Unfortunately for us the babies that we were looking at have been matched with families already. This is a great thing for those babies and families though and we are happy for them. So now we are just going to send an application to each of the agencies that our consultant group works with and let them call us about particular situations. There is a stack of applications on my kitchen table that we have to fill out and none of them are less than 5 pages. FUN!!! This has been a pregnancy of hopes and dreams and will be a birth on an ocean of paperwork. Lord forgive us for all this unrecycled paper.:-)
I was a little disappointed to hear that the little ones that we had looked at for a few weeks were not available. I had to take a step back, but I just had to remember that the Lord knows. I am trying, like always, to keep my head above the waters of emotions so that heart ache can be spared whenever possible. We have some friends who were matched to a baby and yet they came home without her. They took a risk in a state that has a 10 day revocation period and the mother changed her mind after 5 days. That is rough and we told ourselves that day, that we are not going to take that type of risk. There are babies in Missouri and Arkansas that are needing homes, but the thought of holding them in my arms only to have them taken away is more than I can handle at this point.
So we are filling out more papers and trusting in our loving Father that He has a plan and it is going to be amazing! Continue to pray for us as we hold our hearts out and up.
I was a little disappointed to hear that the little ones that we had looked at for a few weeks were not available. I had to take a step back, but I just had to remember that the Lord knows. I am trying, like always, to keep my head above the waters of emotions so that heart ache can be spared whenever possible. We have some friends who were matched to a baby and yet they came home without her. They took a risk in a state that has a 10 day revocation period and the mother changed her mind after 5 days. That is rough and we told ourselves that day, that we are not going to take that type of risk. There are babies in Missouri and Arkansas that are needing homes, but the thought of holding them in my arms only to have them taken away is more than I can handle at this point.
So we are filling out more papers and trusting in our loving Father that He has a plan and it is going to be amazing! Continue to pray for us as we hold our hearts out and up.
2 comments:
Wow! What a ride! There's a hand-picked one out there with your name on him or her!
Just when you thought you were done with paperwork!
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