Clarity....

This last weekend I had the privilege of going to the Women’s Retreat with our church Mission Hills! It was some very much needed “me” time. It was also the first time I have every left Jacob, but no worries, Jeff and Ethan handled it like pro’s! Anyways, the retreat was awesome and I got to spend a lot of time getting to know some amazing women and made lots of new friends, but God also spoke to me quite a bit about our adoption process and thought I’d share what an incredible God we have.

First of all, as most of you who have read this know we are really at a stand still with “where” to adopt from. Sometimes the gigantic need in all parts of the world get to be very overwhelming for Jeff and I and we have such a hard time picking out one place. Its been difficult to know what direction God is leading us in and to be honest we have been a little distracted with trying to find a house lately too. Well Saturday night at the retreat it all kind of came together for me.
I realized that God is not a God of confusion or frustration or helplessness. I’ve been too distracted in worrying about making the right decisions that I have forgotten to let go and let God make the decisions for us. Jeff and I are very excited to be in this process and realize it’s not about picking the right country to adopt from, it’s choosing to listen and be obedient to what we have been called to do, even if that means waiting.
There is also some other wonderful news. Deirdre Close, the worship leader at our church was so awesome to pray with me about this whole process and put Jeff and I in touch with another young family she knows who have 3 boys of their own and are in the final stages of completing their adoption of a little boy from Russia and they live very close to us! They have already contacted us through email and we are waiting to set up a time to get together in person or over the phone hopefully this week! Very cool! More update to come in the next week or so!