Merry Christmas to everyone. Happy Birthday to our Lord amd Savior Jesus Christ.
We celebrated the birth of our Lord and Savior yesterday. David read the account of Jesus birth. Then after dinner we sang Happy Birthday Jesus. We even had a birthday cake with a candle. Desiree blew out the candle.
Hope everyone out there had a good Christmas.
Blessings,
Melissa
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Waiting child
Back in July I saw a little boy on the waiting child list. His picture just kind of jumped out at me. I didn't know which country he was from because the children are listed by region (e.g Asia, Africa, Europe...). I sent a message to our international case worker asking which country he was from and then said a prayer. I said" Lord, if this little boy is for us then please let him be from Ghana." It took a day or two before I heard from our case worker, but when she emailed me she said that he was from Ghana. I was convinced, David was not.
Fast forward a few months to last week, we watched a webinar from Bethany about waiting children. This little boy was on the webinar. While watching, I felt God speak to my heart and tell me that this child is mine. Again, I sent a message to our international worker and asked questions. She sent me a full report on him. I have no doubts now about whether or not this child is meant for us. David is not opposed to him but does not have the same certainty about him that I do.
I understand David's hesitation. This boy is much older than we had said we wanted, but I think this little boy is what God wants for us. Or maybe we are what He wants for this little boy.
We are very close to finishing our home study, but still have to do our dossier and until that is complete, we can't be matched with him. If this boy is meant to be ours than he will still be available when we are ready.
Due to Ghana's privacy policies, I can't give any details about him, yet.
I ask for prayer. Pray that if this child truly is meant to be our son, that all will go smoothly. But if he is not, please pray that God will give him a christian family who will love him with all their hearts.
Blessings,
Melissa
Fast forward a few months to last week, we watched a webinar from Bethany about waiting children. This little boy was on the webinar. While watching, I felt God speak to my heart and tell me that this child is mine. Again, I sent a message to our international worker and asked questions. She sent me a full report on him. I have no doubts now about whether or not this child is meant for us. David is not opposed to him but does not have the same certainty about him that I do.
I understand David's hesitation. This boy is much older than we had said we wanted, but I think this little boy is what God wants for us. Or maybe we are what He wants for this little boy.
We are very close to finishing our home study, but still have to do our dossier and until that is complete, we can't be matched with him. If this boy is meant to be ours than he will still be available when we are ready.
Due to Ghana's privacy policies, I can't give any details about him, yet.
I ask for prayer. Pray that if this child truly is meant to be our son, that all will go smoothly. But if he is not, please pray that God will give him a christian family who will love him with all their hearts.
Blessings,
Melissa
Monday, December 3, 2012
One more step
Well, we applied for our passports today. They should be here in about a month. We are one small step closer to our newest little one.
Got an email from our social worker saying that she has not recieved back the forms from our references. We contacted them and they said they have not gotten any letters to return. So she is supposed to send out the forms again. Hopefully , they make it where they are supposed to be. That seems to be the last thing we need to complete our home study. YAY!
God really does answer prayers. As I said in my last post, I have been feeling frustrated with how long this process is taking. Well, this morning I prayed that in some way we would make some kind of progress today. And we have! It was a small selfish prayer, but He answered. It felt like God put His hand on my shoulder just to remind me that He was still here, He does care, and He is still in control. Thank you Jesus!
Blessings,
Melissa
Got an email from our social worker saying that she has not recieved back the forms from our references. We contacted them and they said they have not gotten any letters to return. So she is supposed to send out the forms again. Hopefully , they make it where they are supposed to be. That seems to be the last thing we need to complete our home study. YAY!
God really does answer prayers. As I said in my last post, I have been feeling frustrated with how long this process is taking. Well, this morning I prayed that in some way we would make some kind of progress today. And we have! It was a small selfish prayer, but He answered. It felt like God put His hand on my shoulder just to remind me that He was still here, He does care, and He is still in control. Thank you Jesus!
Blessings,
Melissa
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