Hope

We are hopeful. We are prayerful. We wait in anticipation... I feel like I am holding my breath right now. Oh how I wish I could post this story in it's details, but I can't. Not yet - it's all part of the rules of the game of adoption. BUT...I will ask you to pray with us. On Saturday we received an email from our caseworker with information about a waiting child. We had a day Saturday that only God could have orchestrated. It wasn't all roses Saturday - it was a tough day with a very sick child who almost ended up in the ER. He was fine, then suddenly struck with illness and fever, and then he's well - running around, jumping off of furniture and eating and drinking everything in site when not 5 minutes earlier he was limp in my arms. All in the time span of eight hours. Eight hours I will never forget.

Amidst all of this we get information to consider this precious waiting child. We didn't hesitate...we quickly emailed back YES - we want to be considered. (Waiting children are emailed to all the agencies and any family who is interested can say so and the home office will then review and match the child with one of the interested families).  We got more information which is a sea of unknowns...Even before we saw his precious face and we knew...

God speaks to me in signs. Remember how God clearly marked the path that Ethiopia was where he wanted us to go to adopt? Here's that story and how God spoke to me.

I can't tell you any details now - but our anniversary is the same date (number date) as this child's birthday. And together, our birthdays make this child's birthday. We may not be able to have children physically where our DNA comes together to create a child, but I believe God uses parts of us in the children he brings into our family. There's a part of Will and a part of me in this child and there's US in this child.
If you notice our signature is The B3+. This child, has initials that are 3 B's after joining our family - beautiful Ethiopian names and then Banker added to it. And we got the email from our caseworker on a Saturday... one of only two days that we both are home together to receive the email. There are a few other signs, but it involves more than I can say right now.

It is going to be a quiet week as we wait to see if this indeed is our child. This child feels like ours without any hesitation...a Banker. I feel different inside. I can't tell you what it is, but God knows my heart and he is the source of what I feel. We wait. We wait in hope. And in the meantime, I will be baking and crafting until I can't bake or craft any longer. I am about to go sew Christmas curtains with this pretty red and white fabric I just got at WalMart of all places! And it was 50% off!

Thank you friends for coming along side us on this journey. Blessings to you. We hope to have good news soon!