Haven't you all heard how it take months to get a passport. I even heard a story about a woman who was all set for a trip and her passport didn't come so she couldn't go. Well, two weeks ago we sent away for ours and they came yesterday!!! I was surprised. Especially since yesterday I felt like I might not need them.
I want to say thank you to our supportive friends, the calls, emails and posts to this blog. Thank you Roberts family and Justine. I have tried to leave comments on your blogs but my computer is so slow it tells me that page is unavailable. Justine, I went to yours for the first time last night. How wonderful your family looks. I can relate to the bulk shopping. I like 50 pound bags of things. It makes less garbage and I don't have to think about it for awhile. I also don't know how to add all that neat stuff you have on your site linking people here and there. I can do just the basics or I'd have a link to your blog. How nice Canada doesn't have an income guideline. Last night I was searching the immigration services website and I think I found our way to showing enough income without having a sponsor. See, if you don't make above poverty guidelines you can get a sponsor to promise to support you if you need help financially. We did find a sponsor but didn't really want to do that. The equity in our house should be enough to get around that problem. We still plan to pursue other options for adoption. We don't know if other agencies will have a policy about pregnancy. I am so happy to be pregnant though, I just didn't think it could be an issue.
We have to do our fingerprints over and Kevin has some questions left to answer and our home study will be near done. I need to check on how long it is good for. I think it might be only a year. Yesterday, I was feeling defeated. Maybe I'm not a good enough mom or good enough person, maybe I can't organize homeschooling all these children. Many doubts entered my mind while I was down. I'm working past them and trying not to let Satan have a foothold on me and trying to listen to what the Lord wants for us to do now.
Thanks for the support! We are praying for our other prospective adoptive friends.
I will sing of the Mercies of the Lord forever.
3 comments:
Hi there!
I am going to give you a lesson on blogging. *smile*. It is not so hard. If you want to do another one I can help you there, too!
First: to add a link to another person's blog.
1) go to your tabs at the top of your page where it says: posting, setting, template, view blog. (here you want to click on TEMPLATE).
2) this will bring you up to a page saying ADD and ARRANGE PAGE ELEMENTS. (here you want to click on the element that says ADD A PAGE ELEMENT. This will be on the right hand side of your page (usually))
3) This next page is CHOOSE A NEW PAGE ELEMENT. (On this next page click on LINK LIST.)
4) Go to the site you want to get the link from. If it is another blog be sure that you are on their home page or you will not have the page with the archives etc on it.
To make things easier to explain I will use mine as an example. Cut and paste the address you want (highlight the address with your cursor and then hold Ctrl and C) into the line that says: NEW SITE URL.
5) ABOVE this line there is a line that says TITLE. This is where I would put My Favourite Blogs (or) Adoption Blogs (or) any title you want for this list of links
6) The bottom line says NEW SITE NAME. This is where you add the words you want to call that site. Call it by the site name or one that you are more likely to remember. I often use people's first names or a catchy name - such as for one families I have: three cuties (3 little girls from Haiti) .This way I remember who they are better than a blog name.
6) Hit SAVE CHANGES at the bottom of the page and then you will see: VIEW BLOG - at the top of the page. VIEW your blog and make sure your link came up.
I will be watching your blog to see how you do. If you don't want to do this, please don't! *smile* I just wasn't sure if you wanted to, but didn't know how. Everything I have on my blog I have learned from going to other blogs. Since this adoption is a passion I have been having fun dressing up my main page, cause I know people are reading and it makes it more attractive.
Blessings, Justine
mum2boys@telus.net
I want to encourage you from another angle as well. Our family has always been below the poverty level. But when God wanted us to move (I know it was a God thing!) that was the year my husband's income went up enough to allow the bank to give us enough money to build a new house in a new area. We bought our land last June. This September a lot down our road (same size) sold for triple the amount! God got us in just in time.
Then this year our income is probably better than it has *ever* been in 20 years of business! God brought us *over* the poverty level so that we could afford to pay for the adoption!!! Goodness, there have been years when we have earned the same amount as the total cost of this adoption!! So God would *have* to provide the money if HE wanted us to adopt.
One last story - one year I decided to buy my husband an ATV as we lived on land and he needed it for snow clearing and wood hauling and work. My reasoning was to honour my husband. I worked hard, but money came in different ways and I was able to raise the funds for this in one year. My husband was stunned. We never had an extra penny, but somehow I raised these many thousands of dollars!
If God has given you a vision, He will give you provision. Perhaps He is giving you this year to raise as much money as possible to have a nice nest egg! When I decided to save for the ATV it was just after Christmas. That year shot by for me, because each time I put a few dollars away it felt wonderful. And then I would look towards the next money making / saving opportunity. And before you knew it the year had shot by and I had just enough money.
This year is a wonderful opportunity to seize every opportunity to save pennies and you will be amazed how God will make your money multiply!!! My husband is also self employed.
Also, God knows what He is doing when He gives a vision. I had the desire to adopt since I was tiny. We did not plan our 6th son. If God had not sent him along, we would not be in a precarious position with this looming possible change in restrictions. God is bigger. We have to remember. If he gave me the vision to adopt and He gave us our sixth son that pushes us over the limit, HE knows what the outcome is!! I will trust him!
Hang in there!
Blessings, Justine
I am so sorry for all you are going through. I am a friend of Laura's. The loss of your baby and finding out you cannot adopt all at once must be so much to bear. You are in my prayers.
From one Mom of a big crew to another.... we all doubt if we are good enough. I have those days alot myself. I worry how I will do it all and if I actually can. God is good. He always sustains. You are good enough.
It is so hard to know why things like this happen. Just remember we have an enemy who comes to destroy. He hates big families. He hates home schooling families. Go to battle for your family and do not lose hope. The enemy wants nothing more than for you to give up on adoption and on having another child. You are doing the work of God. Press on.
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