Friday, November 14, 2014

November is National Adoption Month

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Chances are that you have been touched by adoption. Celebrate adoption by: (1) Praying for adoptive families and for birth families. (2) Support adoption foundations, like ABBA Fund. (3) Read a book about adoption or do some research on adoption. (4) Ask your library to display adoption-related books. (5) Learn positive adoption language. (6) Click the image above to be directed to Buckner where you can learn more about adoption and foster care. (7) Share our blog with your friends.

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Gooooaaaaallllllll!!!!!!

We have reached our adoption fundraising goal of $10,000!!!!! We are so grateful for all of you and your willingness to back our adoption. We are humbled. We believe that God has a baby for us just around the corner. Please continue to keep the baby in your prayers. Pray specifically that the Lord would provide a baby now that we have reached our goal and that the baby would arrive before the end of December. We have no idea if this is a possibility, but we ask for your specific prayers.

Thank you for your prayers and your continued support. We pray daily that the Lord would bring a baby to us very soon. Sedah is very cute about the baby. She prays for the baby every day and if we forget to pray for the baby, she reminds us. The other day her prayer was this, "Dear Jesus, We pray that the baby would grow strong and healthy. We pray that you would bring the baby very soon. Lord, we are so ready!" Sedah is ready. We are ready. Please pray!!!

Thank you for your prayers,

Jeremiah, Amanda & Hesedah

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

PRAY: Profile Being Shown

Well, we got an email this morning from our caseworker. They are meeting with a young couple tomorrow (10/9) that is making an adoption plan for their unborn child. At that time, they will look at some profiles of potential adoptive parents. Our profile will be one of those shown to them. We are thrilled. We ask that you would pray for everyone involved. Pray for the baby. Pray for the birthparents as they make la decision. Pray for the Lord's will to be done--even if that means that we are not chosen. THANK YOU!!!

UPDATE: WE WERE NOT CHOSEN BY THE BIRTHMOTHER TO BE THE FAMILY FOR THIS CHILD. WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE FAMILY THAT WAS CHOSEN, KNOWING THAT THEY ARE FILLED WITH JOY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WAIT FOR THE LORD TO PROVIDE THE BABY THAT IS JUST RIGHT FOR US.

Friday, October 3, 2014

Free Devotional Guide

Anyone who donates $5 or more to our adoption fund in the month of October will receive a 2014 devotional guide published by Buckner (our adoption agency). We're praying for big things this month: praying that a baby will arrive before Christmas; praying for the birthmother as she makes difficult decisions and takes a stand on an important issue; and praying that God would prepare our hearts and home for the child. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!


Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Adoption Update

We are so excited to be at 91% of our fundraising goal. We only need $875 more before we reach the goal of $10,000. Thank you for your prayers and support. We are grateful!

To give you an update on where we are in the process: We are simply just waiting for the call. The agency told us that the next call from them would be about a baby that's available. So, we are praying and waiting and waiting and waiting. This is the hardest part. We know there's a baby somewhere that's in need of a home, but we have to be patient for God's timing. Sedah keeps telling us that the baby is going to come in October, so we are secretly hoping for that. The reality is that we just don't know when the baby will come. It could be October or November or December or next year. Please continue to pray for us. Also, please pray that we will reach our goal of $10,000.

In the meantime, we are reading books. Here is the current book we are reading. It's a bit challenging because of it's length. It gives a lot of great insights, but reads like a textbook. This is one of three required books for reading.


Here are some ways to pray:
- Please continue to pray for the baby. We are praying that the baby (babies) would be strong, healthy, and that the baby would come to us soon.

- Keep the birthmother in your prayers. She has some difficult decisions to make and may feel opposition, guilt, and lots of pain because of that. Also, pray that she makes good health decisions as she carries the baby.

- We need prayer for patience as we wait. This is the most difficult time. Sometimes we feel that a baby will never come and just want to give up. We need to trust the Lord during this time.

Thanks for praying!

Jeremiah, Amanda, and Hesedah

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Home Study Finished

We just received word that our home study is finished. Our caseworker emailed to tell us that her part is done and it has been submitted for review. This should not take too long. Please continue praying for us to become a waiting family. We need our profile to go into the books soon. Once we get there, birth mothers can start considering us to be the adoptive parents.

Thanks for praying,

Jeremiah, Amanda & Hesedah

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Baby's Room


We started working on the baby's room the other night. The guest bed that used to live in there finally sold to a college student in Nac. We bought the bed and changing table a couple weeks ago. It was fun putting those together (sarcasm). The rocking chair was a gift from a friend. Sedah is super excited to be a big sister, she keeps talking about the baby as a little girl, but has given it the name baby Cooper (the name of our friends' newborn). She has told us how she is going to help with the baby. But the way she carries around her dolls makes us a little nervous. We still don't have any new information. We are just waiting to hear from Buckner. They need to finish up typing our Home Study, then our profile will be placed in "the book," which expectant moms choose from. We thought we would be in the profile book about three weeks ago, but they have been busy. 

Ways to pray:

1. Pray for the baby. We are praying for it everyday.

2. Pray for the birthmom and the difficult decisions she will be making.

3. Pray for us to have patience as we wait for details to come together. It's all in God's hands and he knows exactly what's going on. Pray for us to trust Him. 

Thanks for praying!

Jeremiah, Amanda &  Hesedah