My wondering heart

It's been a little while since I've blogged, so I thought I'd share a few thoughts.

We are waiting to be matched with our son.  It could seriously happen any day. It seems surreal at this point, because we continue to just go about our every day as it has always been and yet, we know that at any given moment....our lives will forever be changed and this is a long awaited, anticipated day.

The wonder of who our child is, and the beauty of how we love someone we haven't yet met is amazing. I think about God's love.  It's unconditional and boundless and it sets in motion the example of how we love because HE FIRST loved us.  Adoption allows a special kind of love to abound that surpasses some forms of understanding. 

My heart is full of wonder for the littlest of details and the big picture.  Who is going to be our little boy, what does he look like, where is he living, is he cold, does he have a special toy, does he cry a lot, is he hungry, does he like to be held, what comforts him.......

My wondering heart 

longs to see his face.  

Prayer requests:

-health of our little boy
-the caretakers at the orphanage
-our family (preparing the details to be able to bring him home)
-continued fundraising efforts
-God's leading for the team that will match us to our little boy.  

Thank you for following along.  Means so much.

Les & Sara
Ben and Maddie




    

LOG IN DATE

We are excited to share that we received our LID on October 12, 2015.  

LID (Log In Date), which means that all our paperwork has been received, reviewed, and approved by the China Center for Children's Welfare and Adoption (CCCWA).

And....we move forward to get matched with our little one.

The matching is done by our China team who has studied our files in detail and will prayerfully match us with our child. 

This is such an important time to ask everyone to pray for us, the China team, and for our precious boy.

The matching usually occurs once a month, but sometimes it can be twice a month.  Once the children's files are 'released', there is somewhat of a frenzy amongst agencies from all over, to match children with their forever families.  I cannot even imagine this intense and extremely important process.  There is only seconds in which social workers have to prayerfully match a child with their families.  

Once a match is made, our social worker will contact us and we will get what information is available , photos, videos, medical information, etc...on that child.  We have 24-48 hours to make our decision on that first file.   I know that if my husband was sitting here next to me, he'd ask every reader to pray for me BIG TIME, as he knows that my heart will be tugged in a mighty way once I see the precious face of the first match.   

We have to be prepared that the first match may or may not be our child.   We chose to trust God throughout and we pray that God brings little Gus to us accordingly to His will and purpose.

Thank you all for following along, it means a lot. 

The possible

When we started our adoption, we knew that raising the $ would be one of our biggest challenges.

It's not easy, but it is possible and although we have a long road ahead of raising the needed funding, we take each step as it comes and the possibility becomes the possible.

I received this email today confirming that we raised $924.00 from our shoe drive. 

THANK you to those who donated shoes.

When the first month had gone by and I only had half a box filled, I wondered how it would be possible to get the minimum required of 10 boxes.  

Another month or so later, we were able to send off 12 boxes!

All things ARE possible.

As I sit here writing this, I'm listening to some of my favorite worship music.  I'm reminded that I LOVE getting lost in the love of Jesus.  He is faithful to love us, He finds us and meets us where we are.  I chose to acknowledge Him because He first loved us and is faithful to the end.  There is no greater love.  

This is so encouraging to me and I'm thankful daily that I chose to love Him back and follow His will for my life and trust in His plan for this little boy we are preparing to bring home and love forever.  

As we prepare for this next step in our adoption process, which is getting our referral, I'm leaning on God at every moment.   He loves these beautiful, waiting children and I can't wait to see the unfolding of His plan for our precious little boy.

Prayer request:  Our referral is next.  This is the moment when we are matched with our son.  This is what we've been waiting for.  It's so close.  

-sara