Time to update

We have to update our profile and letter and renew our homestudy every year. Well, Its hard to believe its been a year already!! We got our homestudy renewal packet in the mail yesterday and its not near as fun to fill out a second time as it was the first time around. The first time around I was so excited to finally be at this point I flew through the paperwork. Getting it a second time is just a confirmation it is taking a little longer to be chosen then I hoped for. But on the other hand it gives us an opportunity to update our letter and make changes to it if we want too. I want to try to make it more personable to the birth mom as she reads it. I want our personality to shine through that letter and make her want us to be the parents for her child. Please pray God gives me wisdom and the words to say in our letter describing ourselves to her. This I have to say is the hardest part about the adoption process because you want to make myself look fun and the great person I am, but on the other hand I don't want to sound conceded. I find it really hard to talk about myself and my accomplishments. Hopefully if it be God's will this will be the last time we have to do our homestudy paperwork. It's crazy how fast this year went. Until next time please continue to pray on the Lord's timing and not our own.

For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfillment]; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day. Habakkuk 2: 3

Sand in the City 2013

Each year our agency puts on the sand in the city which is their biggest fund raiser all year. I volunteered to work the Kid Zone. I had a blast doing it. I was a little disappointed when I woke up and it was forecasted to storm all day. On my drive down to the Century Link the rain was coming so hard I could hardly see out my windshield I wanted to turn around and go home. I kept pressing forward and I am glad I did because the sand sculptures were amazing. The talent that the people have to put this on is amazing. They start and finish the sculptures the Friday before the Sand in the City and only have 6 hours to complete. So all the sculptures you see were done in 6 hours or less. This event is so much fun. Not only are there the sand sculptures but there is face painting, cookie decorating, and games for the kids and live bands playing in the background. Even though it was a little soggy all in all it was a great day.