Last Post

Well, this is my last post on our adoption blog. I have been wanting to set up a new blog that is for our family for almost a year. I've finally found the time to set it up.... so I'm going to close down this blog. I'll leave it up though so that any future adoptive parents going to Russia who stumble across it, might find some useful information.

I'm hoping to make a book out of all of these memories... so I have them forever. That will probably take another year... before I get around to it!

So, here is the link of the new blog. New Blog Link....

If you head on over leave me a message to say "Hey! or Hi! or Howdy! or What's up!" Thanks!!

Believe

Today I was driving down to our county courthouse to get our post placement report county certified. One of my favorite Christian artists, Steven Curtis Chapman, was playing on a CD in my van. The song Believe Me Now came on and all of a sudden a wave of emotion hit me from out of nowhere. You see this has been a song that God has used to minister to me at various stages in our adoption process.

Over four years ago I prayed for another child through adoption. God was just beginning to reveal His plan for me through seeds he had planted years before. He was slowly revealing Russia as our adoption destination. Through the long wait God would remind me of the burden (and promise) he placed on my heart to adopt from Russia. Along the way He would show me that He was still apart of the process and He was still directing our path. He did this in so many ways: through people he directly placed in our lives or through a sermon or Scripture confirmation.

A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. Proverbs 16:9

Little did I know that it would take so long..... At times this adoption journey was dark and lonely. The wait seemed never-ending and at times God seemed so silent I wondered if I had even heard Him correctly. Was He really calling us to adopt? Why was the wait so long? Was this His desire or solely ours?

And then I would hear this song and my heart would be filled..... The words that particularly hit home are these:

"Believe me now,

Believe me here,

Remember all the times I told you loud and clear."

And I would remember.... and tears would well up in my eyes, as God's words came to my memory. I would recall His Scripture and all the ways He spoke to me about this adoption.

But the vision is yet for the appointed time; it hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; For it will certainly come, it will not delay. Habakkuk 2:3

For the Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you or forsake you. Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged. Deuteronomy 31:8

So today I drove to the courthouse one more time....but this time with my new son in the car with me. I turned the rearview mirror and smiled at him through my tears. An answer to prayer...and a testimony of God's faithfulness.

Maybe God has spoken to you concerning something you are believing Him for. Perhaps it's an adoption or something completely different. I pray that this song would encourage you today as you trust and Believe in Him.

Quick Update

We have been home for 5 months with our little guy! It is so hard to believe that! I am working on getting my 1st post placement into our agency. I have to get it county certified and then apostilled. I hate the paperwork.... but it has to be done. Hopefully this afternoon I can get to the county courthouse. The ladies there will be so excited to see ds3! I promised we would bring him in when we were done... so this is it! lol! That alone makes this trip down there worth it.....

I have a ton of photos to post... maybe a With Words Wednesday for all the cute photos I have. I wish I had more time!