Updates?

Easter Sunday, I think Claudia and I had the same prayer intentions in mind. The waiting is SOOOOOO horrible. An update, even just a small one to check and see if we’re still here would be nice;

I remembered, specifically with Santi, that when time seemed to stand still, we prayed for the intercession of St. Joseph. After all, who could help better than him? Think about it. He was the Adopted Father of Jesus. I have also heard him called ““foster father” but I’m sticking with adopted. I started praying for his fatherly assistance and praying for us and seriously, I think it was within a week we received the referral for Santi. Amazing!

Now time seems to have slowed down again. At St. Johns, where we attend mass, there is a statue of St. Joseph right in front of where we normally sit (officially called the Chase row). I was staring him down on Easter and asking for him to hook up a fellow adoptive father. A little help. He knows how if feels with the bond growing between father and SON. He knows how special that is but even MORE so for himself. I mean, Son of God? No pressure there, right?

Adoration Chapel at SJB Excelsior

dramatic pause….

Prayer answered!

Not the way you think! Not the same as last time. But we did receive word that FANA, the agency in Colombia was reviewing our dossier and asked that we update a form. We had specifically asked that if possible, we could adopt again from the coffee region of Pereira again. They asked us if we would consider another region of the country as well. So we updated our paperwork stating that.

So anyone with good sense would try to not get their hopes up right? Stay cool dumdum…

Ok, I cant, I am personally reading into this perhaps more than I should. The fact that they are asking us to open our aperture means maybe they have a child(ren) in mind for us? That is where my mind went. Most who know me know that I am pretty conservative in about every aspect of my life. Getting this excited is a bit out of character for me.

HOW ABOUT THAT ST. JOSEPH HUH!?!?!? We wanted some attention and we got it. We continue to rely on his intercession. We know we are getting an older child. How old we don’t know. But currently, as I type, there is a little boy or girl (or both) who are down in Colombia who do not have parents and God has pre-destined to unite with our family. Every moment apart just seems wasted. I’m not suggesting that I have a better plan than our God. I guess we are just impatient.

We will trust in HIM!