Hard Decisions to Make

We're at the step now where we need to make some hard decisions about the medical conditions and prenatal history of the child we will be bringing into our home. To give you an idea of the decisions we've had to make, we posted the form given to us by Buckner (see below). It's actually two pages, but only the first page can be seen. In my opinion, this is the hardest part of the adoption process. We would love to welcome into our home any child from any situation, but we have to take into account our abilities and what is best for our family. It's not easy to do. We have spent a lot of time researching each item, then prayerfully making our selection. This information will assist the social worker in matching us with a prospective birthmother.  We turned in the form today (5/9) to our social worker. We trust the Lord to bring together all of the details.

Some ways to pray:
- Pray for the baby that is living and growing somewhere in its birthmother's belly. Ask the Lord to protect the baby, keeping it healthy and strong.
- Pray for the birthmother and the decisions she will be making in the coming weeks and months. Ask the Lord to protect her and help her to make good decisions about her health.
- Pray for us as we get closer to becoming a waiting family.  The only thing left for us is our home study, which could be at any moment.  When that is complete, we will start waiting.  We hope to become a waiting family by the end of May.
- Pray that all of the funds we need will come together. Seriously, any little bit helps. Pure Charity has been super helpful, so we will continue using them. Soon we will be applying for a small grant through Abba Fund.  

Thanks for praying,

Jeremiah, Amanda & Hesedah