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You are the helper of the fatherless. LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear, To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, That the man of the earth may oppress no more. Psalms 10:14,17-18

Monday, March 12, 2012

My Answered Prayer

When they placed you in my arms
and I looked into your face,
I felt our hearts melt into one
a miracle took place.

My prayer was finally answered
though delayed, 'twas not denied,
The pain of love unanswered
in a moment's time subsides.

The years I spent in anguish
unable to conceive,
No one could know the heartache
or how my soul did grieve.

God's plan seemed hard to understand
the circle's now complete,
He's placed the heavens in my arms
so precious and so sweet.

He made your eyes from moonbeams
your dew-kissed lips, the rose,
Your heart was filled with sunshine
where your angel's laughter grows.

Though you grew within another
my soul and yours were one,
We united in God's loving heart
 before life had begun.

I've received a priceless treasure
this adopted child I hold,
A gift of love and happiness
a story yet untold.

-Kathie Phillips Davis

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

We are making progress!

We finally had our last home study interview today.  We have been working with a wonderful lady by the name of Jen.  She is very nice, personable, and easy to talk to. 

Jen was very, very sick about a month ago.  We had two scheduled interviews with her that were canceled.  Now there has been that respiratory illness going around.  You talk to several people everyday that either have it or knows someone who has it.  Poor Jen was so terribly ill that she was hospitalized.  Not only are we happy to have our home study wrapping up but we are very happy to see Jen feeling better.

Since we live in Ohio and are adopting from a particular Asian country we had to find a new home study agency.  One that writes Hague home studies and is accredited to write this form of home study.  It was hard to believe that in the state of Ohio there are only three such agencies. 

One agency will only write a home study for you if you are adopting through their agency.  Which we are not.  So that left us a choice of two agencies.  The one we chose is closer to our home and our former home study agency has worked with them in the past.  Can you believe that this one agency has only one Hague certified home study writer?  Jen is one very busy gal. 

We are looking forward to our homestudy's draft to be completed by the end of this month.  Then I will be able to send off the dossier to be certified and authenticated and then finally apply for our I-800A from USCIS. 

It is beginning to feel like something is getting done on the adoption front.  For so long it seems that all you are doing is paperwork and redoing paperwork.  I have said with each adoption that I am "never" doing another dossier and usually I find myself doing just that about every two years.  I am done saying that we will not be adopting again. 

Because only God knows what tomorrow brings!