Packing Boxes

As we sit in our new home on this rainy Saturday morning we are amazed. We are humbled that God has continued to provide for and lead our family in such a powerful way. This move happened so quickly and has affected the adoption process so we wanted to take a few minutes and tell you about it. We have been renting in Florida since we moved here 2 years ago. We found a wonderful condo to rent and God really blessed our time there. We met wonderful life long friends there and Fenley loved being the token Sun King Yacht Club grandchild and loved all the visitors there. We knew that our landlord might want to sell the unit at some point and were praying we would be able to stay as long as possible. In late July the unit sold. We had already started the adoption process and had kicked off the fundraising. We knew that this move might put a halt to our home study process and that was a major concern but we had to continue to trust God. He knew that we would move in this process way earlier than we did so we had to trust He had this whole plan figured out.

Fenley's new room at house.
Love using old stuff
making look new!

We looked to find a new place to rent...and looked and looked...and nothing felt peaceful. No space or place felt like it could be home. Our hearts and minds were feeling restless. With Becca's family coming in town for vacation the first week of September we knew we wanted to be settled to prevent them from helping us move....again. We kept looking in Destin (the community in which we had been living) and couldn't find what we felt like God wanted for us. We knew that more than likely this next place would be the place we bring our son home to. We knew that this would be the place we finish this home study process. And we know that whether we rent or own, live a year or live 10 years, have 700 square feet or 1500, we want to have a place become a home.





 



"Meanwhile the joyful anticipation deepens..."

Romans 8:21

--We love the thought of grateful expectation. Thanking Him in advance.--

 

"You'll take delight in God, the mighty one, and look to Him joyfully, boldly! You'll pray to Him and He'll listen; He will help you do what you're promised."

Job 22: 26-28

 

"One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up!" Luke 18:1 --praying with intensity and consistency like the persistent widow--

 

These verses hang on our blue door along with pictures of friends and family. We love theses verses and cling to them. And we love this blue door and it makes every move with us!

We felt like God was calling us across the bridge (the East Pass/Destin-Marler Bridge is a huge landmark for us Emerald Coast people) and knew that there was a stirring to be close to Nathan's school. God made it clear and obvious. He does that when we pray for discernment. So here we are, just one mile from Fort Walton Beach High School - just a bike ride away and more than close enough to support the Vikings at way more events. We look forward to having some football boys over to enjoy a home cooked meal every once in a while. And we are still able to remain involved in our Destin community. God is good. We found a perfect place to live and the first day in here we prayed for the Holy Spirit to be fully present within these walls. Praying and singing this beautiful song in each and every room gave us great confidence and peace from the Lord that we are indeed where we need to be because this is where God has put us. We are so excited to see what God has here. After 2 weeks of looking and 1 week of deciding we had 7 days to pack and move! We have moved a lot but never that fast. Only God can make that happen!

We will miss our drop tile ceiling tents
at the condo! Family fun!

 

Now that we've caught you up to speed with the move we want to update you on the adoption process. We have our final step of our home study scheduled -- an in-home visit that we will have on September 12. After that we will continue to wait to be matched with a birth mom. Please continue to pray for her, whomever she is. We know that with the move we weren't able to be as active as we wanted with our fundraising and updates. We are still working on tee shirts as well as some events. We're excited about doing a raffle soon with a Yeti cooler and GoPro. Some dear friends of ours have donated these items to be used to raise money.  Many of you know the stress of moving and getting settled into a new place and community and we ask for your grace as we navigate all of these big exciting changes.

With that being said, we realize that with only 36 hours left officially in our You-Caring Team D campaign (we set up to run Aug. 1-31) we know we might not reach the amount we are needing. We are going to see what God has in store but it is possible we will be extending the deadline as we also add some other opportunities. God has it all!

The ways you can help are SHARE and PRAYER. Share our story. And pray. Pray for us, the birth mom, our future son, and God to be glorified through it all.