Thank you so much to each of you who responded to our announcment with prayers and words of encouragement! We are so blessed with tremendous family and friends! Several of you requested to be kept updated on the adoption process, so we have decided to blog in order to keep our freinds and family in the loop and track God's miracles along the way. We will start from the beginning to fill you on on how the decision came about and then from there, will just post when there is something to share. Adoption is a long process so there will be times when we will update you often and times of waiting. We really appreciate all the wonderful emails and words of support from so many of you and we are really excited to share the journey with you, so, here it goes...

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork

I am taking a quick break from adoption paperwork to give you an update on the paperwork... 29 pages of paperwork to be exact! Kurtis and I have set aside Tuesday nights so that we can get through it. Last night Kurtis stayed up till about 2 a.m. working on his portion and I think he is almost done. Since I am home sick today, I decided I better try to get caught up.

As crazy as it sounds, we are actually thankful for all this paperwork! As we were answering questions last night like, "Please describe your current support system – family, friends, church members, etc." and "What morals/values do you hope to instill in your child?" I was thinking about what a blessing it is to be evaluating these things before we have a child. I am not sure that we would have spent much time thinking about these things otherwise.

We are also very thankful for the support system we have around us! (That's you, just in case you didn't know!) You all have been so encouraging to us! Thank you for your support and love. We are so richly blessed!

~Emily
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3 comments:

  1. KirstinFebruary 14, 2009 at 1:58 PM

    thanks for the update, em! that's awesome that you're able to think and talk about big questions like that. we're praying for you!

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  2. BarbFebruary 16, 2009 at 2:48 PM

    Hi, I am a friend of your folks (in the Monday night bible study) and just want you to know that I'm married to a wonderful man. He may not be as great as he is had it not been for the love and upbringing he received from his adoptive parents. God will bless you with just the right one for you.
    Barb

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  3. UnknownFebruary 21, 2009 at 9:36 PM

    I want to say congrats what an awesome decision you both have made. I will enjoy seeing how God unfolds this whole plan for you both.


    Kathy Farley

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