We have absolutely ZERO new adoption news and it is making me so sad :( The only missing piece to our home study is Dave's New Jersey background check. Apparently, the social workers agency gave us the wrong form. When NJ went to process the check they instead mailed it back and we had to resubmit. We mailed the correct form back 11 days ago (who's counting, right?), it says to wait 45 days so we will
impatiently wait because what else can we do?
I was talking to Isabelle last night about how when Mommy and Daddy got engaged 10 years ago, that Daddy moved out of his house and into his parents house, and Mommy moved into Daddy's house. For religious reasons we did not want to live together before marriage, but wanted to save money for the wedding instead of paying for a mortgage and my rent. It was a long 6 months or so, we would hang out at "our" house and then Dave would leave every night and sleep at his parents. It seemed like forever! The funny part about it now is that I barely remember it being a big deal now. In the moment time seems to creep by so incredibly slowly, I missed Dave and I wanted to be home with me so badly. Today it is a distant memory. I have a feeling that this is how the adoption process is going to be as well. Right now in the moment it is taking forever and it is completely out of my control, but a few years from now I will be swinging my little girl on a swing, or rocking her to sleep and all this waiting and longing for her to be home with us will be a distant memory. 10 years from now, we will barely remember the wait.
For now, we have so much going on in our lives. We sold our house a year ago and have been renting while we built our new home, we hope that it will be our forever home. When we sold our house and started building one we never dreamed that at the same time we would answer a call to adopt, we knew we would one day adopt but never imagined that we would make all of these huge changes within a year. We signed the contracts on our new home in September and it wasn't until this month that they started pouring foundation and began construction. One of the things that we wanted to do in our new home was write scripture on the frame of the house. We want our home to go up with Christ as it's foundation, we want our home built on God's word so I have been carefully thinking about for months what scriptures would be best suited for each room.
We finally have a framed house with a roof, plumbing, electricity and air ducting so this weekend we were able to go in and put our scripture on the walls.
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| The front entry to the house- Joshua 24:15 |
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| This verse was one of the easiest rooms to do for me, this is Davie's room. Dave and I struggled for two years to get pregnant with this sweet, amazing little boy. I have prayed for him more than I have prayed for anything in my whole entire life. I have to say he was worth the wait :) - 1 Samuel 1:27 |
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| For my sweet baby girls room I picked, 1 Peter 3:3, I want her to know growing up that it is not about what you wear, what you have, what you look like, it is all about your spirit and who are you on the inside. The type of person you become matters to God (and Mommy and Daddy) more than anything else. |
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| Because we do not have enough going on .. LOL Dave and I have decided to start homeschooling the kids. This verse is written on the walls of the family room and soon to be school room. Deuteronomy 6:5-9. Teaching the kids to love the Lord with all your heart, all your soul and all your strength seems like one of the most valuable lessons they will ever get. |
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| Hebrews 13:2- Dining Room, I wonder how many angels we will entertain here? Fascinating to even think about. |
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| Yay, Baby E's room! How could we go wrong with John 14:18, we are coming to get you baby girl (hurry up NJ). |
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| John 6:35 for the kitchen |
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| One of my absolute most favorite verses, Matthew 6:21! This verse is in the middle of the house above our mantle. My treasure is in my family, my home and our soon to be little girl. |
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| Proverbs 2:3- Lord please help me to remember this on a daily basis. I have to live by it now as hard as it is at times, my house is built on it. :) Trusting the Lord with all your heart, so hard to do but when you do it, the peace is priceless and comforting. |
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The garage, Psalms 91:11- Lord watch us on our travels as we leave this place. Be with each and everyone of us wherever we go, send your angels to protect us.
Stay tuned for more house and adoption news. Hoping that soon my next post will be about a completed home study, fingers crossed.
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