Chugging along - October 24th

     When last a blog post was put up we were in full-on waiting mode for various documents, some more important than others. You can be relieved since that update we have gotten bankcards sorted, driver's licences have come through the post but what has not turned up is our visa/passport packet. This is obviously a big issue to us, without it we can't travel to the USA, we can't legally live here for long-term, nor can carry on fully with the adoption process. This does not mean that we are worried about the status, we don't expect any troubles being approved, we have not had communication stating that there are issues, we simply have not been on the receiving end of the documents yet.

     For quite a while it was not really on our minds, there were plenty of other aspects of life on our minds but not the visa/passport. It was truly out of sight out of mind, in this case out of sight for months so out of  mind for months until recognising that it was in fact an issue. We have the whole church praying, many others who are concerned so we don't feel alone in this at all. The church family that we lead here in Overton has been so supportive and intensely interested in the whole process really from the beginning up till now. They are an amazing group of people, ones that we have come to experience as family as friends.

     As you are probably aware we live here in the UK and while it is home to us it is not where we are from, and there is not any family within a day's travel. For Rebecca and I our friends have always been so precious to us, and after living here for now more than five years we continue to see the immense value that friendships are to us. Just yesterday we both had conversations with friends who were so supportive of our lives and the adoption process specifically. Both speaking truth, encouragement, asking tough questions and showing their heart-felt interest. This is a normal occurrence from day-to-day to have such support around us. 

     As we have gotten closer to the planned USA travel dates in November of this year our excitement has risen to see many friends and our small families back in the states. We do look so forward to seeing so many familiar faces (can't name them all here, don't want to leave any out:) as we have always been so supported with our move here and certainly with the adoption process. It has been over two years now since we first jumped in the deep water of adoption by nervously making phone calls and sending emails seeking to see if we would be eligible even though living abroad. Of course now involved in the process here in the UK it feels as though we have come full circle, alas we are not finished with the process. We have had three of our meetings during our homestudy with two more planned in the next couple of weeks. These are quite laid back meetings at our house and there are some homework questions that we complete before each one. Mostly it is about either looking back at childhood or looking forward to how we would raise children. It feels as though the train keeps going on down the tracks that are laid, maybe not as quick as we would like but it's chugging along.