Friday, March 03, 2006

God at work!

Hello everyone!
I wanted to share this awesome situation. It is a small world. The lady that cuts my hair quit to work in medicine....good for her...not so good for me. So after a parent teacher conference with STONE's special needs teacher (which wasn't a uplifting visit), she suggested her beautician. This woman lives in my neighborhood, which has only been developed a little over one year now. Great hair cut, too! I even waited a full week for the appointment. For all who know me, know that is insane! We go to the same church and her kids attend the school associated with the church....I asked tons of questions, since we are really looking into it. We discussed our adoption and she mentioned another family (in our neighborhood) that is also adopting from China (and and goes to the same church).
WOW!!! How come I have never heard of them?
She said they were just waiting now for their daughter. For some reason I could not get myself to call them and introduce myself and our situation.
I sat on it for a week....then...
In our church bulletin there was a cry out for men's fastpitch softball players. Bart played slow pitch softball until a few years ago. And he was really good too! He seemed interested and I really wanted him to play, for exercise as well as "socialization". We are new members and that is a great way to get to know people with similar hobbies. Plus he tends to live in a Bubble.
The contact person.....The family adopting in our neighborhood!!!!
AGAIN WOW!
So, I called and come to find out. They are just a month behind us, waiting for the homestudy to finish as we are 3 weeks into waiting for our I-171H. Using the same homestudy and adoption agency. These agency people take confidentiality serious, or they just did not connect us! It is a smaller town and international adoption is not super common. We live less then a footbal field away from each other!
I have so many things going on in my head...One big one is to hold our dossier a month so to travel together. Most likely the girls will be from the same place too! A bond that will be great to have in the future. But a month two days ago seems soooooooo long, now it is almost a blessing. How does HE do it? I pray for patience and I get a longer wait?????
I have yet to meet them in person, but they have one son a little older then Dante, and they have played some in the neighborhood for the past year. I also have her sister's name and number in my addres book because her family returned over a year ago with thier daughter...same agencies as well. It was a contact for when I was a little closer.
Please help me in prayer as we make the decisions placed in our thoughts now, as well as thanking our Lord for his blessings and awsome power to hold our hands through any and every situation.
Sorry so long, I tried to keep it short, but it was such a wild chain of events to get here to "now", that it all had to be included.
Bart's main concern is that they won't drink beer... Like I said, he lives in this bubble that Annhesier Busch made... Cardinals and Beer. I love how he can calm me down with his funny insenstive jokes.

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