for International adoption) in the next few weeks or months... not quite sure yet how that will all work out!
Halleluiah! We are moving forward.
I am praising God today for all the little blessings coming together to make it all happen. Exhausted and rejoicing about all of the extra jobs! Pray with us and for us as we venture into the DEEP paperwork, I hope to escape without too many paper cuts.
Next meeting: Thursday afternoon!

Movement

Tomorrow will mark a milestone in the adoption process. We will finally have our first homestudy visit. I am sure a lot of behind the scenes background check work has been being done the last few months, but it will be great to see something happening. I am excited to meet our social worker, Melissa. We have been talking to her via email or phone since the fall. She seems really sweet.
I will update again when I have more news.
In the mean time, God is revealing so much more to us each day as he breaks our hearts for the world. Wow, how it hurts to even think these days. The more I read, the more I know, the more I am broken... praying to BE the CHANGE we are wishing to see in THE WORLD. I used to think being content was a good thing... in some respects it is. We are content with what we have, we do not need or want for anything (well maybe want but nothing necessary). We are happy with wherever God lands us. Life is a journey and a circus... and we are loving living in it. Okay, back to content and how it is or can be BAD. David and I have been discussing how we should never truly be content with the world and the status quo. God designed us for more. We should never stop doing, the world is in desperate need of love and change. I don't ever want to fall into a routine of completely content... where I am comfortable with not caring about the needs of others. I also am aware that we are only two people, and can't do it all by ourselves.