We have a busy weekend ahead of us. On top of the normal traditions one usually does...Christmas tree, ornaments, decorations and lights....we are setting up the boys rooms! We have 2 cribs to put together, curtains to hang and clothes to put into the dresser. Oh, and we're also getting our house ready to sell!! We are soooo excited! Did I say that with enough emphasis? :)
I had purchased an airplane themed pottery barn nursery bedroom set about 4 years ago--2 kids ago. I was thinking surely one of these pregnancies will be a boy, right? Well, they weren't. This is just fine; but in my heart, I knew we were going to have a boy. I still know this. I don't know for sure how, but it's looking very close to becoming reality. Either way, I was not giving that bedding up. So, one crib will be airplanes and one will be boats. None of this really matters, except that it means we will be taking into our home two precious little kids that need a forever home and a family who loves them unconditionally.
Each step of the way is a hurdle to jump over....so far, the lawyer approved the transition calendar. This means we will start bringing them over to our home over the next 2 weeks. And, on December 14th we will have a small ceremony in our home celebrating the finding of a forever home for the boys! Three weeks after this is the first hearing for termination of parental rights. This will be January 5th. After this hearing we will know more about the timeline for an official adoption. The whole process can take up to two years but for us things are moving along as fast as they can at this point. We are thankful to God for this and we just take one hurdle as they come!
Shiloh read some great verses today:
Psalm 146.9 "...the Lord sustains the fatherless..."
Psalm 116.5 & 6 "The Lord is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. The Lord protects the simplehearted; when I was in great need, He saved me."
Our one focus is to have our hearts set on God. Our loyalties are to Him only. Our hearts are listening to Him and He is calling us to this. There is no way we can ignore it! We are the simplehearted right now; and prayerfully, we will always be defined by this.
Hopefully, we are all thinking on the blessings in our lives. Getting these boys is one of those blessings. It's so foreign to think that our family adopting children that we don't have to adopt is blessing us. We cannot explain that, but even in the midst of the hardest days that are yet to come, I am confident in this calling and we will not falter on this choice. We are being blessed and sanctified through all of this! At this point, why does this seem so easy? It's not! My heart hurts almost daily thinking about these 2 boys who need a home. All we want is for God to be a father to them. We know He will not forsake them. If we can be that vessel to show them a father's love, we will. We are ready and willing.
Thank you for praying for us and for these sweet boys.
Jenny for all of the Fischer family
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We will be praying for you all as you make this transition. Can't wait to see pictures! :-)
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