so our caseworker is out of the office this week and wont be back until monday...so yesterday i spoke with her supervisor for a few minutes. i guess i just needed a shoulder, some type of encouragement from someone involved in this process. and although she could not give me an update on our profile or us specifically, she was VERY sweet and very encouraging. she shared a bit of her personal story of adoption with me and how and why she became an adoption caseworker which i thought was so kind of her to share. she also encouraged me to keep praying for our babys birthmother and to continue seeking God through the ups and downs of this process and to keep remembering what the outcome of this process will be. IT WILL ALL BE WORTH IT!
so to the title of the post...she also said that in her 15+ years of working with birthmothers she always notices a pattern as the months go on each year. she said january is usually a big month for birthmothers and then the fall is very busy but she said July is usually a slow month. not many new expectant mothers...i have no idea how this stuff works but i trust what she says.
next week we should get an update on our profile from B, once she returns. of course im praying for hopeful news but we are still trusting Gods timing and believe that His hands are all over this. so please continue to pray with us as we wait. it feels like the 2 month waiting mark is fast approaching. to be quite honest we really thought we would already have our baby home by now. but our baby is obviously not ready for us yet.
on a different note, yesterday was Karls birthday!! i felt so incredibly blessed to get to share this day with him as his wife! I love my husband so much and he is such a gift to my life! i can not wait to share in the journey of parenthood with him and to see him as the father of our little ones...it brings tears to my eyes just to think about. he will be such an amazing daddy!! Happy Birthday Baby!!
You know we are right there with you on the waiting process. It stinks. It's glad to know that it doesn't seem slow just to us but that it actually is slow. I get butterflies in my stomach when I think about how God already knows who our little ones are & when they will be here. It's the only peace I have about the waiting process. He's got it all figured out & a plan all worked out just for us.
ReplyDeleteI love you very much...and this waiting process is hard! Continue to press into Him as He prepares you to be the mother of the baby He is fashioning.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Karl! I hope you had a very special day :)