Praying Big Prayers... will you join us?

Breaking the silence of the last several months with a request... BIG PRAYERS!

We are almost exactly 2.5 years into this process (will be on 2.8.16) and really have had little news to share since November of 2014 when we entered the Haitian system...

I know that sounds crazy, but it doesn't mean He is not working.
It doesn't mean we are not praying, preparing and longing for the little one He is preparing us for.
It doesn't mean that we are not imagining what her precious face looks like, what her story is, what the future holds.

It does mean we have completed a lot of paperwork.
It does mean we have been waiting a long time.
It does mean that we are tired, ready and hopeful for that call. The call that will change everything.

SO.....

We are boldly going before the Lord and praying EVERY DAY in February that we would receive our formal referral from Haiti. This may or may not be His plan, but we are boldly asking Him in faith that it is!

Please join us by picking a day (or two or three) to stand in faith and pray with us. You can sign up here:  BIG PRAYERS

Specifically:

• Pray that God would move mountains in Haitian adoptions - specifically ours. 
• Pray for the IBESR Staff to move quickly in matching us and that we would have favor in their eyes. 
• (IBESR is the Haitian Agency that is the the equivalent of the department of family and children's services, and are responsible for approving each international adoption and ensuring that the adoptive family meets criteria, that the child is eligible for adoption, and that the adoption itself is legitimate, according to Haiti's adoption legislation)  

Background - if we do not receive a referral AND travel to Haiti and submit our application in Haiti before April 1st, we will need to update our paperwork under a new process. There is nothing inherently wrong with that, its just more work, more time, more money and potentially more waiting.

SO... let's boldly go before Him and pray that we get that call that we are matched in February... as Daniel likes to say... Go Big or Go Home! :)

2 Years...

I have been contemplating what to say here as we hit the 2 year mark of when our "Yes" become a reality. When AWAA accepted us to begin this Journey to The Fisher Five and my words are failing me. It feels like both yesterday and forever ago. So much has changed yet so much has stayed the same.

I listen to my to precious girls playing in the playroom during "quiet time" and I get this longing for a 3rd little voice I have never heard. I imagine the laughter intensifying, the silliness escalating, the love abounding and my heart knows she is missing.

Whoever "she" is.

We pray for our "Baby Haiti" every day. Last night, Anna Beth chimed in "soon" as Daniel prayed for us to trust in His timing to bring her home. What a hard and wonderful reality, that even our 4 year old knows that someone is missing and she wants her home... soon.

Soon is such a relative word I suppose. We started this journey 2 years ago, we are only officially "waiting" in the Haitian System for 8 1/2 months. (In pregnancy terms, she should just about be here. - In Jennie pregnancy terms she would be here!)

So, we wait for that call, the one where things change because "she" becomes a name and a face that changes our world forever.

Recently, there is a truth that the Lord has been subtly reminding me lately ... "Be Still..." It is a hard one for me, but one I keep hearing and cannot ignore.

Sweet little one, our hearts long for that day, but until then know you are so very loved.

We choose to trust and Be Still.

Be Still and know that I am God - Psalm 46:10