Home Study #3 and #4

Our home study visits are finally finished! If you click on our Paper Pregnancy timeline, you will see that our home study visits were finished back at the end of March, but our actual document wasn't finished until the end of April. This was a little frustrating for us because we felt like it could have gone quicker; however, we know that God is in control of all parts of our adoption. 

Some people have said that the waiting is the hardest. There are lots of things you wait for... wait for a referral, wait for a meeting, wait for a clearance, wait for a document, wait for a reference letter, wait, wait, wait... by far, the worst has been waiting on other people to complete their responsibilities. It is part of being American I suppose. I assume that with the fast paced world we live in, things should be finished quickly. Good news is that our paperwork is currently sitting on the desk of an Immigration official somewhere in Texas. Pray our paperwork makes it to the top of the stack quickly so we can get much needed paperwork to Hungary.

Even through the waiting, God has given us blips of encouragement. For Valentine's Day, Future Dad got us tickets at a dinner banquet benefiting our agency. Christy Nockles was performing that night, and he knew how much I like her. It was most appropriate that the night was titled "Waiting Here for You."

Here is Christy and her husband Nathan on the guitar. She has an amazing heart for sharing the love of God with all people. She especially has a heart for orphans and children needing families.

This is Herbie Newell. He is the executive director for Lifeline Children's Services and clearly loves what he does. 

Our new friends, Z and S, joined us that night. Although we didn't get to sit with them, it was great to have them join us. Three other people from our church came also. The loving care our church has for adoptive families is growing and we are very excited to be part of this budding ministry.