I just have to say that those of you who have babies the regular way; I don't know how you wait 9 months to see that precious baby!!! I am only having to wait 2 months, max, and it's killing me!!!
I talked with the birth mother this past Monday. I did not find out anything earth shattering but we just talked. We ended up talking 30-45 minutes about Spring break plans, life in general and missions. Who talks to their birth mother about missions?!?!?!
We also talked the director of the adoption center who is handling our case and she told us that the birth mother has signed up for Medicaid and that there would be a 7 day wait period before they would call her back but she is certain she will get it. Keep praying the birth mother will go to the doctor so that we can have a better idea of when we will actually being going to California.
Once again I just have to share how God's hand is in this. First of all I want to thank all of you who have donated because we needed to mail a check to the lawyers office tomorrow for $8,600 and guess what? We have $8,500 and we are adding the extra $100 and so we have officially met our first deadline!!! Today alone we were given $460 at church!!!
One of our big concerns was lodging in California. For those of you that don't know we have to stay a minimum of 10 days with the possibility of up to 14 days in California while we wait for interstate paperwork to go through. We had a friend whose college roommate's family lives in...you guessed it, San Diego!!!! One of her roommates family members has offered to let us stay in their house and have told us not to worry about a car while we are there, yet another concern of ours. God is so good!!
During Spring break, Chris and I were supposed to go to Providence, Rhode Island with our church on a mission trip. We had already paid our deposit when we found out that we were matched with a birth mother. We decided that since we didn't know when exactly the baby was due it would probably be best that we not go, just in case, but our plane tickets had already been bought. Our missions pastor found out for us that we can still use our plane tickets we just have to pay $150 to have them changed to go to San Diego and whatever the difference in the price is. Again another huge answer to prayer.
Over the past 4 years my faith in God has wavered. When we went through failed IVF I thought, why would you do this to us?? I thought the same thing when we had our miscarriage. I was in such a dark place at that time, I couldn't sing songs of praise to God because I didn't really believe he was so wonderful. I remember one Sunday we were singing, How Great is Our God, and had to sit back down in the pew because I was crying to much because I didn't believe He was so great.
As I am on this side of 4 years I can see that God answered a prayer that I prayed probably about 5 years ago. I knew that Chris and I were getting close to wanting to start a family and I began praying that God would transform us. You see we weren't bad people at the time. We had both been Christians for quite some time but I felt as though our lives were on auto-pilot when it came to God. We went to church, we were as involved as two people could be but there was no depth. I knew that when we had children I didn't want to be that way. I wanted our children to see a passion for God that would transfer into their lives. I knew that I wanted our children to be 100% sold out for Christ and not be ordinary Christians who just went through the motions from week to week.
Little did I know that God begin to transform my life, our lives, from that little prayer but I am so grateful for it. I have always been self sufficient. I haven't ever had to FULLY rely on God for anything. I could always make things work out on MY own. God has taught me through this painful journey that I have to give EVERYTHING to Him. He never intended for me to take everything on myself. My relationship with Him has grown so much while I have been on the threshing floor of life. While I may not have wanted to endure the last 4 years I am thankful for it. I would never be where I am right now had I not.
My prayer through this entire journey is that God will be glorified and lifted up. I pray that through each blog entry you will see what I mighty God He is.
We still need 403 people to donate $30 or more to make it to our total of $20,700. We are having a yard sale this Saturday. This will be our second one. At the first one we raised $2400. Please be in prayer that God will again multiply our profits and provide beyond our expectations.
If you would like to mail a check you can mail it to:
Hope Poteat
253 Mystic Ct
Chesnee,SC 29323
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