So it has now been over a month since we last posted
anything on this blog. Not much has
changed since then as far as timing is concerned. Our dossier is in Lesotho…
waiting…for the next matching meeting...
waiting…to be on top of the dossier pile at said matching
meeting….
waiting…to “match us” with our forever son.
What we know:
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Our dossier is in Lesotho.
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At this next matching meeting there will be 8
allowed matches with families from the USA.
What we don’t know:
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When will the next matching meeting be?
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Where is our dossier in the pile of dossiers
from USA families?
So for now, we continue to wait and continue on praying for
our unknown son and all the other 360,000 orphans in this oh-so-small
country. We pray for the mother who gave
up her son.
We also Praise God for the wonderful people who have reached
out to support us in our adoption process.
Last week, Grace Lutheran Church in Coopersville hosted a Lenten
Mid-week meal where all the donations went directly to our adoption fund. From the bottom of our hearts – THANK
YOU!! Thank you, Aunt Marilyn, for
organizing such a blessing. Thank you to
the people of this church who don’t know us at all, but we willing to bless us
financially and in prayer. We pray that
God will bless you in return.
I have recently been reading Jen Hatmaker’s book “7” (highly
recommend reading this one). I have been
feeling very convicted by something. The
birth-mother of our future son most like had no other choice but to abandon him
and therefore give him up for adoption.
She was most likely struggling so much that she couldn’t support either
the other children or her husband or both.
Maybe this mother had HIV and chose not to nurse her baby for fear of
transmitting it to him and then couldn’t afford the formula to feed him. For whatever reason, she made an extremely
difficult choice. I will never
be able to fully relate to this woman.
In my home, we each have a bed with an adequate amount of
blankets. We have a pantry that is
mostly filled with food. We drive two
cars and have 2 cell phones. Over the
last 8 years, we have also taken three very healthy babies home from the
hospital and laid them to sleep in their own cribs, never wondering if and when
I would be able to feed my child. We
also have wonderful health insurance where I would never question whether or
not we could afford to take our child in to be checked out by one of the
numerous doctors available within a 10 mile radius. As I said early, I will never fully know her
reasons or what her life what like the day she made her difficult choice.
So getting back to my conviction….I have too much. If 100% of
what we earn is actually God’s, why am I spending it on things that aren’t
needed? Why am I not using more of this
income to further His kingdom? I also
waste too much. Yeah for recycling, but
come on…I could be so much better at this in the first place. Why are we not buying more things in bulk
with less packaging and why do I think I am entitled to “serving sized”
portions for lunch boxes? Just a few of
the many convictions I have been feeling from reading Jen’s book. Watch out – it is a good one.
Jaclyn
