In My Shoes

"Lord Help, 

We Don't Know What We're Doing"

Recently we had seemed to be spinning our wheels a bit in the adoption process. We had a list of 27 things to accomplish for our HomeStudy and we knocked out most of them in the first few weeks, but the last few tasks had seem to have us stumped(insert confused expression)  As much as we were trying, we just weren't making progress. Some things were confusing and I was getting frustrated and discouraged. Not sure why I felt stumped, but i was... Also this is Hubby's MOST HECTIC & CRAZY time of year with work, so I have been shouldering a little more of the process...

After a few weeks of not getting anywhere I started to pray about it(finally huh? should have prayed in the beginning) We asked others to pray with us too, and God gave an answer...

I realized the problem was US!

(insert "i feel dumb" chuckle)

I discovered that we don't know what we're doing!!! HAHAHA!  
I mean, we've never gone through the adoption process before and what I needed was 
just more information...
a little more direction...
a little more help... 

So I set up an appointment to call and talk with our social worker. We prayed and others prayed that we'd get the help and guidance needed... It was a simple need, maybe unimportant in some eyes, but it was still a need. 

So, You know those times when you go to someone's house...

you know you've been there before...

you can picture the house and the neighborhood...

you know which direction to drive...

BUT

as you get closer, you realize you might not remember exactly how to get there.

You drive around a bit trying to figure it out, but not really making any progress.

So, you call your friend, and they tell you 
which street they live on... 

or to take a right at the gas station... 
or go to the 3rd light, 
etc, etc, etc... 

Once you have a bit more information, it's easier to find what you're looking for...RIGHT?

AND

YOU ARRIVE at your destination!!!!!

That's kind of how it was for us...

We knew which direction we were headed in the process of our adoption.

We knew the outcome & what our destination was, but as we were "traveling" through the tasks we started to realize we needed a bit more direction.

ANYWAY, I called our case worker and she answered soooo many questions and helped in soooo many ways. I feel a HUGE burden lifted off my shoulders...Praise the Lord! The phone call gave us the EXACT help and guidance we needed AND the solution was easier than we thought - how nice is that. God is good!!! With not much effort at all we were able to mark a few more things off the list! WOO HOO!!!

 We are now one our way to finishing our HomeStudy... 

Thank You Lord!!!