More Progress

About the middle of last week I was browsing around a webpage that has a photolisting of waiting kiddos in the Kansas foster care system. I came upon a pair of brothers who caught my attention. Of course, lots of kids catch my attention but these two in particular stayed with me. A couple of days later I sent the link to their photo and description to Nathan. The two brothers immediately caught Nathan's attention as well. We decided to call about these two and find out more information. For now, I'll refer to the boys as Batman and Robin, the Dynamic Duo. I'm sure I'll be updating lots of info on the boys but I'll try to remain as vague as possible for their privacy and protection at this point.

So far we have had two in depth conversations with social workers who know the Dynamic Duo. We have received a ton of information, all of which we are processing now. On Saturday, our first home inspection will occur as well as a meeting with the Dynamic Duo's closest case worker. We'll call the worker Bob Kane (the original Batman Artist). So Bob Kane will be coming on Saturday to discuss the Duo with us at length and answer any questions Nathan or I have. Both conversations that have occured at this point were conversations I had. It will be nice to sit down with Bob and discuss the boys with Nathan present as well. At this point we are very excited about the Duo. They are 6 and 7 years old and they have a lot of needs that we are attempting to educate ourselves on. Although we are taking their situation very seriously, we don't believe at this point that this is something we are unable to handle. Making the Duo our forever kiddos will require some really amazing life changes for Nathan and I. We are discussing these changes and how they will impact us and our marriage, our jobs, our home, our families, etc, etc. I don't have any concrete information in terms of whether or not we will be pursuing the adoption of the Duo but I can say that we are both thrilled about the two at this point and are in the process of finding out more information.

There are obviously many things we need prayer for at this time. We are praying for clarity as to whether or not the Duo are meant to be our kids. We are praying for continued success with the Hawker Beechcraft job possibility. We can't feed two growing superheros on the money we're making now so this job is the key to pursuing the Dynamic Duo. We are praying for God's will in all of this; His will for our family as well as for the Duo. We are praying for peace with whatever our decision may end up being as well as for patience throughout the process. We are praying for clarity and peace for our families and friends as we pursue the Duo. We are praying that there would be support from our entire network and that they would be as excited as we are about the possibility of adding two superheros to our family. Please be in prayer with us on all those fronts. God's will is the most important thing in this journey of ours. Please let us know if you get any good thoughts from your prayer time regarding this wonderful development.

Be Blessed!