Well, we are progressing! We have one meeting left with the adoption agency and they can update our home study. It is exciting and overwhelming, as always. I'm working continuously on our profile...pictures, pictures and more pictures. Praying over each page helps me feel more sure about what I put in.
We have had the opportunity to watch God provide in amazing ways. One instance was right after we had the benefit. We took a stack of checks to the bank...as the teller was processing them all she was asking what this was for, etc. We had the opportunity to share our story with her. She processed and we talked and by the time we both finished she was almost in tears. She told us she wanted to help, too. She pulled out her wallet and handed us a fifty! We were blown away. She was just so excited for us. We later took her a copy of the DVD from the benefit and we continue to keep her updated on our progress. What an awesome opportunity for her to watch God working in our lives! How cool is that?
Yesterday Pete came home with a look of amazement on his face and an incredible story. One of Pete's colleagues has been having Pete cut his hair this summer to help out toward the adoption, but yesterday he really felt led to go back to his "old" barber. He has a great relationship with this guy and over the years has had the opportunity to minister to him in different ways and he really felt like he should go back to him this month. Well, he also really wanted to support us...he was quite torn about what to do...so he prayed about it and headed out to the barber shop. As his barber cut his hair they began to talk about the summer and our friend began to share with him OUR story explaining his reason for not coming to have his hair cut all summer. The barber listened and when he was done cutting his hair he pulled out his checkbook and wrote us a check. Pete's colleague told me he was amazed to watch as God led him to minister to someone else, but still took care of us at the same time!
I'm so thankful that God is not bound by our finite minds and plans! His ways are much higher than our. We are praising the Lord as we watch Him provide!
