We heard from our Agency this week....It's Official! We are officially on their waiting list.....we are expecting.....we are in process.....this is really happening! We are THRILLED!!!!
Now, we wait for a phone call from them when they have our referral ready - this may be the hardest part of this journey.
Please pray for patience, preparation of hearts, minds and home, for the child we have yet to meet and for some great family time as we currently remain a family of six. We want to cherish these days as we continue to look to the future.
Thank You!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Pinch me!
I (Vicki) have been trying to write this post for almost 24 hours.....but I have had a hard time wrapping my head around all that I'd like to say. Yesterday was a very, very big day in the journey of the Jansen Expansion - so big, that I'm still in awe that it has actually happened - and yesterday told Dave that I thought he should pinch me, because I needed to know this was real!
Yesterday, we stood in the Pak Mail store, looking at the Dossier checklist for the hundredth time, making sure the checks and money orders were made out correctly, putting papers in the right order and triple checking addresses and tracking numbers......then, at almost 4:30 p.m., we sent our Dossier to the Assistant Stork in Virginia!
Now, you may ask, what in the world does that mean? That means we have just taken a HUGE step closer to having our child come home! This bundle of very important documents ( which has taken a long time to put together due to all sorts of bumps and hurdles) arrived at the Assistant Stork today (I know because I have been tracking the package). :-) The Assistant Stork will look over our very important documents and will take them to the U.S. Department of State and then the Ethiopian Embassy. They will then be mailed back to Adoption Associates (our very wonderful adoption agency) and will be on their way to Ethiopia soon.
The next part of this journey will be the referral of our child.......when we find out who God has chosen for us. We are so excited, that it is hard to express and explain!
Over the last few days we really wrestled with the fact that this is the last point where we can give more indicators about our child.....we pondered picking a boy or a girl and giving more specifics about this child (the only specific we have given is a 4-6 year old). But, what we kept coming back to was that God has ordained and chosen this child before they were even born to be a part of our family and we are going to wait and see who He has chosen. On Sunday morning, we sang a song in church called "He Knows My Name"......and it talks about how God Knows our names, He knows each tear that falls......and I was overwhelmed by the fact that on the other side of the world, He knows who our family member is. Isn't that amazing and so fantastic and cool?
Now, I am sure you are asking when we will know who our child is and when we'll travel.......we're not really sure. We have hope that we will be home (after 2 trips to Ethiopia) with our child sometime this summer. But, we keep learning that this is all in God's hands and timeline, not ours......so, we will try to wait patiently - a lesson that is so hard to learn.
During this waiting time, please pray:
*For our child to be healthy, loved and protected, as well as prepared for coming to our family
*For our family to be prepared for the changes in store in our future, and for us to celebrate the family that we currently are as we wait
*For God's provision in all areas of this adoption
*For others to open their hearts to the call of adoption
*For others to hear about our journey and know that Jesus has adopted all of us into His family by His pure grace and love
Thanks for your prayers and support.....we have been overwhelmed by those who are sharing in our joy!
Oh - I need to give a special Thank You to my wonderful husband - he has been so patient and encouraging these past few weeks....I think it must feel like he's really living with an emotional, pregnant woman again - the poor man! You're awesome David - I love you!
Yesterday, we stood in the Pak Mail store, looking at the Dossier checklist for the hundredth time, making sure the checks and money orders were made out correctly, putting papers in the right order and triple checking addresses and tracking numbers......then, at almost 4:30 p.m., we sent our Dossier to the Assistant Stork in Virginia!
Now, you may ask, what in the world does that mean? That means we have just taken a HUGE step closer to having our child come home! This bundle of very important documents ( which has taken a long time to put together due to all sorts of bumps and hurdles) arrived at the Assistant Stork today (I know because I have been tracking the package). :-) The Assistant Stork will look over our very important documents and will take them to the U.S. Department of State and then the Ethiopian Embassy. They will then be mailed back to Adoption Associates (our very wonderful adoption agency) and will be on their way to Ethiopia soon.
The next part of this journey will be the referral of our child.......when we find out who God has chosen for us. We are so excited, that it is hard to express and explain!
Over the last few days we really wrestled with the fact that this is the last point where we can give more indicators about our child.....we pondered picking a boy or a girl and giving more specifics about this child (the only specific we have given is a 4-6 year old). But, what we kept coming back to was that God has ordained and chosen this child before they were even born to be a part of our family and we are going to wait and see who He has chosen. On Sunday morning, we sang a song in church called "He Knows My Name"......and it talks about how God Knows our names, He knows each tear that falls......and I was overwhelmed by the fact that on the other side of the world, He knows who our family member is. Isn't that amazing and so fantastic and cool?
Now, I am sure you are asking when we will know who our child is and when we'll travel.......we're not really sure. We have hope that we will be home (after 2 trips to Ethiopia) with our child sometime this summer. But, we keep learning that this is all in God's hands and timeline, not ours......so, we will try to wait patiently - a lesson that is so hard to learn.
During this waiting time, please pray:
*For our child to be healthy, loved and protected, as well as prepared for coming to our family
*For our family to be prepared for the changes in store in our future, and for us to celebrate the family that we currently are as we wait
*For God's provision in all areas of this adoption
*For others to open their hearts to the call of adoption
*For others to hear about our journey and know that Jesus has adopted all of us into His family by His pure grace and love
Thanks for your prayers and support.....we have been overwhelmed by those who are sharing in our joy!
Oh - I need to give a special Thank You to my wonderful husband - he has been so patient and encouraging these past few weeks....I think it must feel like he's really living with an emotional, pregnant woman again - the poor man! You're awesome David - I love you!
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