Hi Everyone,
You're probably wondering why you haven't heard any updates from us in awhile. At this point we are just waiting. We found out last week that the baby may not be due as early as we originally thought. We hope to know more on Wednesday after the birthmom has a doctor's appointment.
In the meantime, please remember us in your prayers. If this adoption is successful, we will travel to Georgia for up to two weeks, and we are trying to prepare for that while not knowing exactly when that will be. Once the baby is born and released from the hospital, he or she will stay with a family in a "caring home" for 10 days. Georgia is similar to Virginia regarding the birthmother's revocation period. After the 10 days have passed we will travel to Georgia and stay there until we receive approval from the state and are able to bring the baby home to Virginia. (We also had the option to go to Georgia immediately after the baby's birth and be there during the revocation period. However, we--and our agency--feel strongly that we should not do this, for both emotional and financial reasons. If we were to be there during the revocation period, we would risk losing our travel expenses and becoming attached to the baby when we had no guarantees that the baby would be ours. Our birthmother was so gracious about this and agreed to let the baby go to a caring home during the revocation period.)
We are cautiously hopeful that we will be able to adopt this baby, but we have learned through previous experiences that many things can happen, and we are enjoying each day we have together in the meantime. Our desire to adopt is still strong, but it has been tempered by the many events of this past year. Please pray that God would continue to give us hope and joy as we wait, and would fulfill this desire that we truly believe he has given us--to adopt a baby.
Thank you all so much for your prayers, and also for just asking us about how things are going. We are grateful for friends like you.
~Stephen, Jill, and Grant
Jill, I join with you on this journey both emotionally and physically as we are on the same journey. However, I am also praying for you spiritually. You have such grace and poise in your post. I'm praying that God gives us both patience in our wait and that for both of us, this would be the end of the journey, but the beginning of a life with our children. Thanks for all the support! :)
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