God is in control

Monday night we had another meeting with our birth mother and the birth father's mother.  We and the birth mom were very nervous about this one.   As usual though there were many people praying at home including our cohorts on the Hope Christian Church navigation team who were having a monthly meeting at the same time we were having dinner during our meeting.   Our social workers once again helped guide us through this and prayers were answered.   The birth father's mom had some questions for us and got right down to the point.  Fortunately many of the questions she had were things that we've been thinking about the last 7-8 months and the adoption agency has prepared us for.   The number one priority though for her was that we were a saved couple and believed in Jesus Christ.   She wanted to know that her grand child would be raised not just in religion but in Faith and will one day know Jesus herself.   That is most important to us also so you can see how relieved we were and happy to answer that question.

As our week continues our new normal for the next few weeks is anything but normal.   :)  We are adjusting to living out of a hotel currently and it has doubled as an office during the day for us.   We are both doing our day jobs from here remotely over the computer.   We are very blessed currently to have the ability to do that.   We have a huge thanks in that a Cargill co-worker, Randy, has been able to find us a place to stay and take care of our daughter once she is placed with us.   It just so happened that he ran into some neighbors while out walking with his wife this last weekend.   They have a summer home just down the road from him and are willing to let us stay there while they are away!!  We hope to meet up with them to find out there story of adoption in their family and to thank them for this huge blessing.  Now the timing of our daughter's birth is the main factor.  We know it is not by coinscidence that any of these things have taken place, but it is by God's divine plan.

We will make sure we know where the hospital is at and depending on traffic determine the best route to get there.   We will be getting together again with our birth mother this week to hang out more and get to know each other even better.   During her last Dr. appointment the baby was very low and she has been having some mild contractions.   We are getting very close to her due date of July 30th!  Please continue praying for everyone involved here.  We are seeing many miracles happen!