God had been telling me for awhile to update my blog and ask people to pray. I pray every day but I was feeling like I was being told to step it up and ask others to also, so I finally got around to asking others to pray with me, right now. Guess what! I got a call today that we are out of IBESR and on to the next step- Parquet. Obedience (prayer) brings results! Thank you all so much! Keep praying things continue and please keep praying God's blessing on Gideon and all of OLTCH (the orphanage he is at). We are praying Gideon will be home by his 8th birthday (December 22nd)!

Time to get Serious

 

We received the signature we needed from the President of Haiti on our paperwork and we were printed in the Le Moniteur. These are two big steps! We are now waiting for a couple of signatures and we will be out of IBESR. We have been told it could take months to go from the President's desk back to IBESR. Three other families from our orphanage were out within 2 weeks but for us, we are going on 9. A family can never compare their paperwork to another families paperwork. Their are constant questions and rarely any answers. The only thing to do is wait and pray.

I was just telling a friend the other day that if I wasn't sure God had called us to this I would be scared to death, I would be completely discouraged, I would give up. That is a big statement though- God has called us to this. He has shown himself trustworthy. He has shown himself present and He is a blast to do this life with. I don't know how anyone does it any other way. He speaks to me. He brings to mind all of the times He has answered my prayers in ways I couldn't imagine, even after I worried and worried. He has said many times, "When are you going to stop worrying and just know I've got this."

Instead of worrying we pray. It is time to get serious about praying. I would like to ask you to join us in a prayer push. Please pray that our paperwork would move forward. Please pray that the evil that surrounds so many of these adoptions would be held back. Please pray for Gideon. He has had so many friends leave the orphange. We have not been able to skype with him the last few months so we do not know how he is. Please pray that he feels Gods presence, peace and patience. That he would keep his joy and big smile and that he would know he is being thought of and fought for every day.