Answered Prayers

So here we are. About a month, month and a half from traveling. We have felt God's hand on

Each

And

Every

Step

of this adoption journey. We know He is driving this bus. He makes sure we know it, because He keeps putting people in our lives to keep the bus moving. The speed bumps slow us down a bit sometimes. We can't see around the curves and we just have to put the pedal to the metal and trust. And we need a bus because there are so many people blessing us on this road to growing our family.

Why do I always use transportation metaphors? I dunno. I like cars and trains I guess.

How many more prayers can He answer? I dunno. All of 'em I suppose. That's His biz.

Let's talk about money. Money was our first perceived roadblock ~ that goes back several years even. Money suddenly appeared to cover one adoption. Money that is turning something sad into something beautiful. Just enough moola for the first. Money wasn't there to cover the second, but we would make it work by going into debt a bit. OK, maybe a big bit. OK, I guess quite a lotta big bit. But it wasn't going to stop us from adopting both boys, since it was God's idea and all (remember who's driving our bus...) and we felt strangely peaceful about it.

If you follow adoption blogs of believers, it is AMAZING how many times God takes care of the money part. We're going to turn down that road now...

(don't let the transportation metaphors distract you)

Jason decided, aw, what the heck, let's apply for a grant. Did you know that there are many many organizations who just want to give their money away? Anyhoo, Jason felt strongly that we should just apply with this one particular organization. I was against it, mind you. (they will never give US any money, more paperwork, we can make it work for our family without it blahblahblah) But being the good submissive wife that I am, I said OK. And being the spicy wife that I am, I said you can just help yourself to all that paperwork!

So our bus took a detour down Grant Lane. Their website says they will get back to you in a week or two. We applied in mid-May and didn't hear anything in the first week. Or the second week. Then we got an email that their office was going to close on June 8 for the rest of the month of June. We knew they received our stuff... I thought ~ why didn't they just tell us we are rejected?

June 7 came and went. Now they are out of the office for the month... oh bummer... I guess we're outta luck.

Luck, shmuck. We don't need luck when God's driving.

On the evening of June 8 (when they are supposed to be gone on a mission trip actually) we received an email saying that we were approved for the grant. (insert Jason and I looking shocked here) And do you know how much they gave us?

We're not telling.

But the cool thing...

the amazingly goosebumpily awesomely cool thing...

is that the grant covers almost exactly how much we would have gone into debt.

Wow.

That's all we need. Thank you, Lord, for driving our bus, picking up just the right people for our journey, and for making sure we know you are in control.



Romans 12:5  ...so it is with Christ's body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.