Hello everyone!
We can't express to you how humbled we are that you follow our blog and most importantly shower us with prayers as we continue our journey to add a little one to our family! We received word on August 17th that the committee was finally able to meet again to conclude their meeting that started in June! What does that mean..........
- Now Pierre (our social worker in Burundi) and other members of the Burundi community get those children ready to be officially placed with their forever family! This means ensuring those children are truly orphans and no family members are around that could adopt them into their homes. Once this process is completed, our agency gets word regarding who received referrals and who will still be waiting.
- The process above typically takes 6-8 weeks. We currently have 14 families from our agency including us, waiting.
- We will receive an email if we do not receive a referral and a phone call if we receive one! This communication comes from our agency All God's Children International.
We ask that you continue to pray for ALL the families waiting for their precious little ones! We also ask for prayers of acceptance no matter what form of communication we receive from All God's Children International regarding the results of this meeting. Jim is honestly handling the roller coaster of emotions much better than I am, that's just the truth. I trust in God and know this process will workout in his time, but it's a struggle on some days! Well let me just be honest, on most days!
Today in church the theme was Because We Are Family. Pastor Clint's wife spoke about how God adopted us into his family, he chose us. We have full confidence in the fact that he is choosing the perfect little one to come into our lives! It's just hard keeping that in perspective sometimes!
Hebrews 10:23 tells us he is faithful with his promises!
Love and Prayers,
Jim and Kelly
