Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Trans-Racial Family
Can you imagine anything more beautiful? This is what the Kingdom of God will look like in heaven! We will all be a one big, beautiful and worshipful Trans-Racial Family! Every tribe, tongue and nation will be bowing their knee in worship of our Heavenly Father. Glory!
When Harriett said we would be a Trans-Racial Family... I just felt like I caught a glimpse of heaven... Ed and I will just get a taste of it here on earth. I love the diversity and beauty of the body of Christ.
Doesn't mean the road will be easy as a Trans-Racial Family... but the Christian life is not about ease... it's about calling... and glorifying the One who calls us.
Home Study Visit #1 Complete!
I just can't explain how humbled and thankful we are to be a part of this process. I am so grateful God is allowing us on this journey of adoption. Last night was yet another confirmation that I am eternally grateful for my own adoption in Christ.
One other note: Kudos to my fantastic husband for keeping us on track and getting our paperwork turned in for our Home Study! I am so thankful for Ed and the way God has wired him for details... a beautiful blessing!
Monday, November 23, 2009
Pittsburgh, Errands and Home Visit...
- Went to Pittsburgh this weekend to visit Grandma Wanderer. It was a fantastic weekend... pictures to follow!
- Took mom to the doctor today and then we ran oooodles of errands.
- First Home Study Visit tonight! excited.
More to come...
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Doctors, Court Rooms and Fields...
- I went to get my adoption physical today.... complete with blood work and TB test.... not a fan of needles.
- Went to the Prince William County Courthouse to get the fingerprints done. We sat outside of "Court Room Number 5" for 2 hours. We had to wait until all those needing to be processed were done. Um... it was an interesting morning... filled with lots of fascinating people. Let's just say, it was not boring.
- Met Deborah Schmitz for our adoption photos. We have photos we need to send into the Dossier, Home Study, etc... Deborah is such a fabulous photographer! She took us to some great scenes in Stafford. fun times.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Super Sweet Sunday!

An Afternoon with Alece
I love Alece... she is an inspiration!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Intersection of the Divine and the Ordinary
Ed's best friend is Chris Osthaus. They have been best friends since childhood. Chris is also the one that led Ed to Christ. Chris is a great blessing to us! He sent a blog to us the other day and it has blessed me so much. I don't know these folks that write the blog he sent... Chris grew up with the husband, Nate. The below excerpt is what I read today. It spoke to me a beautiful way.
Here is the blog address: http://everybitterthingissweet.wordpress.com/
"What if we had conceived a biological child just before beginning this adoption process? What if we had chosen the route of fertility treatments — instead of adoption (a tough decision that took months to wade through)? What if we had zipped through the process, as planned, and had received a referral for different children?
I’m living at the intersection of the divine and the ordinary. I’m cleaning up spills, doing countless loads of laundry and kissing ouchies … of children who–six months ago–had a bleak existence.
The secular world wants to look at me and Nate and say “wow, you did GOOD. what a marvelous thing you’ve done for these children.” And they do. I hear it almost weekly. And I cringe.
I have yet to come up with a brief response that illustrates the gravity of God’s work. We did NOTHING, but cry out to God out of our own (possibly selfish?) longing for a family, and for more of Him, and for His Spirit’s leading in our lives. And He cracked open His divinity and gave us a taste. And just this little sip is about enough to knock me over. Every day. When she says “mommy, stay here?” more times than I can count or he gives an unsolicited sloppy kiss followed by “I love you Mommy” I sometimes can’t breathe.
God, you let us play a part in saving them. You would have done it anyways — in one way or another. But you married our prayers–frayed around the edges–with their need.
Many have said adoption is addicting. And now I know why. I tell Nate that, at the moment, I am a dangerous woman. Because any hint I’ve had of a child in need, an orphan, tends to linger in my mind." Sara and Nate
