June Update

Hello Friends & Fam!

First, please allow me to say thank you to each of you for your support thus far. This may sound trite, but honestly we wouldn't have made it this far without all your prayers, encouragement, texts, phone calls, sweet notes, chats over coffee, etc. Thank you for being you!  You can't begin to imagine how blessed we feel to have SO many people who are supporting us in prayer and encouragement.  It's been extraordinary - truly. High fives all round! Our baby (or babies???) are already SO loved and lifted up in prayer by so many.  Knowing that just buoys us up to handle whatever may come our way. We are crazy excited about the future of our family, which is an answer to prayer and a blessing in and of itself.  We appreciate y'all more than you can ever know. Philippians 1:3 comes to mind - We thank our God upon every remembrance of you!

I'll be honest, I've found it difficult to keep everyone updated and end up forgetting who I've told what! So, in an effort to be as thorough as possible, I figured I'd start sending emails... DISCLAIMER: If email is not your thing and you find yourself wanting to scream or you'd rather be pinched on the underarm repeatedly than read another email - don't despair.  Call me and I'll give you the update via phone :)  My goal is to keep it short & sweet.  If I can get my act together at some point I will start a blog... stay tuned.

News items:

Many of you may already know this but, we completed and turned in the paper work portion of our home study two weeks ago.  This is COLOSSAL.  As anyone who's been through this process can tell you, there is a copious amount of paperwork.  Finishing this was such a relief and it has felt like a huge albatross was lifted off our necks, which is a major praise.

Our individual interviews are scheduled for tomorrow (Kris is @ 8am, Annie is @ 2:30.)

Allison, our caseworker, will be coming to conduct our home study on Thursday @ 1pm.

How can you help? - just keep on doing what you've already been doing so brilliantly, pray.  We covet your prayers this week.  Specifically, pray for peace in our hearts and minds.  Pray that we will remember that GOD is in control not Kris or Andrea.  Pray that everything goes smoothly.  Pray too for our case worker, Allison. She is an instrumental part in the home study process since she interviews each of us and conducts our in-home visit.

Also, if I may be so bold to ask this of you, pray for the birth mother and father who are somewhere out there. Pray that they are safe.  Pray for the choices they will be making (especially those that can/will affect the health of the baby.)  Pray that God will give them (and really ALL of us) confirmation of the decision they are making.  Most of all please pray that this entire experience will be a testimony of God's sovereignty and faithfulness - this is our ultimate goal.

We cherish each and every one of you.  Thank you for being you, dear friends.

Much love,

Annie & KB