A few of my favorite sayings

Just trying to keep my spirits up on this dreary February day. I'm getting cabin fever as Jeff & I usually take a couple of days off in Jan or Feb but for the obvious reasons we haven't this year.

So I thought I'd share a few of my favorite sayings that have kept me going. Here they are:

* Not flesh of my flesh, nor bone of my bone; but still miraculously my own

* Walk by Faith, not by sight

* When you cannot see your path more than a step in front of you - that is when you know that God is asking for you to move forward in faith. Because if you knew the outcome, you wouldn't have to rely on Him.

* Eventually we grow weary of seeking treasures outside ourselves and begin to look within. There we discover that the gold we sought, we already are. ~ Alan Cohen

* A prayer by St. Teresa of Avila
Let nothing disturb you,
nothing distress you.
While all things fade away,
God is unchanging.
Be patient.
With God in your heart,
nothing is lacking,
God is enough.

* Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path. Psalms 3:5-6

Peace be with you!

~ Debbie

Another Delay

As you may have noticed if your a habitual follower of our blog site, that I have once again changed the layout/coloring. I need distraction! I don't know if I should dare start on what the latest delay has been. I know it's going to sound like a lot more ranting and raving, but..... here goes!

About a week ago I finally decided to contact our agent to see if she could give us any idea as to why it's taking so long to set dates for us. What we found out is that when our judge petitioned for a court date for us it was discovered that another judge had accepted a case of a woman who had petitioned to be OUR children's foster parent! Can you believe it. I became frantic and asked about another bazillion more questions (ok, not really that many but it sure did raise quite a few).

Thank God for big and small miracles. The procedure in Poland is that once a case has been accepted it has to proceed thru normal channels, even though our adoption has been anything but normal up until now. The petitioner is given 3 opportunities to appear before the courts and give their case. Fortunately the woman/petitioner has not appeared for her first two court dates and the Polish Adoptive Authorities got a hold of the second judge to tell him about our adoption request. He has said that even if the woman appears on her third and final court date, that he's going to dismiss her case. However, he has to wait until her court date of February 16th to do so.

Then our judge can petition again for a court date for us. "They" have said that we'll know in March at the latest.

On an up note, God and I have become the greatest of friends and we talk on a daily basis! :)

Wishing my fellow adoptive parents a speedy and uneventful adoption process.

~ Debbie

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Yes, it's a new year and we have much to be thankful for, however we're STILL waiting for our travel dates!!! Does it really take 4 months to schedule a court date? (Please excuse me, I'm just venting here). Looking back, I've been writing on this blog since Sept 2007.

And waiting....

On November 1 we were told we should hear about our traveling dates in Dec. to travel in Jan. It is December 2, and we're still waiting! Ok, so I'll give them a few more days and then I'm contacting Mimi again. I know it's all about the Judge in Poland and his schedule but jeesh! There's two children who would benefit from our love as much as we will from theirs. Again, I know God's timing is best, but with all the waiting I'll use up all my patience before the kids get home :) (No comments mom, I have learned patience since my babysitting days in high school).

I hope everyone had a thankful Thanksgiving and has a blessed Christmas season.

Just Passing Time

Well we got word in late October that the judge in Poland said we'd have to go to Poland in January and that he couldn't see us any sooner. As disappointing as this was to hear, it will actually work out timing wise for the best.

We won't have to deal with hectic holiday travelers, we'll be able to take advantage of my employers adoption benefit plan that is going into effect for the first time in 2009, we'll have a better chance of getting coverage for our animals that are being left behind, and what a way to celebrate the New Year!!!

We hope to get specific travel dates sometime in December. We'll post them when we do.

PTL (Praise The Lord) !!!!!

PTL and the Gift of Adoption Fund! We've been awarded our first grant to help complete our adoption. This grant should cover the majority of the last bit we needed to save and have enough cushion should costs go up, such as traveling expenses.

We're very excited and can't wait for our trip(s) to Poland!

Patience is a Virtue

Patience is a virtue, or so I'm told. We've been told for about 3 weeks now that our travel dates are coming. I told my friend Izabela how they've been telling we'll have dates by the end of the week and then the week comes and goes, and she said that "that is so Poland". So I'm not blaming, I'm just an anxious mama-to-be who wants her children home. Who knows, maybe by the end of all this I will have the virtue of patience :)

Blessings to all who read our blog.