We've Been Matched!!!!! :)

At 3:22 p.m., we got a call from Angel Adoption, saying that we had been chosen by an 18 year old birth mother in Georgia (location is close to Atlanta).  She has good support from her family in regards to the adoption plan so that is encouraging.  She is due January 20, and does not yet know the gender of the baby.  She may or may not find out.  Sue, with Angel Adoption, after sharing what information she could, said that we would need to get back with her either tonight or tomorrow morning so that she could let the birth mother know.  After talking with Skeeter, we decided to say YES!! :)

I then returned the call to Angel Adoption and she will be contacting the attorney in Georgia that we will be working with tomorrow and will then call us tomorrow and let us know what the next steps will be.

According to Georgia law, even though the birth mother signs over her rights in the hospital, she still has 10 days afterwards to change her mind - -so that will be a HUGE prayer request.  We would, however, be able to take the baby from the hospital. We won't be able to leave Georgia, for a good 7-10 business days afterwards.  As far as the birth father, it sounds like they will start working on the birth father's rights, right away and if they "summons" him and he doesn't respond, his rights are automatically terminated after 30 days.

I hope to learn the birth mother's name so to at least give you an initial so that you can be praying for her.  The social worker said that she is a sweet person, who was very specific as to who and what she was looking for.  If you're familiar with adoption, you know that nothing is a done deal, until its finalized but at least now we have some specific prayer requests for you to be keeping in mind.  I will post more when I know more. Thanks for praying for and with us!  Its so nice to finally be "expecting" and have a DUE DATE in mind. :)

New Contact

Its been a little bit since we've given an update on our adoption status and for the most part its been pretty quiet.  A lady whom I had contacted in April, who runs a maternity home, referred me last week to an attorney in Wichita who does adoptions.  I had called and left a message and was excited to hear back from her today.   She is so graciously willing to show our profile to prospective birth parents without charging us first! :)    If we were to get matched with her, it would be within our budget which is another huge blessing.  This afternoon she emailed me with the questionnaires that needed to be filled out as well as what she would need to show to the birth parents. 

So this evening my project has been to fill out the answers to the questions and gather everything together.  I don't know if anything will come as a result of this additional contact, but I am hearing more and more how you have to search for your baby - - -little did I know how much more we would have to search than what we did with Adia. (Although whatever we have to do will be worth it!) Ultimately, we could search until we are blue in the face, as it is entirely up to the Lord as to how He will bring our next forever child into our family.  However, if a door opens, you can bet, we will be walking through it until it shuts. :)  I have also been contacting local attorneys and have found at least one that would be willing to show our profile as well, so will see how that pans out as well.

Thanks for your continued prayers!

Our package ready to go!  Of course with the address on it.... :)