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

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

Christmas Tree

We put our Christmas tree up tonight. Desiree was sooooooooo excited. She actually was able to help this year.
We put up all 7 of our stockings. We have 8 stocking hangers and I hope that next year we can use the 8th one for our new child's stocking. I have been thinking alot about him/her lately. What is your Christmas like? Do you even celebrate Christmas? What  kind of presents would you like? Do you know Jesus or the Christmas story?

We are pluggung along with our paperwork. We recieved David's certified, state sealed birth certificates in the mail this week. We also recieved our certified, state sealed marriage license and my certified birth certificates. We'll have to get them state sealed.

I am feeling restless. I wish things would move faster. I want my child home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I am TRYING to remember that God's timing is always perfect.

Blessings,
Melissa

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am thankful for everything God has given me. Especially my family, including the one who is not here yet.
Blessings,
Melissa

Tragic news

We found out this week that David's birth father died on Tuesday. Let me give you the background information. David's parents divorced when David was 2. His father left his wife and 3 young sons for another woman and never had contact with them again.
When David's oldest brother was an adult, he searched for and found his father. Those 2 had a relationship for 30 years, but David had no interest in meeting his father. David's mother remarried and  were married for 25 years until his death in 1993. This was the man that David called Dad. He was the one that raised David.
Well we found out about a month ago from David's brother that their father was ill. David said that he felt God telling him to see his father. David has vacation time coming up and he had decided to go see his father, but unfortunately he took a turn for the worse and died this week. The good news is David has a sister from his father and maybe he can learn about him through her. We'll see. You can never have too much family.

Blessings,
Melissa

We Ghana be famous

We were interviewed by a reporter from our local paper about our adoption today. She was very nice, I was very nervous! She asked all kinds of questions. I hope we did ok. She said we did. It will be in this weekends paper. Woohoo!!!!!!!!

Blessings,
Melissa

Orphan Sunday

Today is orphan Sunday and my thoughts are on the newest little Marques who is in an orphanage somewhere in Ghana. I wonder where are you? How are you? Who are you?
Are you wondering about me today? Do you wonder where your mother is today?
I can't wait to bring you home.

Blessings,
Melissa