It will be missed, that time of newborn smell and touch when we finally get to meet our new one. On the other hand, I do pray that his/her mother did get to cherish that time while she could...
On to the pictures!
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Baby Baby!
This post won't be exactly adoption themed, although all the money from donations I make will go straight towards the adoption! I couldn't resist capturing some sweet pictures of baby A. So precious and tiny!
It will be missed, that time of newborn smell and touch when we finally get to meet our new one. On the other hand, I do pray that his/her mother did get to cherish that time while she could...
On to the pictures!
It will be missed, that time of newborn smell and touch when we finally get to meet our new one. On the other hand, I do pray that his/her mother did get to cherish that time while she could...
On to the pictures!
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Prayer
We would apreciate your prayers as we make some important decisions in the next couple days.
Thank You All
-Contessa
Thank You All
-Contessa
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Contract
Well...yesterday was the big day. I sent our signed and notarized contract into our agency. Whew, what a relief! I cannot say thank you enough to those who gave so unconditionally (thank you notes are on the way, I'm getting names from the church soon)!
I am simply amazed at the faithfulness of God. He provided for our needs.
Pray for us as we make decisions, as there are a couple waiting children in the orphanage.
We will start on the dossier in the next couple days!
I am simply amazed at the faithfulness of God. He provided for our needs.
Pray for us as we make decisions, as there are a couple waiting children in the orphanage.
We will start on the dossier in the next couple days!
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Speechless
Well, we found out that there will be another $1,700 coming in!!!! WOW!
Along with some other donations, we will likely be down to $1,000 short of the money needed. We can grab that from dividends. We were thinking we would need to use that whole amount for this installment of money.
You better believe I was praising MY God today... and thinking of the streams coming down my face, this song comes to mind.
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.
And because I know there will be hard days ahead, the next verse
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.
We plan on signing on with the DRC contract with Love Beyond Borders on Monday. Wouldn't it be so awesome if God provided that $1,000 we will need?
Along with some other donations, we will likely be down to $1,000 short of the money needed. We can grab that from dividends. We were thinking we would need to use that whole amount for this installment of money.
You better believe I was praising MY God today... and thinking of the streams coming down my face, this song comes to mind.
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.
And because I know there will be hard days ahead, the next verse
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.
We plan on signing on with the DRC contract with Love Beyond Borders on Monday. Wouldn't it be so awesome if God provided that $1,000 we will need?
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Faithful
Psalm 115:1 1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.
Psalm 89:1 1 I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
Psalm 33:4 (#1 of 15 Bible Verses about God's Faithfulness) 4 For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.
Psalm 36:5
5 Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
Yesterday was rough. Satan really got in and attacked from all sides. William and I had to look each other in the eyes and answer the same questions that we've answered time and time again in this last year.
Do we feel like God has called us to adopt?
Are we both in this?
We just had to realize that we are not the author of this book. If God has called you to it, He will bring you through it! (I've heard that somewhere)
All we can do is take it one day at a time. We cannot think about the money that will be due in 3-4 months. That will be taken care of "tomorrow". Right now we need to put together the $11,175 to sign on to the DRC contract. Frankly, we need it now so that we can keep moving forward. It's important with expiration dates on homestudy's, fingerprints, and paperwork.
I had not checked in with the Church to see if any donations had come in from our letter we sent out. Pastor Greg though had informed me that he thought something had come in the mail a couple days ago. I talked with someone in charge of that, and she said yes around $300 had come in! I didn't know that!
I informed her that there might be another donation that had just come in, and was she aware of that. She said no, but would check. Well, I went to check the mail and when I returned she informed me that indeed there was a check for $1,200!!! I'm not sure where it came from, but apparently some type of grant? WOW!!
This living on the edge thing is going to be tough...but someones got to do it.
**On a side note I have a pay pal donate button now. Please don't feel that I am begging for money. It's just easier for some people to donate this way if they feel led.
Also, I am thinking of making T-shirts for the adoption. I wanted to make a cool poll to post on the blog but it wouldn't ever work!
My questions are:
Should I design it for both genders or just female?
Should I make it Wolverton adoption specific? Meaning, instead of making it about orphans or adopting in general I would include a map of Alaska, Africa, our name etc. ?
If you would please leave a comment on here or facebook. Thanks!
-Contessa
Psalm 89:1 1 I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
Psalm 33:4 (#1 of 15 Bible Verses about God's Faithfulness) 4 For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.
Psalm 36:5
5 Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
Yesterday was rough. Satan really got in and attacked from all sides. William and I had to look each other in the eyes and answer the same questions that we've answered time and time again in this last year.
Do we feel like God has called us to adopt?
Are we both in this?
We just had to realize that we are not the author of this book. If God has called you to it, He will bring you through it! (I've heard that somewhere)
All we can do is take it one day at a time. We cannot think about the money that will be due in 3-4 months. That will be taken care of "tomorrow". Right now we need to put together the $11,175 to sign on to the DRC contract. Frankly, we need it now so that we can keep moving forward. It's important with expiration dates on homestudy's, fingerprints, and paperwork.
I had not checked in with the Church to see if any donations had come in from our letter we sent out. Pastor Greg though had informed me that he thought something had come in the mail a couple days ago. I talked with someone in charge of that, and she said yes around $300 had come in! I didn't know that!
I informed her that there might be another donation that had just come in, and was she aware of that. She said no, but would check. Well, I went to check the mail and when I returned she informed me that indeed there was a check for $1,200!!! I'm not sure where it came from, but apparently some type of grant? WOW!!
This living on the edge thing is going to be tough...but someones got to do it.
**On a side note I have a pay pal donate button now. Please don't feel that I am begging for money. It's just easier for some people to donate this way if they feel led.
Also, I am thinking of making T-shirts for the adoption. I wanted to make a cool poll to post on the blog but it wouldn't ever work!
My questions are:
Should I design it for both genders or just female?
Should I make it Wolverton adoption specific? Meaning, instead of making it about orphans or adopting in general I would include a map of Alaska, Africa, our name etc. ?
If you would please leave a comment on here or facebook. Thanks!
-Contessa
Friday, September 7, 2012
Movement!
We're finally getting somewhere!
We're about to have the second portion of our home study completed. Literally in like 10 mins. Yay! If you've ever wanted to be challenged to be a better parent, have someone conduct a home study on your family, haha. No, really, wondering how your children will answer some of the questions is nerve wracking. Every family has it's challenges, and it's ups and downs. Will she tell them I spend too much time on the computer? Will she talk about how I get frustrated? Will they tell about how we apologize when we speak out of that frustration? How sometimes, we all just have to take a breather, and regroup later to talk it out calmly? I sure hope the latter is what is forefront on their minds, not only for the home study, but because that is what family is about. And no family is perfect, sometimes we forget to make that apology. Really makes you think about what kind of legacy you are leaving behind.
Moving on...like I said we are getting the home study out of the way. It feels like a huge weight is being lifted off of my shoulders as it's one of the main portions to complete in an adoption.
What's next? Well, money to be blunt. I hate bringing it up because it feels like this world is always about money. I wish I could need something else right now other than prayer more than money. We currently have $4,600 in our adoption fund. We were able to put $600 into that fund just this last paycheck (William had a ton of overtime that had built up, and working turnaround). I only say that because I want you to know while we are asking for donations, we are also working very hard also. I am currently watching the children on Thursdays at church during Bible Study, and quilting group, and will continue that throughout the year. I'm also working on some craft projects to hopefully sell at the craft bazaar's this winter.
We've received a few donations, and thank you for that!!! God is in control!
After we put together enough money we can sign on with our agency for the DRC contract. We have been accepted by our agency, just need the money now, to really get started. Then we can start compiling our dossier.
We sent out an informational letter recently. If you did not receive it, but would like to just give me a shout. :)
-Contessa
We're about to have the second portion of our home study completed. Literally in like 10 mins. Yay! If you've ever wanted to be challenged to be a better parent, have someone conduct a home study on your family, haha. No, really, wondering how your children will answer some of the questions is nerve wracking. Every family has it's challenges, and it's ups and downs. Will she tell them I spend too much time on the computer? Will she talk about how I get frustrated? Will they tell about how we apologize when we speak out of that frustration? How sometimes, we all just have to take a breather, and regroup later to talk it out calmly? I sure hope the latter is what is forefront on their minds, not only for the home study, but because that is what family is about. And no family is perfect, sometimes we forget to make that apology. Really makes you think about what kind of legacy you are leaving behind.
Moving on...like I said we are getting the home study out of the way. It feels like a huge weight is being lifted off of my shoulders as it's one of the main portions to complete in an adoption.
What's next? Well, money to be blunt. I hate bringing it up because it feels like this world is always about money. I wish I could need something else right now other than prayer more than money. We currently have $4,600 in our adoption fund. We were able to put $600 into that fund just this last paycheck (William had a ton of overtime that had built up, and working turnaround). I only say that because I want you to know while we are asking for donations, we are also working very hard also. I am currently watching the children on Thursdays at church during Bible Study, and quilting group, and will continue that throughout the year. I'm also working on some craft projects to hopefully sell at the craft bazaar's this winter.
We've received a few donations, and thank you for that!!! God is in control!
After we put together enough money we can sign on with our agency for the DRC contract. We have been accepted by our agency, just need the money now, to really get started. Then we can start compiling our dossier.
We sent out an informational letter recently. If you did not receive it, but would like to just give me a shout. :)
-Contessa
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