Never Once

After what was a shockingly quick endorsement by DCFS we hit a little bump in the road.  Because we are using two agencies, one for homestudy and one for placement, our homestudy needed to be approved by our placement agency after we received our endorsement from IL.  A week and a half ago we received word from our caseworker that our placement agency wanted some revisions to be made.  Most were minor wording revisions but one of the revisions may require our homestudy to go back to DCFS.  We were hoping to avoid this step but unfortunately here we are.  We have approved the requested changes and have taken care of things on our end and are hoping to find out next week where we stand.

Of course this bump in the road was a little discouraging and disheartening but it is a minor thing in comparison to some of the other difficulties we could have and can still encounter.  Even though I wish we had not hit this bump in the road it was a good reminder that God is fully in control of this process.  He will not allow our girl to come home one day or even one minute too late. 

Just days before we came upon this bump in the road I heard the song, Never Once by Matt Redman.  It has quickly become our theme song for this process and I have a feeling it will one day show up in our Gotcha Day video when we finally bring our Little A home.

I am so thankful that we have never once walked alone in our journey with secondary infertility, miscarriage, and now the adoption process.  I am also so thankful that our Little A, wherever she may be, will never once be alone.

Endorsement

We received the email today stating that we had received DCFS endorsement on our Home Study.  Now we wait for final approval from Holt and then we will mail our I-800A to USCIS Immigration Services.

I told Daniel that I feel like my water has just broken in this paper pregnancy!

Concert and Silent Auction Fundraiser

 Kids Concert and Silent Auction

for the Cooley Family

An Adoption Fundraiser

April 5 6:30pm-8:00

La La Lisa and the Big Green Alligator

Suggested donation of $10 / family

Our extremely talented pastor's wife, Lisa Weyerhaeuser, will be performing with her band La La Lisa and the Big Green Alligator. The concert will be followed by a dessert fellowship and silent auction.

Amazing items for auction:

·      Computer Service / Training

·      Scentsy Products

·      American Girl Doll

·      Tastefully Simple

·      Photography by Kristina Capps

·      and many more

All proceeds will go towards our adoption costs.

Help us bring our Little A home!

If you are interested in attending please leave a comment and include your email address and we will send further information.