Hugs from God

Hi all!

Well, we called our agency on Friday to check in and see if we've moved up the waiting list and........ we're first in line for a sibling group!! And since we are open to the possibility of adopting 2 unrelated children, we are also on the infant girl list. Basically, if we get matched with an infant girl before we get matched with a sibling group, we'll accept that referral then be placed on the boy list (which moves considerably faster). We're currently 7th on the infant girl list!

So, what does this mean? It means we could get our referral call any day now! Phil actually called our coordinator back after we got the news to make sure we heard him right and that we truly, literally, could get the call any day... It's true!

Of course, along with this news came the realization that at this very moment, our children could be losing their parents... It's a sobering thought, and tough to handle. Please pray for our children and their birth parents; that this transition will be as painless as possible and that they feel God's love through the pain. Please pray that their birth parents have a sense of calm about their children's futures.

As for the "hugs from God"- Phil and I received something very special and timely in the mail Saturday. We have sponsored a little boy in Sudan for about three years now and wrote him a letter about a year ago. Well, wouldn't you know, the day after we received news that we're next in line, we not only received our final document needed for travel (I-797), but a beautifully colored picture of the Baby Jesus with an angel watching over him and a letter from this sweet boy in Africa. I felt like God was saying- "Look, I haven't forgotten about you and my angels are watching over your kids in Africa, just as they watched over mine."

Thanks for all your prayers!

Love,
Amy & Phil