Author Archives: admin OK–I did not, have not and probably will not hear from AGCI today whether our home study was approved yet or not. I’m constantly reminded that the Lord is in control and He is the one carefully putting us in line where He needs us to be. He reminds me. Friends remind me. Me reminds […] I might LITERALLY pop if I have to wait another day for our home study to be approved. Please feel free to comment to see if I have popped or not;). Also feel free to leave verses, wisdom, insight or encouragement on waiting and why waiting is good for me. If you pass me on the […] Knees & prayer. That I am afraid is all the wisdom I have….. Just got off of them:) Just read this from Andrew Murray's "Waiting on God": I am sorry. I hated waiting and it was awful and horrible and stressful, but it will all be over really soon I promise. I guess you just have to trust that God has the perfect baby for you and you have to have it all put together at that PERFECT moment to get your child. I know that is probably not much comfort right now. I hope tomorrow brings good news. okay andrea….PLEASE don't pop!! i will say this! you have a LONG way to go and probably a lot of set backs to go as well. so, just sit back and take a DEEP breath!! i know it is hard, but you can do this 🙂 "The Lord will fight for you; you only need to be still." Exodus 14:14 (a favorite of mine for years and years) xoxo Donna, our home study coordinator, worked tirelessly last night and by midnight I received an email our revisions and updates had been submitted. Praying today not for speed—but for God’s timing. Wow. Did I really just say that? To be continued:) That is great news! Also, followed your great post about the movie taping last month. Hoping your assessment of Josh is more accurate than the one in the tabloids right now! Wow, that was great that she worked all night for you! I will pray for God's timing!! wow…that is some fast turn around!! Our home study was sent back too this week and we are making revisions. But the good news is that has given us time to get our dossier completed! We are right behind you 🙂 Love following your story! Jenn YAY JENN! We hopefully will be right there together now!!!! YAY! At least if we travel together…photographers on the same trip…we'll have rockin' pictures of us with our babies! YAY! REVISIONS. Bleck. I don’t like that word. I had a feeling I’d hear it before it was over…and lemme just say for the record I don’t like it. SO…our submitted lab results didn’t have HIV results…after a few calls to our docs…it’s now done:). We have to put up fire detectors in every bedroom (they […] Very encouraging! Thanks for making yourself vulnerable. I hate that you have to make revisions. I have my fingers crossed! I'm sorry. So they reviewed our home study last Thursday and told us that a few things needed clarified. We sent in the clarifications and everything was taken care of on Friday morning and our dossier was reviewed that afternoon. This means they are looking at it and I imagine you will still have your dossier in by the end of the week! I imagine that the few things they brought up this time are all the revisions they are requesting so I bet you are really really close. Hang in there! My husband and I always laugh that when you go to the hospital to have a baby all they ask you is, "Do you have a carseat?" then they send you on your way. But when you adopt, there are dozens and dozens of loops to jump through, tests to be taken, and revisions to be made. Laugh your way through the journey as much as possible…I promise it is all worth it!! Keep pressing on! Can't wait to hear where you land on the wait list! Still waiting to hear from AGCI whether our home study is approved or needs revision. I left my cell phone in my car for a few hours yesterday simply so I could actually “live life” a little and not walk around waiting for water to boil and waiting for my cell to ring. I finally […] How gracious of God to bring such faithful prayer warriors into your life! |
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Praising God with you!!!! How AMAZING!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love to hear that God is moving in someone's heart- and there will be one less orphan….now we just need to find a few million more (or 140million or so more) and heal our world!!! Yeah!!!
I'm so excited for you and I'm sure it will be so fun to have your dear friend to walk this journey of a lifetime with. I have been following your blog since the beginning .. I just LOVE your writing .. it's just straight from your heart and so captivating. We just sent in our Dossier last Friday. You too will get there before you know it.. just like you said it's all in God's timing. I'm praying for you. Here our blog address.. http://www.armstrongfamilyof5.blogspot.com
We are excited to be joining this journey with you! Thanks for all your kind words!
small world again! joe knows dee! joe's little bro, tim, and dee are friends! i knew the last name sounded familiar so i was asking joe how we might know them!
so crazy 🙂
what great news!
yayyyyyyyyy…it is just the beginning for you…God is going to blow your mind 🙂 WAy to go…one less orphan BECAUSE you guys said YES!!! kj