Reality is a Weighty Thing

Reality is a Weighty Thing

You must read this. I'm just kinda numb right now.

Nothing new

Don't get excited, there is nothing new, just thought I'd let you all know that! I turned 31 on the 19th. fun. No really, my sweet hubby got a cake and a pair of shoes I wouldn't buy myself. When I woke Gracie up that morning she sleepily said "happy birthday Mommy!" That's really the best. The love from my family. My birthday wish was for some more movement in Rwanda, but didn't get it, yet. Hopefully soon.

Other than that, October is almost over. Yesterday was Gracie's last soccer game. She really enjoyed it this year. A new week ahead to pray for our kiddo in Rwanda, to love on the kiddos and my hubby I have here, to take each day as God gives and be thankful for it.

126!!!!!

Just got the email from our agency, our dossier is number 126! I know that sounds like a big number, but it's smaller than we thought! There are approx. 150 dossiers in Rwanda's Ministry of Gender and Family Promotions. Our dossier has been touched, looked at, and given number 126!!! YEAH GOD!!!!

Faithful

I was reading another adoptive family's blog just now and read of their non objection letter being sent out today, dated Oct 12. As I commented on her blog, the old Steve Green song came to me, in thinking about the families who have gone before us and the wait they have endured with no news for months at a time. In case you don't know what i'm talking about, here are the lyrics, so very appropriate!

We're pilgrims on the journey
Of the narrow road
And those who've gone before us line the way
Cheering on the faithful, encouraging the weary
Their lives a stirring testament to God's sustaining grace

Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses
Let us run the race not only for the prize
But as those who've gone before us
Let us leave to those behind us
The heritage of faithfulness passed on through godly lives

CHORUS:
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
May the fire of our devotion light their way
May the footprints that we leave
Lead them to believe
And the lives we live inspire them to obey

Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful

After all our hopes and dreams have come and gone
And our children sift through all we've left behind
May the clues that they discover and the memories they uncover
Become the light that leads them to the road we each must find

REPEAT CHORUS

Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful

I love him.

Have I told my husband lately that I love him? I need to call him tonight to tell him. You see, he's working AGAIN this weekend. This has been a blessing for us. We had prayed that the Lord would provide for us financially as we wait for our child from Rwanda. To be honest, the Lord had already blessed us. We are both very frugal, not the type to need designer clothes or the latest digital gadget. My kids love to go to consignment shops and get hand-me downs. I love a good clearance sale!

I work full time as a teacher. I love my job, and both my kids go to school, so what would I do at home all day anyway (stay at home mom's are supposed to laugh hysterically here, I know you do SSSSOOOO much!)

My husband Matt is an entomologist. He's "the bug boy" if you've ever sent us an email. He works full time for the Louisville Metro Health Dept. and really likes his job, though lots of people tell him he should be doing something "bigger" with his gift of teaching and love of research. He is where God would have him be right now.
To add to our income and fund our upcoming travel expenses, he has taken a 2nd job, part time, with an engineering group out of Indiana. This has occupied his weekends for the last couple of months. We miss him. He's such a great dad. He will be a great dad to Samuel Levi or Samara Hope. My kids are so lucky to have a daddy who works so hard for them. all three of them.

Movement

Well, there was more movement today. I guess you can compare this to feeling the baby kick :) We received news of some approvals sent out today! That's especially awesome as these are the first approvals since January. The way it works or has in the past, is that once the Ministry completes its review of the dossier and sends you an approval, then they send the dossier to the orphanage. It is run by Catholic nuns who we have heard do an amazing job with what little they have, taking care of so many little ones. They genuinely love and care about these child and want to see them in forever homes.

They match a child with the dossier they receive from the Ministry, and then send the dossier back with information on the child. The Ministry then sends it to the waiting family. SO, even after approval, there is a couple months wait for a referral. The families who got approval today will hopefully get referrals in the next couple of months, Lord willing.

The rest of us are waiting in line for a number. That is the rumor mill I am circulating in now, what number we are. I have heard families who are number 136 and 137 in line, and I know we were DTR about the same time as them, if not a bit earlier. So I would speculate that we will be somewhere between 120-135. We shall see. In the meantime, it's awesome to feel this baby kick as we watch movement take place on the other side of the world. Every bit of movement takes us one tiny step closer to our little one! Keep praying, the Lord is working in His perfect time!