Movement!

Isaac and I went away for part of the weekend with our friends, the Chaneys, to their family's lake property where there is zero cell phone service, so when I didn't see any referral updates before we hit the dead-zone and had received an email from Gladney stating that they were furiously updating all the documents so that referrals could go out but didn't say that any referrals would go out by the end of the day, I just thought that nobody got a referral last week...until this morning when I rechecked those at the top of the FBI waiting list and saw that yes!, one referral squeeked by on Friday!

Check out this baby girl referral at http://www.journeytomeskelsquare.blogspot.com/.

Congratulations!!! Can't wait to see some referral pictures!

We are excited to see some movement happening and are anxiously awaiting more referral posts in the coming days...and we are hoping to see our family move up the Gladney FBI list. Somehow, we did move up the list during the referral pause from #23 to #19...not sure how that happened, but we'll take it! Hoping for the top 10 in the next couple of weeks!

I was saddened to read another twin-only Gladney family's blog (http://www.beneaththeacaciatree.com) this morning who were hoping, praying, and praying some more for a referral last week and didn't receive one for their babies. I've been praying so hard for this family that they would get their babies soon~honestly, partly out of selfishness since if they get their referral then we should be closer to getting ours, but also out of true empathy for their broken hearts and longing to have their children become a part of their family.

I was thinking about this family and our adoption while I was in Sunday School this morning and was comforted both for them and for myself by Col. 1:17, "He (Jesus) is before all things, and in Him all things hold together." Through all of the waiting that seems never-ending I have to remind myself (and God has had to continually remind me) that He has gone before me and is going before me to knit our family together and He is holding us all together so I don't have to worry about our future...easy said, not so easy in practice! Please pray for this family, Jamie and AJ, as they wait for the children God has for them...I'll keep you updated when those prayers are answered!