Ready to be matched

It's hard to believe it's been almost 5 months since we've blogged. Life is flying by! The girls are at such fun ages. They've all had birthdays since our last post - Natalie and Joanna turned 6 in December and Kaitlyn turned 8 in February. They each decorated their own birthday cake.  I've been trying to upload photos, but I guess I'll have to wait until I have access to high speed Internet.

Another highlight of the past few months is that Kaitlyn chose to be baptized. She asked Jesus into her heart a couple years ago and has been asking to be baptized for almost a year. We finally felt she basically understood the meaning of baptism and Brad had the wonderful privilege of baptizing her.

Adoption update:  It's hard to believe that it's been 2 years since we definitely felt God lead us to adopt and began following Him step by step. After several bumps and curves in the road, we believe the time to bring our son home is getting closer -- well, it definitely shouldn't be getting farther away. LOL!!

The agency we are working with requires that we have the 1/2 money at the time of the match and the rest of the money 1 month before the birthmom gives birth or we lose the match. So, we've been trusting God to use finances to help determine the timing of our adoption. For the most part, the money is in, so yesterday we told the agency we are ready to be matched.

We would appreciate your prayers for God's timing, His continued provision, and His glory through this entire process. We are learning so much about trusting Him and waiting on Him!! He is good and His ways are perfect!!

"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." ~ the Lord in Isaiah 55:9 (NIV)


"They that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength." Isaiah 40:31a

The song sung by Aaron Shust expresses the cry of our hearts, not only in adoption, but in every aspect or our lives.  “To God alone be the Glory.  To God alone be the praise.  Everything I say and do, Let be all for You.  The Glory is Yours alone.”