Speak LORD....

As I read Oswalds devotion for today I am encouraged to tell God to speak to me. He says, "Get into the habit of saying Speak Lord. Everytime circumstances press in on you say, Speak Lord and then make time to listen." We got a call from our agency about some kids they have back in Bogota and they will hopefully be getting some more info in the next week and would we be interestead. We said we would be but would like some more info. Meanwhile they are still trying to find out what is going on in the region where our paperwork has been for the last 4 months. We have so many emotions going on right now. We have been feeling that our kids are there in the region of Boyaca but we know nothing, and then this situation comes up and we are not sure what to do yet. We are desperate to know what God wants us to do and that He brings the right children for us into our family. We have so many thoughts about what WE want the kids to be, but want to know what GOD has for us and that we are open to His plans. We are praying that we hear something soon as we would love to be back from Colombia before May b/c Jim gets extremely busy in the months of May, June and July and would not be able to stay the whole month needed. (He works for a fireworks company). So I am asking and begging God to speak to us and let us know what we are to do. Thank you for your prayers and I have missed praying with my CHI girls on monday nights but for the last 3 weeks I haven't been able to get on for some reason. Anyways, I will continue to keep you updated when we have more news!

Just a Note

Today has just been a great day! God is so good. We went to a travel class on Saturday from our agency and it renewed our excitement. We can't wait to hear about our kids. Apparently the region of Boyaca likes us and has continued to hold on to our paperwork for over 3 months now. They have 3 kids, in the age range we requested, and are still waiting on the abandonment decree. Hopefully now that the courts are open again things will move fast! God has just filled us with such hope and joy that we will hear something soon! Oh, how I pray that we would! :)

Pictures from Israel and Jordan

Sorry it has taken so long to get these pictures up. These are just a few as we took over 1000. We had such a great time! There is no new news on the kiddos yet, we are still waiting...

Vacation!

Well I talked with our agency today and they still have not heard any news for us. The director Julie is going down to Colombia the last week in November for a conference, so maybe while she is there she can find out any information for us. :) In the mean time us and my in-laws (Jim's parents) are taking an exciting trip the day after thanksgiving. We will be in Paris for 3 days then onto Israel for a 10 day tour!! We are so excited. We had to use the 2 weeks of vacation that Jim had been saving and are blessed to be able to take a trip like this before the kids come. Thank you Lord for giving us this great opportunity! Waiting on God is not an easy thing sometimes, but He is so faithful to continue the work He started until completion!

Update #2

Well, we have been praying this week that we would have some kind of information about what is going on and today our agency called with and update! The region of Boyaca still has our paperwork and they have a group of kids in mind for us, but are waiting for the abandonment decree. We don't know how long that will take or anything about the kids, but at least we know they haven't forgotten about us. We are really praying that if these are the kids God has for us that He would make it happen. There is a small chance that we could still travel this year, but we are not expecting to. We know that it will happen all in Gods timing!
Thank you Lord for the update :)

Update

Well, you can see that I am not good at keeping up with updates, but thought it was about time for one. We are still waiting for our children. We know God has told us to trust in Him and that He is working things out right now. It has been difficult knowing things could happen any day though. I am continually reading other blogs of people who have adopted and are in the process right now. It is so encouraging to see other people going through the same things as we are. We are also trying to sell our house as our new one will be done in 2 months. Things are moving along, just not as fast as we would like. :) Well I will try to get better at keeping regular updates, but for now that is all I have.

In the Beginning

Well The journey has begun. It started back in October of 06' when we started praying and sent our aplication for adoption of a sibling group of 3 into Childrens Hope International. What a step of faith!
Adoption Time Line:
Sent in application 10-06
Started Homestudy 11-06
Medicals & other paperwork 1-07
Redue Jaime's fingerprints 2-07
Homestudy Complete with fingerprints 3-07
Homestudy sent to CIS 4-07
CIS approval 6-01-07
Dossier approved and sent out to the region of Boyaca 8-10-07