Adoption Specialist

April 10, 2013

Ever since we have “officially” started the homestudy process (a whole week and a half J), Luke and I have been anxiously waiting to hear from our specialist! Ok, maybe I have been anxiously waiting and Luke patiently waiting. But…ever since last Thursday when our agency told us she should be calling any day now, I have had my phone right by my side, waiting for THE phone call! Well today was a very exciting day for us, as I was in my regular routine at work I heard my phone ringing and saw an unknown number…to my surprise it was our specialist!!!  She called… PRAISE GOD!! I was thrilled to hear from our specialist named Barb!! I had a wonderful first impression with her on the phone as we talked a little bit about how the homestudy meetings would go.  She seemed so sweet, personable, nice, considerate, down to earth and good bedside manner. I seriously could not have had a better first impression with her over the phone! We will be meeting with Barb three times in order to complete the homestudy meetings/counseling. Luke and I were excited to get to know her a little better and have her walk with us through this AMAZING journey!

The neatest thing happened yesterday while I had a meeting with other Children’s Ministries leaders around the area. There were two ladies that came to this meeting who were from the same town as Barb. (Didn’t know that at the time when I was talking with them) I shared with these ladies how Luke and I were going down there and told them why and they followed up by saying, “Is your adoption specialist named Barb?” Shocked as can be, I replied, “Yes!”  These ladies shared that they knew her and her husband very well and they work together with Barb’s husband who is an Associate Pastor at Hope Missionary. The ladies had nothing but GREAT things to say about her! They shared with me how sweet she is, and how much passion and love she has for adoption. It was so neat to hear from other people on what they thought about her. It was truly a HUGE PRAISE to hear such good things about her too!! I was shocked to have this encounter and it truly blew me away to see how amazing and faithful God is. Luke and I prayed about our relationship with our specialist; it was a major deal that we would be able to connect and get along with her. It was encouraging to hear so many positive things about Barb before we even got the phone call from her. Nevertheless, God continues to show us how He is in every little detail!! No words can describe how incredible and intimate God is with us!! We again feel so blessed by God and truly believe he ordained all of this thus far! We have our first meeting with Barb at the end of April. We are really looking forward to it! As for now, we continue to work through all the nitty, gritty paperwork with positive, hopeful attitudes as we trust in the Lord’s will for our family!!