{"id":2756,"date":"2011-01-06T08:07:41","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T12:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=2756"},"modified":"2011-01-06T08:07:41","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T12:07:41","slug":"chosen-the-road-to-adoption-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=2756","title":{"rendered":"Chosen: The Road to Adoption Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On November 28, I posted a blog<\/a> about the fact that Clint and I felt very strongly that God was calling us to adopt a baby boy from Ethiopia. \u00a0I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that we feel even stronger about this now as we are getting further along in the process. \u00a0Many of you have asked how things are going, so I thought I’d post a quick update as we do covet your prayers throughout this process.<\/p>\n

The week before Christmas was a big one for us. \u00a0That Tuesday Clint and I both had to do our individual interviews with the adoption agency. \u00a0It is pretty amazing to consider the scope of the questions you are asked, but it is also reassuring that they are fanatical about discernment when it comes to placing children. \u00a0We had a great time in the car on the way home talking about the questions and hoping we did well!<\/p>\n

The Wednesday before Christmas was our home study. \u00a0That is the day that they come to your house and look around to make sure that it is safe, large enough for more children, and suitable to place a child in. \u00a0I will have to say that I think we overcleaned…the squeaky clean baseboards in the guest room weren’t even noticed! \u00a0The home study went great and barely lasted an hour. \u00a0We have really enjoyed getting to know the lady we are working with at the adoption agency. \u00a0She is really great about answering our questions and keeping us posted on things that she knows we might be wondering about.<\/p>\n

We have 2 or 3 more hoops to jump through before our dossier (super important packet of documents) is sent off to Ethiopia. \u00a0Everyone has been asking when we think we will have our son. \u00a0We pray sooner rather than later, but we truly have no idea. \u00a0The fact that we just have to trust God for this has been incredibly liberating.<\/p>\n

Yesterday in chapel at school<\/a>, we had a band from Liberty University<\/a> come and lead worship to kick off the spring semester. \u00a0The band chose Hosanna<\/em> as one of their songs. \u00a0The lyrics of that song really speak to the heart of why we feel called to adoption. \u00a0The challenge in the song is for us to cry out to God so that he will “Break my heart for what breaks yours”. \u00a0God loves the orphans and His word provides for them through those that know Him. \u00a0We are excited about what the next weeks, days, months, and years hold for us and our family and believe that God’s timing will be perfect in this whole situation. \u00a0Please keep praying. \u00a0I am so pumped to think about the fact that, before too long, we will have a picture to post of our son!<\/p>\n

Heal my heart and make it clean
\n<\/em>Open up my eyes to the things unseen
\n<\/em>Show me how to love like you have loved me<\/em><\/p>\n

Break my heart from what breaks yours
\n<\/em>Everything I am for your kingdoms cause
\n<\/em>As I go from nothing to
\n<\/em>Eternity<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On November 28, I posted a blog about the fact that Clint and I felt very strongly that God was calling us to adopt a baby boy from Ethiopia. \u00a0I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that we feel even stronger about this now as we are getting further along in the process. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-generosity"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}