One More, One Less

 

"I will not leave you as orphans,

I will come to you."

- John 14:18

 

 

It's amazing to look back with 20/20 vision and see the work God does. He is amazing. The seeds he plants, the connections he makes, the stories he allows us to witness all become a part of the story, future and plan he has for us.

 

Two summers ago when we were praying over our own adoption, I kept feeling like God was laying it on my heart that this was bigger than us. He kept placing Charity (our church) on my heart.

Well, you want to freak people right out? You tell them that God is telling you that the church you (and they) attend needs to be more involved with orphan care and adoption. Seriously. Watch people go running for the (Killdeer) mountains.

 

As it turns out there was a lot of "sleeper" adoption interest. After I posted this post about God calling us to adoption, I had four (count them 1. 2. 3. 4.) people admit to me that they had felt a nudge to adopt. Yes, God. We are listening.

 

That same summer we were doing the research, the precious Kindel family was coming home from India with their daughter, Rupa. God was laying it on their hearts as well that there needs to be a place for people to go for support and financial assistance (the #1 reason people don't pursue adoption).

 

They approached me and two other wonderful women who have a big heart for the fatherless with their vision and One More, One Less (OMOL) was created.

 

More about OMOL next time, but for now follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/onemoreonelessministry and on our website at www.onemoreonelessministry.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now Don't Go Getting All Excited

I basically have nothing new to report, but wanted to give you a little update.  We are currently in month six of an up-to-24-month wait.

Most days are good days, but about once a month I get freaked out by the Internet (what do you mean files aren't moving? What?!? Your agency told you it's now a five year wait?!?) and then need assurance from our agency (they have never had a family wait longer than three years).

That is the roller-coaster that is adoption.

And yes, why we are thankful that we do not have the extra test of patience that comes with having their photos or knowing their names, we do know that they are living and the thought of them not being home with us, some days is too much.

Thank you for your prayers and for asking how we are doing. It means more than anything else. Until then, we'll continue to love on and chuckle at these two:

We'll also be working on a new project. We can talk about that more next time.

Bring our Children Home

Sweet, sweet video.

A Happy Move

Every Friday we get an update from our agency listing how many families they have in each stage. We've celebrated with each line we've moved to. This week we got to move down to the MOJ Registration line with all the other families who are waiting. 

Bulgaria 06/28/12 June Update PAPERWORK: 17 Families TRANSLATION - WAITING ON NBC APPROVAL: 8 Families MOJ REGISTRATION: 41 Families SPECIAL TREASURE (waiting on official match by MOJ): 1 Family WAITING ON 1ST TRIP: 1 Family ARTICLE 5 APPROVAL: 1 Family IN MOJ: 3 Families IN COURT: 3 Families WAITING ON 2ND TRIP: 2 Families

Bulgarian Registered

Wahoo! We got the email from our agency today that includes our official registration number for our adoption. This means that we are officially registered in the Bulgarian system and have now taken our place in "line". 

This is the largest adoption happening since we signed our agency application back in November. It feels great to have made it this far, but we know that our adoption gets progressively tougher from here on out. 

Our social worker said the wait right now is 24 months. This will require patience that I don't have. I'm hoping to grow some as the months go by.

We know that it is very likely that our daughter(s) has been born and as we watch Evan every day...watch him fall repeatedly, giggle, play, snuggle on our laps, scrape his knee, it's nearly impossible to imagine that somewhere our daughter is living a very different life. Not necessarily a life where no one cares, but a life where there are too many children and too little time. Too many butts, not enough laps and too much work to be done. 

We know that God's timing is perfect. So until he calls us forward again, we'll be waiting (probably some days better than others.)   

Please let the prayers and patience be plenty…