Our Son’s Name… Yes, we’re on both lists—for either a boy or a girl…BUT I feel pretty certain being #19 on the boy list and #30 on the girl list that we’ll get to #1 first on the boy list. You NEVER know…BUT—I’m excited to be able to tell you our son’s name…if in fact, […]
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Author Archives: admin First…I want to say to those of you reading along this year with me the One Year Bible reading…thank you for your PATIENCE these last few days. I must warn you, you are taggin’ along with a momma in the midst of her adoption journey. It’s one of “ebs and flows” they say…and being in […] Amen. Praying for you tonight. I’m continually amazed at the beautiful posts you write and even in the midst of discouragement you continue to encourage others. I’m so glad you heard Him tonight and can take comfort in following His plan. As we were doing our reading tonight my 8 year old said “No way, would I sacrifice my son if God asked.” Such honesty…and I will never be able to fully comprehend this part of the bible myself but I believe you’re right on…it’s about obedience and being obedient often looks crazy to the world. What could look more crazy then sacrificing your own child? But Abraham was obedient and God met him there. I want to live my life in obedience but it is so easy to look to the right and left. Thank you for the reminder to keep looking straight ahead~I will be praying for your family and the baby that will be so blessed to join you! oh – I needed that this morning! Thank you so much for opening up through your frustration – what an encouragement! We are also dreading the wait – and we are not even on the list yet! But we did feel God calling us to AGCI, and definitely to ethiopia, so….eyes forward! Praying for you today. my heart breaks for you andrea. i have been were you are a million time during our 2 year wait for silas. but! know that God is working on you and shaping you during this time. i didn’t know it at the time (i was stubborn and didn’t want to be molded…i wanted my baby). BUT…He was right (why do i question Him?!). i needed it BIG time and i would not be the person i am today without the wait. plus, it will make the homecoming THAT much sweeter. believe me, it is amazing to bring a baby home after a short wait…but just imagine the JOY and REJOICING of bringing home a child that you (and everyone) has prayed for and waiting for for SO long. it is incedible. i still have no words to describe silas’ homecoming. i know this is crazy…but i am thankful for the wait. once i was past it, i could see all the blessing that God had planned for us that we would have not experienced on my time frame. being on the other side, i can say with confidence that EVERY detail was beautiful orchastrated by God…even if it took A LOT longer than i ever expected and took many turns that i did not expect to take. hang it there, friend. i know it is impossible…and there is not much that anyone can say to comfort you (well, except for how much it STINKS to wait). i love you and am here for you. quick comment as I rush my kiddos out the door for school…but I AM HERE IN IT WITH YOU 🙂 If nothing else…misery loves company right 🙂 I feel your pain and know exactly what you are going through…I’m here anytime you need to chat! We WILL get through this!! Jenn I know… The wait is SO hard. Painful. My heart ached for my girls when we were waiting. And, I know that AGCI is always very conservative in their estimated time frames. We didn’t think, when we got on the list this 2nd time in May 2009, that we’d have a referral for 10 months to a year…. And we got our referal a little over 5 months after being on the list! And there were months of very little movement for us, too. I know this isn’t all that helpful right now, but I just wanted to share that I know how you feel and hope that the referral comes sooner rather than later! I am with you on this! My heart wants a child so desperately….my heart wants…..TO NOT WAIT ANY MORE!!!!! hanging in there with you! The wait. OH, the wait. It is so so hard. I feel your pain. Your writing is beautiful. Amen. P.S. I have been trying to convince my husband of the name Isaac, too….he’s not biting. 🙁 so beautifully written..I can SOOOOO feel your pain!! Been there done that one!! AND, crazy, but i can’t wait to be back in your shoes some day!! 🙂 wonderful post…kristi  Guess what was cookin’ in my oven this mornin’? GRANOLA! Here’s the recipe: Homemade Granola Bars 2008, Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics, All Rights Reserved Prep Time: 25 min Inactive Prep Time: 3 hr 0 min Cook Time: 40 min Level: Easy Serves: 12 to 16 bars Ingredients 2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal 1 cup sliced […] I have wondered the same thing about the African American program. I prayed about it and didn’t hear a no, but a not now. So we wait right along with you and I have peace and know that my son is in Ethiopia no matter how hard it is to be patient right now. I made these last summer and my guys gobbled them up in no time! I added a lil bee pollen and flaxseed and they didnt even know:) Hey, I am typing my first comment on a blog. I read yours and Melissa’s everyday so here goes. I know how hard it is to wait and wait for what God has for us. I am not a good person to wait. I am a planner. I like everything planned. I am feeling the need to wait and listen to what God is telling me in all area’s of my life. I am not adopting but I am waiting with you on what God wants for me. THANK YOU SHELLEY for your comment and words of encouragement! REALLY what I needed tonight! Yes, I’m not good at waiting either…it means SO MUCH to know others are walking the path of waiting on Him with me. Thankful you are here in Atlanta—it will be sweet to meet you one day…maybe at an airport with my little one FINALLY in my arms!!!!! AFter losing our referral I questioned too..it is natural…BUT looking at LL…I know I was suppose to get to Ethiopia…And, with the number of orphans in Ethiopia..your son/daughter needs you to hang on…i promise things will pick up soon…I remember the frustrations..I really felt them when we hit the 6 month mark of waiting…praying your child is revealed soon 🙂 kj YUM! Will be searching the market shelves to see if I can find all these ingredients in Hong Kong! Your strength will rise as you wait upon the Lord! I so admire your heart! Praying you get to “meet” your baby soon!  Today is the Sabbath! A sweet day of rest to spend with the Savior and family. Today we continue another day growing through lent as we do our Lent/Easter tree. Lent Day 5 – Ornament: Farm Tool – Today we will be sharing the story of Abraham and Sarah from Genesis 12. (Can you guess […] oh girl you have SUCH A GIFT at photography..thanks for all the little tips! Lovin’ the black and white and just to warn you, if I lived closer I’d be stealing your little green chair!!! I have chair envy! Mine are all blue, I want a green terribly bad! lol =) And I need your address! You won my RAK giveaway! xoxox I can’t thank you enough for all the little photography tips here and there! You know I’m going to have to go back and read through them all once I get my camera! ($250 in the camera account now, yay! Goal is before Africa!) I especially love the pic of Laney in the chair…where do you find locations like that? STUNNING! Thoughts on today’s reading… Leviticus 12 – Purification after Childbirth Amazing how this purification actually provided the new mom time away to recoup and rest from her daily housechores. Women were also required to bring a sacrifice to be declared ceremonially clean. This served as a reminder that we are born sinners. There were also […] Andrea-it is so very interesting to me that todays post you talked a lot about baptism, and our church service today will be about baptism. This is a topic I have been digging DEEP in since I was 13 and still don’t feel like I have a clear understanding of! Also interesting that you referred to Martin Luther because the Lutherans practice infant baptism. But, they do something called confirmation in which a teenager(ish) aged child stands in front of the church and tells the church why they believe what they believe in their own words. Oh, and the Lutherans hold fast to infant baptism as being scripturally based because Jesus talks about baptizing whole house holds. And in those times whole households included anyone from infants to grandparents. Lutherans also talk about how infant baptism is like being adopted unto Christ. Just like a baby is adopted into a family and does not choose his or her family, that is the family they will grow up in and when they are older they will still have the name of that family. Now they can choose to go leave the family and change their name but it is like a mark that is on their life. Asher, The baptism in our Roman Catholic faith is an infant baptism usually and yes, Asher, it is just as the Luthern church believes…the family saying that they have commited this child as God’s…we would like to believe ours but, we are all belonging to our Lord. It is our promise to raise that infant in the church to know ,love and serve our Father and the Church body to be apart of that spiritual walk. To know Christ ,to lay our hearts and troubles and joys at the foot of the cross…this is our promise to our children through baptism. It is a sacrament. Holy indeed ! Confirmation is about age 16…Shockley is going through a year preparation to walk on his own from the baptism that was given to him as an infant and announce publicly that he is apart of his inheritance to belong to the royal family of the KING ! Jesus Christ. All things are possible through Jesus ! Some are not ready for this step and postpone this journey. As a Catholic…we accept all faiths and the way they were baptised. As long as they have been baptised at any age. I was at Emory Catholic Church and at Easter Vigil watched a precious graduate student be fully emerged in water for a very special baptism (we do full immersions also)sp? At any rate…it is never too late and so exciting to see the power of the Holy Spirit in the New Life ! My husband and I were both baptised as infants and have a “Profession of Faith” when we were teenagers. After joining our church here, we found out in order to be members we need to be baptized as adults and make the conscious choice. We still haven’t done it yet…need to. For our kid we have made the decision to dedicate them as infants and let them make the choice of baptism. I have some family who strongly disagrees with our decision, so its great to hear everyone’s perspective on it. |
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LOVE the name Isaac! Love the meaning you have behind it!
Thank you Leigh. I’m in love with that name so much already:)
I am sure your little Issac will fill you with Laughter when he is finally in your arms!
Love your post! Love the name too.
Hey, I have grown up in the church and didn’t realize that about the Sundays….hmmm….makes complete sense, just didn’t know it. Like you I don’t think of myself as a certain denomination either….we are CHRISTIANS 🙂
I did not know that about Sundays in Lent either. I love that we can always learn something new. I also learned the other day that “Alleluia” is to be hidden during Lent until Easter Sunday. The kids can make a banner, hide it, and then it appears along with their Easter baskets. Oh…and super love the name Isaac!
I love how you said that the story of Abraham and Isaac has repeatedly been placed on your heart. I felt the same way about the Visitation when Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth. We named our baby we lost through miscarriage Elizabeth. We have been in the fost/adopt program waiting for a match. We got the call on my husband’s birthday that we were matched with twins. What are there names? – John and Marie. When were they born? -on the feast of the Visitation.
When we are open, God prepares us for His perfect plan. Hope you will be welcoming Isaac home soon!
L.O.V.E the name Isaac! great choice!!!! and glad to hear if it’s a girl, she won’t be Isaac-ette 🙂
Love the name here too! We are leaning towards Eli 🙂 I really like the significance of the pairing of Samuel (our littlest) and Eli. There are some cool correlations with his priesthood…plus the name “fits” well with our other kiddos I think 🙂
Hang in there girl!!!!
Jenn
Love the name and love your heart!!!! Thanks so much for the e-mail yesterday. Made my day! Praying for you on this journey. So excited for what God is doing in your family!
Habakkuk 2:3
“For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail
Though it tarries, wait for it;
For it will certainly come, it will not delay.”
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I have to admit…I’ve fallen behind on the reading. 🙁 Trying desperately to catch up.
LOVE the name Isaac and the meaning behind it!
Oh Andrea I am smiling too 🙂 I know God is smiling over your sweet Isaac right now. Precious.
Love the name! Of course…you are talking to a mom with a Samuel and Josiah:-) Ya know the adoption road can be long and hard, but keep your eyes of Jesus. Don’t look to the left or right..but keep looking up! God’s plan is good! Sorry if I told you this already, but my Josiah has frequently said, “If we would have gone to Ethiopia, we would have our baby by now” (we started Aug. 08). I remind him that God didn’t call us to Ethiopia (this time) but our Abby is in India and that she NEEDS US TO WAIT! God is so good…still have his peace even through all the mess we are in now. One day we will have our Abby in our arms and you will have your Isaac!! That’s a great picture!!! Blessings to you!
I LOVE the name, Isaac is so lucky to have you all for his forever family!