Fundraising and waiting

Yep, this pretty much sums up where we are. Fundraising and waiting. The waiting part I feel pretty good about. I have been here and know that God's timing is best and it will happen at just the exact moment He wants it to. I remember writing this post and thinking that becoming a mom would NEVER happen. That we would just be that family that waits indefinitely. Oh man, I'm so glad that God knows better than me! But looking back on my feelings on impatience it gets me asking myself am I being impatient? I mean, I really want a second child and cannot wait to hold my baby in my arms and have my other baby sitting right next to me asking to hold her brother or sister.

But the answer is no. I'm not being impatient. I'm feeling really at peace with where we are in this process. Like I said, I have experienced the perfect timing of the Lord's will and know that He will do that again. And when we are finally a family of 4, I will look back on the timing and know exactly the reason why we had all these years to wait. It was because I was supposed to be the mom of that specific child. Just like I felt with Emsley. I had to be her mom. No one else's.

Now the fundraising. This isn't my favorite. I have a hard time asking for help. There are people in the world and even in our community who have greater needs than ours. But here we are, asking others to help us. It is humbling to see people drop off shoes, clothes, and know that they are doing this to help us. They are taking time to sort through their stuff and help us. People are emailing their friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, just to help us fundraise what we need to bring baby #2 home!

So thank you to those who have helped and gone above and beyond to help us with this. We have the best community and without you all we would be so lost and lonely. Life is richer because of those who are around us.

And because people have been asking, the items we are collecting are:

SHOES, SHOES, AND MORE SHOES!

Also, clothing, bedding, towels, soft goods. Bags and bags of it. We will be donating to savers so instead of taking it there yourselves, let us take it off your hands!

Drop off anytime (afternoons are when I'm actually home) but you can totally just pile it up outside my front door!

So get collecting people! And thanks for making the fundraising and waiting time amazing and rich!

Where have we been...

Its been a while. Like 5 months. So just where have the Wise's been lately. This is a condensed version of it but here we go...

Back in September we were asked by a family member to consider a placement of a cousin's daughters, ages 3 and 4. They were currently in foster care and looking for family if it came to adoption. This was a hard decision for our family, especially considering everything that happened the last time we were in this situation. We spent a couple weeks praying about it and ultimately we both felt that the Lord was saying yes. So we have spent the last few months talking with social workers and keeping up to date with the girls case. It is a sad story that I don't want to share on this page.

As of right now we don't have any idea where the case is. We hope to get some idea this week of whether the girls will be returning to their mom or if we will be getting involved in their sweet little lives. Our home is open to them no matter what we find out this week. The Lord put the yes in our hearts and we already care about them very much and that can't be for nothing. We are continuing to pray for them and their mom no matter the outcome.

But we have put our life on hold enough. This week we will be submitting our paperwork, profile books, and check to start our domestic adoption. We are soo excited for this chapter and can't wait to hold our sweet baby in our arms. Emsley will be an amazing big sister. She doesn't know about this other situation but is so excited for a baby to join us.

So be praying for our family as we enter this next phase of our lives. Pray for God's provision of funds, peace as we move forward with this but keep our home open to these little girls, and for joy to abound for this next chapter. And as always we pray for our future child's birthparents. What they are about to do is a HUGE choice of love. Pray for peace as they walk this road and support from those around them.

Thanks for waiting patiently with us and we promise to keep you all updated on the growth of our little wise family!