Hey Everyone! Just wanted to let you know that we got confirmation that we have indeed been put on the wait list! We should be put on the active list in 1-2 months! Very excited!!
Also, our thermometer is up over $18,500!! We are well over half way to our fundraising goal! So, THANK YOU!
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
Update of where we're at.
Hey everyone! Sorry for nearly a month of not posting! I started a new job on labour and birth (and love it!) and things have just been a little busy around here since starting there! I want to give you guys a bit of an update on everything - even though in my mind not too much has happened.
We held a fundraiser on October 26th! I think it went very well. I have been waiting for all the money to come in, but it's been a little slow. So as of right now - we're waiting for some cash from 3 more consultants - and so far we have made nearly $1400!!! Which is huge! I will be heading to the bank today and will update the thermometer after I return! Way to go guys! Thanks for being such a huge support to us!
As for our adoption process, the agency received our file on Canadian Thanksgiving day. They have processed it and said everything looks good. We are just waiting on an email that confirms our status on the wait list. I will explain a little bit of the wait list as this isn't the active list. It's essentially where we will sit for 1-3 months (remember there are only two couples ahead of us on the wait list!), then we will be pulled from there into the group of active profiles. This is when the birth moms will actually be able to look at our profile and pick us. So we're almost to the point of active waiting… we'll be there soon enough!
Emotionally, I have had some ups and downs in the past month or so. I have had days that I was incredibly overwhelmed by the long term permanence of our fertility issue. I don't know how I had never thought of it before but one day I was just thinking that after our adoption, when we want more kids, we will need to do this again or pursue IVF. Both of which cost money… it overwhelmed me for a bit. And thankfully God kindly reminded me that "each day has troubles of its own" and that I shouldn't "worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself". I'm running a marathon, not a sprint. So I will focus of where I'm at today, otherwise it's WAY too much for me to handle.
If you guys could to continue to pray for us as God continues to test our patience. It hasn't been a year since we started our adoption process yet, but it's now been over a year since we have found out about our fertility issues. In retrospect everything goes by fast, yet it was a hard, stretching year. Some days I really feel like I will never see the day that I will meet my child. Fortunately, I can recognize that as a lie - but it feels really real sometimes. Keep praying that God will give us the strength to get through each day. That we will be as prepared as we need to be when the baby comes, and that we will be patient until that time comes.
When I get the final numbers for our fundraiser, I will let you guys know! A huge thanks again to everyone who has supported us financially. Having that money in the bank so that we haven't had to pay out of our pocket yet for all our fees thus far, has been a HUGE blessing! THANK YOU!!
We held a fundraiser on October 26th! I think it went very well. I have been waiting for all the money to come in, but it's been a little slow. So as of right now - we're waiting for some cash from 3 more consultants - and so far we have made nearly $1400!!! Which is huge! I will be heading to the bank today and will update the thermometer after I return! Way to go guys! Thanks for being such a huge support to us!
As for our adoption process, the agency received our file on Canadian Thanksgiving day. They have processed it and said everything looks good. We are just waiting on an email that confirms our status on the wait list. I will explain a little bit of the wait list as this isn't the active list. It's essentially where we will sit for 1-3 months (remember there are only two couples ahead of us on the wait list!), then we will be pulled from there into the group of active profiles. This is when the birth moms will actually be able to look at our profile and pick us. So we're almost to the point of active waiting… we'll be there soon enough!
Emotionally, I have had some ups and downs in the past month or so. I have had days that I was incredibly overwhelmed by the long term permanence of our fertility issue. I don't know how I had never thought of it before but one day I was just thinking that after our adoption, when we want more kids, we will need to do this again or pursue IVF. Both of which cost money… it overwhelmed me for a bit. And thankfully God kindly reminded me that "each day has troubles of its own" and that I shouldn't "worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself". I'm running a marathon, not a sprint. So I will focus of where I'm at today, otherwise it's WAY too much for me to handle.
If you guys could to continue to pray for us as God continues to test our patience. It hasn't been a year since we started our adoption process yet, but it's now been over a year since we have found out about our fertility issues. In retrospect everything goes by fast, yet it was a hard, stretching year. Some days I really feel like I will never see the day that I will meet my child. Fortunately, I can recognize that as a lie - but it feels really real sometimes. Keep praying that God will give us the strength to get through each day. That we will be as prepared as we need to be when the baby comes, and that we will be patient until that time comes.
When I get the final numbers for our fundraiser, I will let you guys know! A huge thanks again to everyone who has supported us financially. Having that money in the bank so that we haven't had to pay out of our pocket yet for all our fees thus far, has been a HUGE blessing! THANK YOU!!
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