Prized Ones

I would love to hear your comments about this video.  I have some thoughts, but hope that people will watch the video before I say much about it.

Support

We dove in today and started our first fundraiser for bringing our son home.  It is so exciting and scary and exciting.  It has been very difficult for me to ask for financial support for this, for a variety of reasons discussed on this blog previously, but know that the Lord works through others’ blessings. We chose an adoption fundraiser called Just Love Coffee for many reasons.  First, it was one of the only fundraisers we could find that would help us in this early stage of the process. Second, I like coffee.  Third, the Free Trade coffee benefits not only us, but the local farmers in countries where it is truly needed. The website for those interested is:

www.justlovecoffee.com/GlennFamily

Our intention is to also provide other opportunities for fundraising/contributions. We have added a link to donate if you are not interested in coffee :).  It is placed in the right hand corner of this blog. Also, look for updates on the blog!

BUT more important than people’s financial support, we would ask for your prayer support.  This will be a long journey.  This is our first effort to really make this adoption adventure public.  We are excited to let others know.  Our prayer requests are for the Lord’s will to be done; for our son; for the family of our son and the many events that may surround his early life; and for this process to strengthen our faith and commitment to the Lord.

I had a fantastic conversation with the agency director today, and I’m so excited about what is in store for us. 

There is no pause button

Life just keeps moving.  I just keep wondering, doesn't Time know that I am trying to get the ball rolling on my adoption? But if Time knows, he doesn't care.  Even though we are going through this process of crazy information gathering, phone calls, preparing, etc., the rest of my life is still going on.  It is not upsetting, it is just weird. I take my eye off this thing called adoption for just a moment, and the next thing I know, six days have gone by and I have not gotten anything  new done.

It just seems so slow going, but life seems so fast.  I'm not sure what I expected.  Because a lot of the information/documents need to wait until after I've transitioned to my new full-time job, it just seems that things must wait. BUT, at the same time, it seems like I can't find the time to retrieve all the paperwork I need that could get done now. And so that is where we are...taking small steps every few days. Like a tiny mouse eating a large pizza.  Its a big task, but I'll get it done. It will just take patience and it might give me indigestion.

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