Almost there...sort of.

Good news - I got a call last week that my fingerprints had cleared and the license will now be in signing/finalization process this week. Therefore, ANYDAY we could go to our mailbox and find the official letter that says we are licensed and able to be receive a placement. Whew...almost there - sort of.

Once we get our foster parent license we will need to contact the adoption division and continue in our adoption portion of the homestudy and so forth. However, at any time we can receive a placement with the potential to adopt. This is going to be such a long, long road and although it's only began I feel like God is teaching me so much along the way.

Last week (June17th), after a slight emotional breakdown at church on Sunday I received some prayer from a couple of prayer team members at church. I'm one of the those people who keeps it real especially at church and after they found me crying in the hallway they took me into the prayer room and lifted me up to the Lord. I believe in the power of prayer and I did feel better within the hour and even more so over the course of the next few days. Just when I realized the peace was so concrete in my heart by mid-week, we got the call first thing Thursday morning. It's a funny thing to me that sometimes it feels like God knows my breaking point more than me (Yeah, I know....duh!) and during His refining process when it feels like it's just too much to bare, He let's up just in the nick of time to reveal in me the faith He has been building in my heart all along. It brought a smile to my face and sigh of relief that the fingerprint hurdle had finally been cleared but more so, I thanked God for giving me His peace and for the journey as tough as it may be sometimes.

So, for those of you who are willing, will you pray for our family this week and in the coming month(s) when we may possibly or probably get a call or two about a placement? I desire so much that God will let us know so clearly when the right child is presented to us, that we'll know without a doubt that he is the one, so this would be my prayer. Also, would you be lifitng up the child (who may or may not even be born yet) that will soon be a part of our family? For where ever he is, I'm sure he is in need of protection and love and I pray that he may be brought to us in God's perfect timing so that we may help and love him in his own little journey of life.