Well, today's the day we've waited for for a LONG (long, long) time--our adoption fund is 100 percent funded! Our little house closed at 11:45 this morning, and we were able to transfer the funds immediately into our adoption account, bringing us to a grand total of OVER $30,000 available for our adoption. With this sale, the actual adoption costs as well as travel costs should be fully covered. We are so thankful that the Lord helped us pay off our little house early and also prevented us from selling it when we first moved out of it three years ago, as He had not yet called us to pursue adoption at that time. God's timing in prompting us to sell and in locating a buyer (just FIVE DAYS after listing it for sale) has been amazing as we're exactly at the point of needing our funds immediately upon getting a call for a placement.
Please pray with us in these coming days, weeks, months--???--we have no idea on a time frame, as we'll be in the presenting stage until we are matched with an expectant mom. Pray that we'll have patience and peace as we'll likely be presenting frequently. One big reason we chose to work with Christian Adoption Consultants is because they have contact with agencies across the country that have a great need for adoptive families. We have already had opportunity to present our family profile to several expectant mothers in just the past week, so your prayers are coveted as we wait to find out the child God would have for our family.
As you pray, please also join us in praying for the expectant moms who are choosing families to parent their children. Each time we receive information on an adoption situation, there is always a story. Always brokenness, pain, strained relationships, strongholds of addiction, or hopelessness. Please pray for these women who are making such a great choice for their babies to give them life and hope through adoption. Pray for people to come into their lives and share Christ's love and hope with them in the midst of their difficult life circumstances. Our hearts break reading these women's stories, and we pray they will find hope, grace, and freedom in Christ.
Thank you for partnering with us financially and in prayer on this adoption journey! We thank God for each of you!
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Thursday, July 17, 2014
July 2014
Since 2010, every July something eventful happens in our lives. July 2010 brought about job change, a move, and a discovery we were expecting Nathan. July 2011 was the least eventful year as we were "just" adjusting to life as first-time parents. Then, after praying for months about adoption, we felt the Lord clearly calling us to pursue domestic adoption on July 14, 2012. On July 15, 2013, Isaiah James Cromer was born and adopted by our great friends Nathan and Kimberly. Isaiah is such a joy to his family and friends!
Now it is July 2014. Every July I get excited and anxious for what's going to happen this year :-). With our home study complete, we have been sending applications to adoption agencies and attorneys with the assistance of our adoption consultant. This week we started to get our first calls about presenting to situations. For those not familiar with domestic (U.S.) adoption, "presenting" is kind of like the interview stage of applying for a job. Any time we are presented, that means our family's profile is shared and discussed with an expectant mother looking for a family for her child. The next part of the journey is called a "match," which means an expectant mother will choose us to parent her baby. These first days in the presenting stage have been exciting to us as we not only wait for a child who needs us to be his/her family but also hear of other families being formed through the blessing of adoption! We praise God each time we hear of a successful match being made as we know one more little one is being given life and hope!
This July is also bringing another HUGE exciting event in our adoption journey--our little house is going to CLOSE this coming Tuesday, July 22!!! We are so thrilled about this as once our house sale is complete, our adoption fund will also be FULL! After Tuesday, we should be financially ready to say "yes" to nearly any situation. We are so excited and praising the Lord for His awesome orchestration of this sale--the house was just 5 days on the market before we received an offer that we accepted.
As you think of us, please pray for our family being presented in the coming weeks and months. We will not be posting each time we will be presented, but just know we will likely be presented often until we are matched. We have been blessed to have an adoption consultant helping us navigate the waters as well as such a great network of adoptive families here in our local area who have been great encouragement! Thanks to all of you who have been praying with us on this journey. We're 2 years and 3 days in, and we're so excited for what the Lord is preparing us for!
Now it is July 2014. Every July I get excited and anxious for what's going to happen this year :-). With our home study complete, we have been sending applications to adoption agencies and attorneys with the assistance of our adoption consultant. This week we started to get our first calls about presenting to situations. For those not familiar with domestic (U.S.) adoption, "presenting" is kind of like the interview stage of applying for a job. Any time we are presented, that means our family's profile is shared and discussed with an expectant mother looking for a family for her child. The next part of the journey is called a "match," which means an expectant mother will choose us to parent her baby. These first days in the presenting stage have been exciting to us as we not only wait for a child who needs us to be his/her family but also hear of other families being formed through the blessing of adoption! We praise God each time we hear of a successful match being made as we know one more little one is being given life and hope!
This July is also bringing another HUGE exciting event in our adoption journey--our little house is going to CLOSE this coming Tuesday, July 22!!! We are so thrilled about this as once our house sale is complete, our adoption fund will also be FULL! After Tuesday, we should be financially ready to say "yes" to nearly any situation. We are so excited and praising the Lord for His awesome orchestration of this sale--the house was just 5 days on the market before we received an offer that we accepted.
As you think of us, please pray for our family being presented in the coming weeks and months. We will not be posting each time we will be presented, but just know we will likely be presented often until we are matched. We have been blessed to have an adoption consultant helping us navigate the waters as well as such a great network of adoptive families here in our local area who have been great encouragement! Thanks to all of you who have been praying with us on this journey. We're 2 years and 3 days in, and we're so excited for what the Lord is preparing us for!
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