Brief Overview

We are using a consultant firm that originated in Georgia, but our consultant lives in Kansas City. This firm is not a facilitator or anything of the sort. They are only there to walk us through the process and answer any questions we have along the way. They have contact with several agencies in states that they feel have good adoption laws. When we decided to use this consultant firm, we had been told that on average, it should take between 4-6 months from start to finish (in a few cases it has been shorter, and in some longer). We began the process in February of this year. Everything up to this point has gone by really fast. We have completed our home study as well as all of the necessary paperwork for several agencies, and have now have entered the waiting period. We have access to some of the agencies' websites, and are able to check their "available situations" (aka birthmoms who have decided to place their child or children up for adoption) online. We check these websites regularly and contact the agency when we would like for a certain birthmother to look at our profile. Up until this week, we thought we had submitted our profile to 5 different birthmoms. But on Monday of this week, we found out that all of them have fallen through except one. So, as of today, we have been submitted to a birthmom who is carrying twins!! What are we thinking you ask? We're not sure! Jonathan gets excited thinking about the possibility of twins. I, on the other hand, immediately feel fatigued and my eyelids get puffy from the thought of such sleep deprivation. We should hear something in a couple of weeks. We have been told that this part of the process is the hardest, and can be the most discouraging. But the Lord has been extremely gracious to us, and has blessed us with a tremendous amount of peace and strength. Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement! We really appreciate it!

Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, `Give them up!' and to the south, `Do not hold them back.' Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth-- --- Isaiah 43: 5-6