One More Week

So I haven't updated my blog in a while. There isn't a whole lot to update on concerning our foster/adoption journey. We are kind of in a waiting process. We are waiting to have a home visit. After that home visit then all of our paperwork will be sent to state and then shortly after we will hopefully be receiving our license! I have been anxiously awaiting this! We were hoping to get this done weeks ago but due to some staff being out of the office we had to wait three weeks! So here I sit waiting patiently waiting and wondering how our lives will change over the next year! It is a really exciting adventure!  (or longer lol.. I have to look and laugh at how our plans were completely different than the Lords!)
There are days when I wonder why has God called me to this. Not because I don't want to... but because I feel like I fall short in parenting so many times. Why God are you going to in trust me with the life of another child when I sometimes don't have patience for the ones you have given me. Most of all I realize once again that I can't be a good mother, wife, really anything with out his strength! It's when I fall short that his strength shines. It's at the point like right now after trying to "keep" it together for so long with out leaning on him. That I give up and realize I need Him SO much. That I truly am a failure without him! He is what makes me who I am! He is my beautiful you! And I can't do it without his strength and his strength alone.
So as we get a little bit closer to this Journey. I realize that I am going to stop neglecting our time our quiet moments spent together because I won't survive unless I am leaning Solly on him. I can't do it in my own strength! I am opening up allowing him to use me now I need to lean on My Jesus!

Our Journey begins!

BEGINNING OUR JOURNEY!"For I know the plans I have for you declares the LORD, plans to prosper you, not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

So we have finally gotten everything done so that we can become foster parents! All our paperwork is in, physicals are done, TB tests are done, CPR/Fist Aid and Universal Precautions class was last night! We just have another home visit and then all of our stuff will be sent into the state for processing! I am so excited to have our journey begin! I can't wait to meet the child that God has for us to care for! Monday we went out and traded our gas hog Durango in for a beautiful mini-van! Never thought I would want a mini-van and my husband REALLY didn't want a mini-van BUT he loves it!! I am so excited about this season in our lives!

It seems like everything is happening SO fast! We answered the call with, "YES LORD." We began our classes, got everything finished up except one home visit, the Lord blessed us with an incredible vehicle that we were able to pay with cash in! Which means that we have NO car payment! Everything is falling into place and we are SO thrilled to meet our son! We took Dave Ramsey classes and so we are through the beginning steps and we just love the advice he gave about vehicles and were thrilled to put our learning into practice!

My husband is constantly reminding me every time I lack trust... Has God ever failed us? And I can say 100% of the time he has NOT ever failed us! He is so good and continues to bless our lives! I am so grateful for everything he has done and everything he is about to do!

I hope to be better with this blog than I was last time I tried blogging ;-)