Preparing for Rain

We had our first meeting with our adoption agency yesterday. The amount of work necessary for adoption is quite daunting - paperwork, doctor's visits (Needles!! not Mark's favorite thing...) home visits, safety work - the list goes on and on...

Leaving the office after the first meeting - we might look just a little dazed....

And we don't even know what lies at the end of all this - this adventure that we are starting. We don't know who our child will be or who he or she will look like. We don't even know when our child will be born! (but we are expecting!) :)

The meeting yesterday - though overwhelming - was also encouraging. A couple who has adopted two children came and spoke to our group. When she spoke about her child being laid in her arms for the first time, it brought tears to my eyes (her tears didn't help matters any...) :) Such a sweet story - and God is in the process of writing our story.

Yesterday evening, I was reading a book (Jo's Boys by Alcott) and came across this line" Get the distaff ready and the Lord will send the flax." It reminded me of this clip from Facing the Giants:



"Preparing the field" - that's what we are doing now. We've got a whole lot more preparing to do than most parents, perhaps. (I wonder how many children would be born, if all parents had these requirements?? How committed would most people be to becoming parents? - those questions are freebies - no extra charge!) :) But when the rain comes, we'll be ready! We don't know what the storm holds - it could be frightening! But only God knows the end of our story.

PS - You might want to have an umbrella handy!! We're expecting rain!