Answered Prayer-- Completed Home Study!

For a few weeks now we have been praying that our Washington State background checks (since we had lived there for 2 years) would be processed and mailed back to our home study agency. They either had lost the original request or were dragging their feet for some silly reason. Our home study agent had sent in the request a total of 3 times in the past 2 months and had called, etc. This was the last piece of documentation we needed for the home study to be completed. There are a couple applications to various things we need to get sent out but that require a completed home study, so those were being held up too. Ultimately, we know that God's timing is best, and He is teaching us trust, patience, and the power of prayer. So when we went to pick up all our mail today from being gone for 10 days, there was our home study! Our agent had forgotten to tell us this week that she had finally received the WA docs and was able to complete it and mail it to us. We had prayed once again very specifically last night about it, not knowing it was already sitting in our PO box waiting for us to pick it up today. We are excited! Now to mail our USCIS application! Please continue to pray for us in this process.

Jehovah-Jireh: The Lord will Provide!

In this past week, the first week of February, we have seen the Lord provide about $6000 that we have applied to our adoption fund. The only thing we can say is "Praise Him!" We are seeing Him provide in awesome ways-- many different individuals, insurance refunds, tax refunds, t-shirt sales, etc. As we have said before and keep reminding ourselves, He owns the cattle on a thousand hills and the wealth in every mine. He created the entire universe and has unlimited resources. This adoption expense is not too much for Him-- He wasn't surprised by it, nor is He wringing His hands wondering how He is going to come up with $35K for the Abbotts. He's had it all planned out from the beginning. He knows where each dollar will come from. We pray for Him to provide, believing that He will and that it's as good as done in the eternal mind of God. Our responsibility is to trust and wait patiently. What comfort and peace that brings to us! He will provide-- Jehovah-Jireh!

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But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

                                                                                                        - Philippians 4:19