Hi Everyone,
It has been quite awhile since we have done an update. Thank you all so much for your interest and prayers. We have been so blessed in this waiting time to know we have the support and encouragement of so many of you.
After some long months of waiting, we received word last week that our profile had been chosen by a birthmother! After having several disappointments, we have proceeded cautiously with this news and decided not to publicize it until we were able to speak with the birthmother and make sure we were all on the same page.
We were able to visit with her this afternoon via a conference call, and we are excited that we all agree to move forward in this process. She is due very soon...early to mid July, so we really do hope to have a baby before the summer is up :). We will not know if the baby is a boy or girl until he or she comes, and we are enjoying the suspense of that surprise.
We will keep everyone updated if there are any changes to this plan--we know that only God knows the outcome of this particular situation, and we have learned through this process to be okay with that uncertainty and to continue to trust him even when we don't understand. However, we continue to hope and pray that he would bring us the baby he has for us, and we really do hope this will be the one.
Thanks again for your prayers! Things seem to be moving rather quickly and we plan to update more often, so check back soon.
~Stephen and Jill
