And they are OFF!!!!

Dear Friends,
Please pray for our families that are out of country. They are out retrieving the special picked children that God has set aside just for them. I will have 4 additional family members for the next couple weeks and feel honored to be the one to help. I am sure any one of these children would rather have their own mom or dad home, but what troopers they are. Day one went great and day two is off to a fine start. I am looking forward to this blended family and I am going to take every opportunity to learn from this. Thank you all who read...Feel free to send advice.
Our adoption is still in the makings. We have sent everything off and now are waiting to hear who they refer to us. I know it is a long process and what a waiting game. But I do have faith God is in the mix and as long as He is getting the glory for what we do then things are moving as planned. Thank for checking, we will talk soon!!!

Home study COMPLETE

Hello all my readers!!! It is finally here, the home study has arrived. I will be heading to next day deliver it to my placement agency and then it will be referral time. Please pray that God sends us the sibling set that is just what He wants for us. Allow God to be glorified with the next stage of this process and that He is in control of the financial end to bring them HOME! Thank you all for your prayers. Keep my friends Cindy, Traci and Melinda in those prayers too as they head out to the Ukraine and Ethiopia for their children.
Bridget

Waiting

It has never been easy for humans to wait. Whether it is for food, commercials, or the sequel to your favorite movie. But as for me...waiting has become something I think God has for me. I am waiting for the home study, waiting for DCFS, and now waiting to find out WHO my children will be. I am very happy and eager to wait on these things because I know God is in control. HE is doing the needle work and I am just one stitch in this families beautiful tapestry. I want to say thanks to all of you who are praying, and for those of you going through the same process...I am praying for you too. Summer is near and I think news will come soon and travel soon after, so as for now I lift this up to YOU LORD and I know you will send it back ready for us to move forward. Have a great weekend all!! We will talk soon
Bridget

HOT!!!

OK This is Sprummer...we missed a season. I am now getting ready for the confirmation on a family, sibling group/ set, so we know what our next step needs to be. As I hear and read of others finding out referrals for children and travel dates and court dates, I rejoice because I know soon it will be me. I am so happy for all of you parents out there that received info and I ask if you will please keep us in your prayers. We need our Home Study to go any further. With out the home study you can not fill out grants or even find out who your children are. I do know God knows so I will wait on HIM and trust in HIM. Thank you.
B~

YIPPIE!!!!!

So today I went to the post office and mailed out our dossier paper work. We are praying that God will take the papers safety to the proper people and that the home study will fallow soon. One of the most important things we have learned is that you need to be very patient with the paper work. Secondly you need to learn to lean on friends and family that support you and allow them to help with what they can. And finally Gods timing is not easy to understand but it always seems to be JUST RIGHT! Thank you all who have logged on and are reading along as we live out this tyring process...IT IS ALL WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!!
B~ :)

BIG THANK YOU to Traci my friend and the time you take to help us get-r-done!!!

What a man

Well today at church Rich was asked to speak about the adoption process. Much to my surprise, he really is in tune with what is going on. Men have a way of staying so calm and cool during all the different aspects of the procedure. I am like a fish out of water wondering "what next!" He is like butter on a pan, slow but he is covering everything.
I am so blessed to have the family God has put together, I need to get the dossier papers finalized and sent out this week. I have a feeling that this will be the week I find out who my children are. Please everyone PRAY! for DCFS to complete our study and send it out to the proper people so we can receive our children God is holding on to for us.
As Rich mentioned in the service today, "It is on Gods time, and for His glory" so may we be open to act when we are told. Thank you so very much for your prayers. Take care and have a great week.
Bridget :)

Helping Hands

Yesterday we set out to help a friend with her garage sale to raise money for her air fair to Ethiopia to pick up her son. This will be her third adoption and she, Melinda, is such an inspiration to me and the process we are going through. Melinda and I are using the same agency and she helps me out with the terminology I do not understand. I sat beside her yesterday and she said to be "you need to do just what you are suppose to"...That made me think, get off your butt. I am going to send my dossier and as soon as the people holding on to my home study let it go...WE WILL BE ON OUR WAY! I can not wait for man to let me know what God is calling me about, I need to be confident and let them know where we are headed. (with love) Melinda's sale was a gr8 success and I am praying the weather lets up so she can have two more days of success and raise up her full amount needed. All of you readers, Thank you, you are a nice ear to type too. Have a blessed day and a great weekend.
:) Bridget