Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Thank You
Thank you for your overwhelming repsonse to praying for us! We are blessed with friends, family and a special little girl that we plan to enjoy each day with. She is a breath of fresh air with a personality that is blooming beautifully!
Each day I read 2-4 Bible Sotry books to Hope, she loves books. I lay her down on the bed beside me and hold the book up where she can see it. She kicks those feet and gets her arms going in excitement; all while she's trying to talk back to me or the characters I'm not sure.
As I read to her God is encouraging my heart!What huge task He gave to David, Joshua, Rahab, Abraham and many more. I want their faith, their stamina, their patience. Those stories lead me to:
Psalms 30, its a celebration of God's deliverance, Psamls 31 it speaks of stressful times and depending on God requires complete committment. I wondered if they were in that order for a reason. Why shouldn't we celebrate ahead of time for answered prayer all the while depending on Him during these stressful times.
Please pray that we will have hearts of praise during this time of allowing God to fight this battle for us. A battle where we're unsure of the outcome!
Please forgive us when we're not willing to talk about the issues at hand, we don't have an update each day and when we do we'll be sure to share for your love and prayers are a great comfort to our family!
Each day I read 2-4 Bible Sotry books to Hope, she loves books. I lay her down on the bed beside me and hold the book up where she can see it. She kicks those feet and gets her arms going in excitement; all while she's trying to talk back to me or the characters I'm not sure.
As I read to her God is encouraging my heart!What huge task He gave to David, Joshua, Rahab, Abraham and many more. I want their faith, their stamina, their patience. Those stories lead me to:
Psalms 30, its a celebration of God's deliverance, Psamls 31 it speaks of stressful times and depending on God requires complete committment. I wondered if they were in that order for a reason. Why shouldn't we celebrate ahead of time for answered prayer all the while depending on Him during these stressful times.
Please pray that we will have hearts of praise during this time of allowing God to fight this battle for us. A battle where we're unsure of the outcome!
Please forgive us when we're not willing to talk about the issues at hand, we don't have an update each day and when we do we'll be sure to share for your love and prayers are a great comfort to our family!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Trust, O My Soul !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Friends,
Let me preface this by saying;
Christ continues to get the glory for all that He has done to bring Hope into our lives and Satan does not like it.
This is not in the hands of man, we know that God can fight this “Goliath” for us!
The Lord gave us Psalms 62:5 when we first learned of baby Hope and we hold to it today.
“Trust, O my soul, in God alone; for my Hope comes from Him”.
We know that Satan has been trying to destroy baby Hope’s life since conception.
The birth father who initially wanted her aborted has now contested the adoption.
We received a call from our adoption lawyer in OH on Monday.
He called to apologize for giving us wrong information in reference to the birth father.
In the beginning of September he spoke without the paperwork in front of him; the correct information is that the birth father did register in time.
However, he did not fulfill the second part of the law and care for the birth mother financially, physically or emotionally six months of the pregnancy.
With this information we will have to prove that we did not need his consent to pursue or finalize the adoption.
The best scenario would be that the possible birth father who registered is not the one.
If the one who registered is the birth father our next step is finding out what the birth fathers intentions are.
If he wants to prove paternity, we may have to do that.
Our lawyer said many give up and we pray that he does, too.
Currently, we are waiting to hear what his intentions are.
Our lawyer assured us that he has done 1200 paternity cases and never lost one.
He is the expert in that area for adoptions.
He says we will fight this the whole way so that our baby girl stays in our home.
Please pray that Rick and I will know how to show our lawyer grace in the midst of our fear and hurt.
We also have a desire to show respect and love toward this man just as we have done with our birth mother.
His name is Richard and we ask that you pray for him by name and that God would get a hold of his heart.
This puts our adoption finalization date of February 4th out the window.
This could be a long case or a short case, we don’t know what to expect right now.
It appears that the law is on our side and we trust that God will continue to bless us with Hope as a part of our family.
You’ve received this email because we trust you for your constant prayers and support.
We will keep our blog updated for information and specific prayer request.
www.adoptionbliss.blogspot.com
God has given us a certain amount of peace just as He’s done from the very beginning…we not only Trust but we Rest in Him.
We love you!
Michelle
Let me preface this by saying;
Christ continues to get the glory for all that He has done to bring Hope into our lives and Satan does not like it.
This is not in the hands of man, we know that God can fight this “Goliath” for us!
The Lord gave us Psalms 62:5 when we first learned of baby Hope and we hold to it today.
“Trust, O my soul, in God alone; for my Hope comes from Him”.
We know that Satan has been trying to destroy baby Hope’s life since conception.
The birth father who initially wanted her aborted has now contested the adoption.
We received a call from our adoption lawyer in OH on Monday.
He called to apologize for giving us wrong information in reference to the birth father.
In the beginning of September he spoke without the paperwork in front of him; the correct information is that the birth father did register in time.
However, he did not fulfill the second part of the law and care for the birth mother financially, physically or emotionally six months of the pregnancy.
With this information we will have to prove that we did not need his consent to pursue or finalize the adoption.
The best scenario would be that the possible birth father who registered is not the one.
If the one who registered is the birth father our next step is finding out what the birth fathers intentions are.
If he wants to prove paternity, we may have to do that.
Our lawyer said many give up and we pray that he does, too.
Currently, we are waiting to hear what his intentions are.
Our lawyer assured us that he has done 1200 paternity cases and never lost one.
He is the expert in that area for adoptions.
He says we will fight this the whole way so that our baby girl stays in our home.
Please pray that Rick and I will know how to show our lawyer grace in the midst of our fear and hurt.
We also have a desire to show respect and love toward this man just as we have done with our birth mother.
His name is Richard and we ask that you pray for him by name and that God would get a hold of his heart.
This puts our adoption finalization date of February 4th out the window.
This could be a long case or a short case, we don’t know what to expect right now.
It appears that the law is on our side and we trust that God will continue to bless us with Hope as a part of our family.
You’ve received this email because we trust you for your constant prayers and support.
We will keep our blog updated for information and specific prayer request.
www.adoptionbliss.blogspot.com
God has given us a certain amount of peace just as He’s done from the very beginning…we not only Trust but we Rest in Him.
We love you!
Michelle
Sunday, October 26, 2008
You Won't Believe It....
...Hope sur-viv-ed her first day in the nursery and so did I. Her teacher/care giver runs a great ship in there, Melissa is a mother of five and married to a surgeon. It was a great peace knowing Hope would be loved on and well cared for. She met many other new Grandma's and Grand daddy's in there as well! We appreciate all of them!
The church recognized the pastors and wives today for Pastor Appreciation so I had to begin her time in the nursery. Isn't it ironic that Hope also showed me when it was time for the crib. I love how God works those things out so I don't have to guess when the best will be or wonder if I'm really ready for it. It's shows it's not about me/us, it's about what is best for Hope. She is so good with people and we've been specifically praying that she would adapt well with others and new places as needed. And she did...she didn't mind the crib for nap time or the noises. We are grateful.
If you're wondering, I only went back once to check on her and put her to sleep. I realized how much I had missed the worship services and ultimately I needed to be there to be a better mom for her and a better wife for Rick!
I love this blue outfit on her, one made a comment today that "She is pretty in pink, but blue is her color" and we think so too! (Thank you AS and SS for her darling outfit).
Friday, October 24, 2008
Our Little Lady of Pearls
The pearl symbolizes overcoming adversity through radiant transcendence...today I pray that Hope will be a woman after God's own heart and she will one day overcome adversity with His grace!I was reading the other night out of Shepherding a Child's Heart (awesome book) and one thing really stuck out to me; "Values and Spiritual vitality are not simply taught but caught". This made my prayers change and made me realize that I need to be praying just as much for Rick and I so that Hope catches a love and honor for Christ. That doesn't come easy as we all know living it out is difficult at times. However, God's grace is more sufficient that we can imagine.
Proverbs 13:20 " He who walks with the wise grows wise"....you finish the rest.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Five Little Monkey's Laying in a Bed...
One jumped up and the other one said Roll Over, Roll Over! Yep... guess who rolled over yesterday during tummy time! She is so stink'n sweet. I play with toys in front of her while she's on her belly and she tries so hard to push up on her hands. She has not pushed up all the way yet...but she's trying. Rick is off today and we were both there to encourage her and watch her first roll. One of those sweet moments that I pray we are present and attentive for.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
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