Our Life Journey: July 2011

July 31, 2011

The Only Thing To Do

When Kade was born, he had a few problems. He was born 3 weeks early and actually spent the first 3 weeks of his life in the NICU because he had trouble eating. At the time I was SO annoyed with the strict NICU eating regulations because I felt he would have come home long before this. Well, after getting him home God made it SO clear to us why he needed to be in the NICU. After only being home for 2 days, Kade turned blue and stopped breathing. If the NICU staff hadn't taught me CPR we would have lost him. To make a long story short, Kade spent another 2 weeks in the NICU and had test after test after test (and saw multiple doctors) to try to figure out why he continued to randomly stop breathing. During this time we learned that there was nothing we could do but trust God. We had no clue if Kade would be okay or not, but we had to trust that God had a plan for this.

I feel like we are in the same situation now. We have no clue what the outcome will be. Even though our agency thinks we will be matched by August 23rd, no one really knows. I would love to jump on a plane to Rwanda right now and plead our case, but that would definitely be frowned upon. So at this point all we can do is trust God. Trust that He has a plan for this. God has a purpose for all our suffering. God desires for us to grow from these tough situations. So right now we are doing the only thing we can do, trust God.

Praying for God to move mountains in the next 23 days.

Thank you for all your prayers and support. God has definitely given me a much needed peace and we truly can feel all your prayers. God really reminded me this weekend what amazing support we have from those around us, especially our adoption community. We wouldn't be able to do this without you!!!

July 29, 2011

COMPLETE SHOCK

I'm in a state of shock right now and not sure how to respond. I totally thought we had at least 2 more months before we hit our 6 month rejection deadline. I was totally wrong, we actually have less than a month. I found out today that our approval is dated 2/23/11. This means we have been approved and waiting for our referral now for 5 months. This also means we have less than 1 month (25 days to be exact) to be matched/referred, if we aren't we will receive a rejection letter.

Not sure how to feel about this. Check back next week and I'll let you know. =)

Praying for God to move mountains!!!

July 28, 2011

Stayin' Cool

The weather here has continued to be rather toasty, but that's okay because these warm days are great for swimming. We've done lots of swimming at home, at friend's houses, at the lake, at the splash park, and yesterday we even went to a water park.

July 26, 2011

Farm in Town

Here's a bird's eye view of my garden. Our backyard has turned into quite the farm. In addition to my garden we have a strawberry patch, peach trees, apple trees, and raspberry bushes.

July 22, 2011

No News

I was so hoping by now to have some good adoption news for you, but I guess this week isn't what God had planned. There has been some referrals (for older children) and approvals in the last month. So the movement is always a good sign, it's just a bit slow right now since they are still adjusting to a new minister.

To catch some of you up, I never officially shared this, but the ministry has decided to start sending rejection notices. Each family has 6 months from the time of approval to get a referral, if they aren't able to be matched their case will be closed and they will receive a rejection letter. What does this mean for our family, well, I guess we have until early fall to get a referral.

We truly believe that our children are in Rwanda and are trusting God and His timing (some days this is harder to do than others). But we know this is where God has called us and that He can move big mountains. Looking forward to sharing good news with you soon. =)

July 21, 2011

Yum-O

After many, many, many failed attempts... I finally mastered my rotisserie chicken. Of course I have the internet to thank for this. It tasted delicious!!!