ADOPTION, BABY DEDICATION and MOTHER'S DAY.....
Let me see if I can hit the highlights of the last month..... T's ADOPTION was FINAL on April 18, 2007!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today is Mother's Day and although I was a mommy last Mother's Day today was more fabulous than I could have ever imagined. My mom, A's parents and sister, a couple of aunts and an uncle, some family friends and our Attorney for T's Adoption went to church with us AND T was dedicated. OH YES and our Attorney gave us some wonderful news at the end of the service THE BIRTHPARENTS TIME TO APPEAL PARENTAL RIGHT TERMINATION AND T's ADOPTION HAS PAST. T is OURS, ALL OURS, FOREVER OURS.
A and I felt that God was leading us back to our roots; back to the church we grew up in. We had been feeling the pull back there for quite some time, however, we had to wait for God's timing to when we should go back. Several months ago, we knew it was time. This past week our church (ORBC) had 7 days of Bible Reading leading up to our GRAND entrance into our new church building. As many of you know almost 7 years ago (while A and I were floundering around at other churches trying to find our way BACK to each other, only we did not know that YET!) ORBC lost their building due to some toxic MOLD. Then the Pastor and Associate Pastor along with the rest of the staff left the church (retirement, other churches, etc.) except for one Secretary.
A and I have known each other since we were 3 and 6 (A is younger), we met at ORBC. We both are so grounded in our Faith in the Lord because of our parents and families and our ORBC teachers and we knew that God was leading us to raise T in this wonderful HOUSE OF GOD. We have been to several churches throughout our marriage and have always felt we were floundering (just as ORBC has been floundering while a new building was being built) until we went back to our ROOTS. These Roots of ORBC have fruited many pastors, missionaries, military, doctors, lawyers, plain folks, counselors, singers and many other things that we all have in common, WE LOVE THE LORD and WE SERVE HIM in all we do. Many of us are moms and dads that are striving to do the same for our children. Although we are now all over the world our ORBC roots are still just as strong as the people at ORBC that helped our parents give us the wings to FLY to spread more roots. This is what we wanted for T to give him roots so that when he has wings he will have the spiritual strength to FLY and spread his roots.
After church we met up with my mom and aunt, A's parents and sister, a cousin of mine and one of my brothers and his family for a wonderfully made lunch by mom and aunt.
Let me tell you T's Adoption was such a profound day, A and I walked into the courtroom as guardians/parents of a precious child not knowing if we were going to get to keep him and walked out 2 hours and 15 minutes later as PARENTS. Life changed for us that week, after 8 years with the same company I got a new job and we OFFICIALLY became parents. WOW isn't God awesome. The 15 months we took to finalize T's adoption was the most emotional time we have ever experienced and all we can do is give honor and glory to GOD.
Here is a picture of us is ADOPTION DAY. We were so exhausted!!!!
A and I felt that God was leading us back to our roots; back to the church we grew up in. We had been feeling the pull back there for quite some time, however, we had to wait for God's timing to when we should go back. Several months ago, we knew it was time. This past week our church (ORBC) had 7 days of Bible Reading leading up to our GRAND entrance into our new church building. As many of you know almost 7 years ago (while A and I were floundering around at other churches trying to find our way BACK to each other, only we did not know that YET!) ORBC lost their building due to some toxic MOLD. Then the Pastor and Associate Pastor along with the rest of the staff left the church (retirement, other churches, etc.) except for one Secretary.
A and I have known each other since we were 3 and 6 (A is younger), we met at ORBC. We both are so grounded in our Faith in the Lord because of our parents and families and our ORBC teachers and we knew that God was leading us to raise T in this wonderful HOUSE OF GOD. We have been to several churches throughout our marriage and have always felt we were floundering (just as ORBC has been floundering while a new building was being built) until we went back to our ROOTS. These Roots of ORBC have fruited many pastors, missionaries, military, doctors, lawyers, plain folks, counselors, singers and many other things that we all have in common, WE LOVE THE LORD and WE SERVE HIM in all we do. Many of us are moms and dads that are striving to do the same for our children. Although we are now all over the world our ORBC roots are still just as strong as the people at ORBC that helped our parents give us the wings to FLY to spread more roots. This is what we wanted for T to give him roots so that when he has wings he will have the spiritual strength to FLY and spread his roots.
After church we met up with my mom and aunt, A's parents and sister, a cousin of mine and one of my brothers and his family for a wonderfully made lunch by mom and aunt.
Let me tell you T's Adoption was such a profound day, A and I walked into the courtroom as guardians/parents of a precious child not knowing if we were going to get to keep him and walked out 2 hours and 15 minutes later as PARENTS. Life changed for us that week, after 8 years with the same company I got a new job and we OFFICIALLY became parents. WOW isn't God awesome. The 15 months we took to finalize T's adoption was the most emotional time we have ever experienced and all we can do is give honor and glory to GOD.
Here is a picture of us is ADOPTION DAY. We were so exhausted!!!!
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