We finished up our last home study today with her coming to our house. Everything went well and we are so grateful! She asked more questions and she did a walk through of the inside and outside of our home. She said we are approved and now we can continue to move forward in the process. We now owe $2000 for the homestudy completion and are waiting on the bill for her travel expenses from today. We have about a 90 day wait for her to complete the homestudy paperwork and then she will send us 3 copies. When we receive that paperwork we will add it to all the other documents we have to make up our Dossier and will send that in to Ethiopia! We are making progress and give God all the Glory! He really gave me peace and calmness through these interviews as normally I'd be a hot mess! I read a lot of scripture while waiting to start each homestudy and was encouraged by Psalm 118 & 119. I also clung to Matthew 6:25-34 because I tend to worry too much!
We are so overwhelmed with love! We are so blessed that God has put so many people in our path and their willingness to help us start our family! We have another fundraiser in place for September 28th at 6:30 at the VFW in Brevard. We are so thankful for this opportunity and for the people that are making this happen for us! We couldn't do this without all their help, support and encouragement! We had a friend who put up a donation jar at her work and people donated $48! I'm just in awe of how much support we have received! We just can't thank everyone enough for their continued prayers and support! This is a long journey and we are so blessed to have all this support! Ok, I could keep going on and on about how blessed we are. But, it is time to go to church so I'll end for now!
Here is Matthew 6:25-34 NLT for all you other worriers out there!
25 “That
is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have
enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than
food, and your body more than clothing? 26 Look
at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for
your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him
than they are? 27 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?
28 “And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, 29 yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. 30 And
if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and
thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do
you have so little faith?
31 “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ 32 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. 33 Seek the Kingdom of God[d] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
34 “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
About Us!
- Elizabeth and Allan Pack
- We are Elizabeth and Allan Pack and have been married 8 years. In November 2011 we took that leap of faith and applied to adopt a child from Ethiopia. This blog is all about our journey from start to finish. We patiently waited for 5 years to bring our child home and as of April 2016 we felt God was leading us to withdraw from the program and help another family bring home their child.
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