April Number & Update

I haven't been very good at updating this blog or updating anyone for that matter.  I guess I've been avoiding this space for some time.  I tend to avoid people and situations when I just don't know what to say or when I don't want to talk about something.  Most of you know that we moved to Texas last summer and then moved back to North Carolina at the end of November.  I've explained the why and everything over at the other blog so I don't feel like I need to get into that but I haven't really explained how adoption plans are progressing.  So that is my goal tonight.  I think I'm finally up to it.

We are still on the wait list to adopt a little girl.  Our newest number for this month is 17.

 {Source: http://www.janbrett.com/numbers/number_17.htm}

We started at 93 in October of 2010.  While we were in Texas we did not update our home study for various reasons but it worked out to be a good thing since we moved back to NC.  Since we have moved back (and our house sold while we lived in TX) we have been living with Brian's mom.  This is one of the best scenarios for us.  Lots of people say bad things about their mother-in-laws but mine is truly wonderful.  She has a spacious house with plenty of room for us.  We are in a great school zone for our 5 year old, Isabel, to attend 1st grade in the fall.  

I have been teaching part-time at a middle school and Brian has applied for more jobs than I really even know.  He has come ridiculously close for many but eventually they choose someone with their Master's degree already or they say that he is over-qualified.  Finally a few months back, he was able to find a job.  We were so thankful.  Even still, we have been so so worried about what all of this does to our adoption process.  Would they even let us continue since our life, finances, home, everything has changed?  Would they think we've lost our minds?

Thankfully, they have been so so kind and helpful.  We do have some work to do.  We have been waiting to hear their opinion on everything.  So, we have to update our home study, we have to be re-fingerprinted (these all expired/will expire soon anyway), we have to add Brian's mom to the mix, we still have to raise money, and we still need to apply for grants (that require an updated home study).  Our agency wants to see how everything is going and they want us to have some stability so they'd like to see the updates fairly soon.

So, basically this is a lot.  Nothing in me really wants to be vulnerable and share all of this.  But, I felt like I should and I really just want to ask for prayer.  Prayer over the whole thing!  Thank you all!!  We still have some fundraising plans going on too that we'll share later. :)

I'll end on a verse I read today from 1 Kings 8:56.

"Praise the LORD who has given rest to his people Israel, just as he promised.  Not one word has failed of all the wonderful promises he gave through his servant Moses."