It’s been forever and a day since I wrote a blog post. Quite frankly, I’ve been busy being a wife and mommy and working from home. And then you throw in a move across a few states last year and yeah..blogging hasn’t really been on my radar. However, I’m off today (Thanks Labor Day, woot woot!) and decided that I should put a few thoughts into words.
Russell blogged recently about our move so feel free to backtrack a bit if you want to know how we ended up in North Dakota. There have been so many positive things that have come our way from a change in scenery. One way that we have seen the hand of God was when we started thinking about adoption again. When we were in Indiana, the time never felt right, and quite frankly, we didn’t have the finances to swing it. We were even contacted by our agency in Indiana a couple of times about a situation they thought might work for us but it just never really worked out. Shortly after our move, I started looking more closely at adoption agencies in North Dakota. And surprise…there is a Christian adoption agency in the city where we live! So we are thinking “Okay, God. You have our attention!” After talking with them a bit and spending some time in prayer, we submitted our application last fall and it was accepted. We attended orientation in March (thankfully pre-Covid!) and our home study visit was completed in May. Our home study was subsequently approved, and as of last week, we are officially on the waiting list with our profile book being shown to expectant parents.
Reece is super excited about being a big brother! And we are really excited about adding another little person to our family! We have given away most of our baby stuff, so we will be starting over in that regard. But God has graciously provided for our every need thus far! Microsoft has amazing adoption benefits-another way we see God’s hand at work! Besides covering $10,000 in adoption related expenses, they also will be providing Russell with 12 weeks of paid paternity leave! It’s been amazing to watch the pieces falling into place!
When we were waiting for Reece, my phone was always within my sight and I felt like I was constantly living in a state of expectation. Hope vs. despair over the long wait. And in that long wait, I found that God knew what He was doing after all! I found out that He CAN be trusted, that He sees the big picture and is working out all things for our good and His glory! This time the wait feels different. I’m a busy mommy now, and my phone is not always nearby. But there’s a deep underlying sense of peace that I can trust God. He doesn’t need my help with the details. He’s got it and I can rest in that fact. I would imagine that when the call comes, my heart will skip a few beats. I get butterflies just thinking about it for long. While I wait, I will trust. While I wait, I will stay busy. While I wait, I will rest in Him. And I will try to calm Reece when the doorbell rings and he screams “the baby is here!” Ha! That’s already happened! When you think of us, please pray for Reece specifically in the wait. I hope that in the wait, he will see Jesus! I hope that in the wait, he will see our complete trust. I hope that he will learn that Jesus can be trusted with all the details both great and small.
Thank you for joining us on our journey once again. Your prayers mean so much!