Looking good...

September 27th, 2007

Today we received the paperwork on Abenezer and Emanuel, the twin six month old boys from the Soddo orphanage in the southwest part of Ethiopia. It was so exciting to read about them, their background and a little information about their family.

We were overwhelmed with joy and tears filled our eyes as we read all about them. We feel so humbled and blessed to be part of this plan that God has laid out before us. We don't deserve God's love nor could we ever earn it through our actions, but He has chosen to love us. He must feel the same excitement and joy that we feel now when another one of His children makes the decision to be adopted into God's family.W

e are still praying for wisdom, but are growing more and more confident that these two little boys should be part of our family. Their paperwork is good and they are very healthy.

REFERRAL DAY!!

September 26th, 2007

We have a referral!! Oh my goodness...I can hardly sit still :)

Our case worker emailed us today and asked about a note on our form. She wanted to know if we were or were not interested in twins. Of course we immediately asked if she had twins available and she said she thought they might be getting some information on twin boys today. Matthew laughed out loud about this. He knew I had put twins or siblings under the age of 3 on the form and, in his heart, suspected God would grant me my desire to adopt twin babies. He jokes now about how God answers my prayers more than his. (Which is so NOT true!)

We are so excited about the possibility of having twin boys. Jessica and Christopher were equally excited and asked all kinds of questions about what this might mean to our family. Please pray for wisdom in this decision. We can either accept this referral or wait for another. We need God to reveal His will for us and clearly show us if these are the boys He wants us to adopt.