"I'm Gonna Get 'em"

Well not much happening at this time, but we are still so excited. Last week we found out that our home study, which normally takes up to three months is being sped up and should only take one! I know that our process will eventually slow down and feel like it is taking for ever, but right now I am just over joyed that is going fast at the moment. Somebody told me this week that I had ADD of the mouth because I couldn't sit still and be quiet at work. I was constantly humming, making weird sounds, and couldn't be quiet. Our little boy occupies my mind all the time. Just wondering what he will be like, and how in the world we are going to understand each other.

My daughter, Kiersten, has jokingly said that he will have the hardest time understanding me because I can barely speak English half the time. When Mike and I first got married he said he need an Atonya dictionary just so he could understand what I was talking about. Anyone that has talked to me for 5 minutes would probably say the same, because when I get excited I make up my own words or put words together.

I have to tell you all what Josh said and did this week. He is going to be an amazing big brother, which has always been a dream of his. We were eating lunch on Sunday at Mt. Fuji, Josh's favorite, and talking about his new little brother and what we might call him. Josh said very seriously, "I think we should call him Josh Jr." All of us immediately bust out laughing. Later on in the week we were in his room and he had a plastic stick hitting the palm of his hand and said, "If anyone messes with my little brother at school I'm gonna get 'em." Again this made us all laugh and smile. Of course Josh would never hurt a flea, but it is so sweet to see him excited and already being so protective.

I think I will stop here for the night. Please pray for us as we have our first meeting for our home study in the morning. Don't worry the house is clean, fire extinguishes bought, and carbon monoxide detectors installed. I will let you all know how it goes!

I will leave you with this scripture..."Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy." Psalm 82:3

The Question We Didn't Have to Think About

Our adoption story begins with a Sunday night church service. Mike and I were sitting with our friends Chaz and Amy,  that we are very close to,  when our Sunday School teacher approached us. He didn't waste any time getting to the point when he asked, "How would you feel about adopting an 8 year old boy from Taiwan?"

Amy said we both immediately started shaking our heads yes before we even looked at each other. Many people don't know, but Mike and I have thought about adoption for a few years. We just never went any further with it because we thought we were too old. Our teacher said we could talk to our pastor about it more and get more details later, leaving us in wonder of what could be happening to our family. We felt like God was speaking directly to us.

After church we all went out to eat and Bro. Chad approached us, telling us about this little boy. He was ecstatic that we were interested and told us that if we were serious and started the process it would probably move very quickly. The very next day we called New Beginnings and started the process. After filling out what would only be the first of thousands of pages of paper work, they called and set up a time to meet with us on Tuesday.

To be continued...