"You hem me in- behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is TOO WONDERFUL for me, too lofty for me to attain." Psalm 139:5-6
I don't think I ever knew what it meant for something to truly be TOO wonderful. Not until I experienced such OVERWHELMING generosity recently did I know that it was possible to feel that God's goodness was simply TOO MUCH to handle. I know that feeling now. I cannot articulate it. The knowledge that God has laid his hand upon me and my family ... it truly is too wonderful for my mind to process. In some ways I feel like I am in shock- like I am outside of everything watching it happen in a state of disbelief. In other ways I feel more alive and connected than I ever have before in my life.
More details to come later. Right now I'm just still soaking it all in.
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First, 2 continents collided...
...And then 2 continents became 3.
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Mick
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...and her girl
A Little More About Me...
I try to live my life following the teachings of Jesus. If you are also a believer, try not to be offended by my love for irreverence and penchant for recreational cursing. If you are not a believer, try not to be offended by my, well, belief.
Books I've read lately...
- Growing Up Black in White by Kevin Hoffmann
- The Connected Child by Karyn Purvis
- How to Talk So Your Kids Will Listen... by Faber and Mazlish
- Adopted for Life by Russell D. Moore
- Attaching in Adoption by Deborah D. Gray
- Scared by Tom Davis
- The Hole in our Gospel by Richard Stearns
- 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa by Stephanie Nolan
- Red Letters- Living a Faith that Bleeds by Tom Davis
- In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories by Prof. Rita J. Simon
- A Love Like No Other- Stories of Adoption by various authors
- The Family of Adoption by Joyce Maguire Pavao
- There is No Me Without You by Melissa Fay Greeene
- Ethiopia In Pictures by Daniel Abebe
- I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla by Marguerite Wright
Adoption Timeline
- 2010
- March 11-22 Travel to ET to get Avé!
- February 8 Court Date! PASSED!!!
- 2009
- December 3 REFERRAL DAY!!!~
- July 10 ON THE WAIT LIST!!!
- July 2 CIS Approval letter arrives!
- June 16 CIS fingerprinting
- May 28 received CIS letter about fingerprint date
- May 27 corrected Homestudy received
- May 10 Homestudy has to be re-written b/c it says that Mick is an American citizen. Which he is not.
- May 7 OFFICIALLY "GLADNEY APPROVED!"
- May 7 Homestudy sent to CIS
- April 30 mailed Mick's passport ap AGAIN and mailed TONS of stuff to Dossier service!
- April 28 got fingerprints back from FBI stamped w/ "No Arrest Record"
- April 22 got Mick's passport ap back b/c signature went outside box. :-/
- April 15 sent fingerprints to the FBI and mailed Mick's passport renewal ap
- April 14 sent in application to renew my passport
- April 7 Fingerprinted for the FBI
- March 23 re-sent background check to OK Bureau of Investigation w/ the RIGHT form this time
- March 12 got Mick's birth certificate from Australia
- March 10 Homestudy!
- Feb. 17 mailed ALL Gladney paperwork- groups 1, 2, and 3!!!
- Feb. 14 mailed info to KBS Dossier service
- Jan. 26 mailed background check to OK Bureau of Investigation
- Jan. 20 Mailed the I-600A form and payment to Immigration
- Jan. 22 woke up with the PEACE. Whew!
- Jan. 12 -21 totally freaked out about what we were doing!
- Jan. 13 faxed "Application to get the Application"
- Jan. 11 went to Gladney's adoption seminar in OKC
- Jan. 7 Phone Orientation w/ Gladney
- 2008
- Dec. 9 Sent online request to Gladney to get Info Packet
- 2001
- May sometime... Felt like the Lord placed the future adoption of a daughter in my heart.
Fav Quotes
- "We must BE the change we want to see in the world." Gandhi
- "I know now, Lord, why you give no answer. You yourself ARE the answer. Before your face, all questions die away." CS Lewis 'Till We Have Faces'
- "But if I knew everything there would be no wonder, because what I believe is far more than what I know." Madeline L'Engle
- "The better part of one's life consists of his friendships." Abraham Lincoln
4 comments:
I can soo relate...have felt this way for 5+ years now and continue to be overwhelmed by God's goodness through His vessels!
Rejoicing with you!
I too, can SOOOOO relate. Thats exactly how I feel about the auction that we were blessed with. I just keep saying, "really, God? I just can't wrap my head around this!" I can't wait to hear what He has done in your story!
details soon!!! blessings!
can't wait to hear the blessings and that's exactly how i felt with the email from the intercessor on Facebook.
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