Monday night we went to an adoption fundraiser for Covenant Care, an adoption agency. The food was SO good and the speaker was Dan Cruver...one of our FAVORITE adoption advocates. We were blessed to meet him at an adoption conference we attended this past August and Monday night
Anyway, during dinner I noticed I had a missed call and didn't recognize the number. At the end of the evening we stopped at Starbucks where I let Daniel go in to buy our drinks for us. I was happy to wait in the car. While waiting I remembered about the missed call so I checked, and sure enough, I had a voicemail. I had a fleeting thought that it would be so cool if it was our social worker calling with some kind of news. What news I have no idea since she hasn't even mailed us our Home Study (we should get it within a week-and-a-half though!). So you can imagine my surprise when I hear, "Hi Megan, it's L.."
Then, imagine my surprise even more when she says, "Listen, give me a call back. I have a possible baby I want to talk to you about."
WHAT?!?
I could see Daniel through the window and I called his cell phone. He
So I told him the news and he, of course, didn't believe me. We decided to call her back even though it was late. The worst that could happen is she wouldn't still be in her office. The worst happened. Darn. That meant we had to wait.
...and wait...and wait...and wait. We didn't hear from her until Wednesday!! (She had been out of the office.)
Anyway, turns out she sent our profile to another Bethany office. A birthmother was looking at it but between Monday night and Wednesday, she chose another family.
WE CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!! Everything we have worked for is actually real. Up until this point, it's sort of just been this far off idea or possibility...not really reality. Now it's reality and it's SO exciting!
We can't wait to get that phone call that says "she picked you!" We're not disappointed or anything about this past week...we were so shocked that it even happened...it was so fast!! Bethany just got our profile a week ago and doesn't even have our Home Study completely finished!
So yes, our journey has officially begun. No more paperwork and classes. No more interviews. No more spending a gazillion hours on a profile book. Now we wait. God is sovereign. We can't wait to see what's next.
Megan
This was us when we got the email on Christmas Day 2010 saying we had been "officially accepted into the Domestic Infant Adoption Program."
I somehow stumbled across your blog and just wanted to offer you some encouragement! My husband and I recently adopted through Bethany and our "wait" wasn't as long as we anticipated. Our homestudy was officially approved April 4th and we received a phone call about a potential match on June 29th. Our daughter was born August 10th! :) It can happen very quickly, or it take much longer than you hoped. We anticipated a wait of a year or longer, so it was that much more exciting when it happened quickly! Adoption is so special. Please know that even though you don't know me, you're in my prayers!
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