Terrific Tuesday... at least I hope it will be

Nevous is not quite the word to describe my emotions right now.  It seems we have waited so long for this day and yet here it is (well still just a few days away). Our first social worker meeting is on Tuesday!!!  All the paper work has been completed and mailed and boy was it a lot to mail; I even asked the postal worker for double insurance on that package.   When this is all over Bethany will probably know more about me and Nick than our own family does.  We have had physicals.  Nick got to experience the joy of going to the health department for a TB skin test, finger printing at the Jail, and signing tons of papers ... well it's all now complete. YEAH!!!!  So we are now scheduled to meet our social worker/adoption specialist Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 8:30am in Columbus, MS.  As most of you know I am NOT a morning person so needless to say this day will be interesting, but with lots of prayer from ourselves, friends, and family we will make it though.  And I will be the first to admit without prayer we would have never made it this far.  So if you have some extra prayer time this weekend some extra prayers for a good first meeting on Tuesday will be very much appreciated.  For as you know first impressions really do matter.

Many have asked how they can help without our adoption ... and well you are already doing it ... PRAYER!!!  We have both found through this journey prayer changes everything.  But we will also be selling t-shirts and the money will go to help with our adoption costs and most of all spread our adoption story!  I am currently in the process of working on a design and hope to have it ready soon (if you know me you know I don't have a lot of spare time lately).  Also many of you know as I have gotten older my creative side has decided to blossom and I have started sewing and monogramming so my proceeds are also going to our adoption journey.

As I close this post I would like to share with you a verse that has been one of my favorites for many years, but has been more special to me since we have embarked on this adoption journey ...

But they that wait upon The Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.  Isaiah 40: 31.

Love,
Nick and Phyllis