We are now in the process of choosing a local agency to do our homestudy. This should take 2-4 months to complete. This will involve lots of paperwork, home visits, background checks, fingerprinting, as well as required reading and online classes. The next few months we will be filling most of our free time with completing all of these requirements.
This process will be different from the process to adopt Kayla. One of the ways this will be different is that we will be able to choose a child from a Bulgarian waiting children's list at any time during this process. I find myself having to fight feelings of urgency to choose a child (there are not very many little boys available with the more minor special needs), guilt when I see some of the severely sick children we are not in a place to consider, and also fear that we will not know which child to say 'yes' to. Please pray specifically that God will give us grace to wait if need be, as well as wisdom and peace when we do choose a child.
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"The LORD is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeks him."
Lamentations 3:24,25
Sounds like your requests are right in line with His will! :-) Praying for you all. Waiting and trusting... hard stuff, but good stuff!
Love you!
Julie
Praying for wisdom...what a hard choice to face! Love you all :)
That is so neat Jamie! We will be praying!
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