And the winner is.....

 

    I know it has been a while since I have updated you on the latest development, but I really didn't have much to say.  This process had been moving along at a good pace when suddenly we were stopped in our tracks and it was a little jarring.  The ban on adoptions from Russia really took the wind out of our sails, so we didn't want to jump into a big change without stopping to catch our breath.  We had a lot of praying and researching to do.  Since this is such a big decision, we decided to stop and wait a while. 
     We have spent the last few weeks just praying and waiting.  And in that time we decided that unless God closes another door,  Poland is the country that we are going to find our daughter!   I still mourn for the orphans in Russia, but we are adjusting to this new idea and we are looking forward to the adventures we will find there.  
   We will be staying with our current agency to do our home study this month, but we are in the process of filling out an application for our new agency.  We will be using St. Mary International Adoption agency from North Carolina. One fourth of all children adopted from Poland for the past 3 years (2011, 2010, and 2009) were adopted through Saint Mary’s, so I know they have a lot of experience here.  I have been in touch with them a few times in the past few weeks and they have been very helpful.  I'm confident that they will help make this a smooth transition. Poland is a much smaller country so the wait will probably be longer than we had anticipated, but we are clinging to the hope that God has a child waiting for us. 
     Our next steps are getting in touch with our current agency and transferring our documents to the new agency.  Hopefully most of our paperwork will work for Poland. I am in the process of filling out the new application and will be sending that off this week.  We are also working on scheduling our home study with the social worker from Hand in Hand. 

Hold On.  Never Let Go.  Keep Climbing.

    So we now are climbing a new mountain in this journey.
You can help us by praying for us as we make this transition and praying that we will have peace with God's timing. 

This song has meant a lot to me in the past few weeks and I find myself singing it often.

Be My Everything  by Tim Hughes

God in my living
There in my breathing
God in my waking
God in my sleeping

God in my resting
There in my working
God in my thinking
God in my speaking

Be my everything
Be my everything
Be my everything
Be my everything

God in my hoping
There in my dreaming
God in my watching
God in my waiting

God in my laughing
There in my weeping
God in my hurting
God in my healing

Christ in me
Christ in me
Christ in me the hope of glory
You are everything

Christ in me
Christ in me
Christ in me the hope of glory
Be my everything

If you want to see the you tube video of this song you can go here.