Archive for May, 2009

Birth Mother Meeting tomorrow 5:30

May 30, 2009 at 9:17 pm · Filed under Adoption ·Tagged

We’re meeting with a birth mother tomorrow (Sunday) at 5:30 regarding a potential adoption.

Please pray for us not to be too nervous and that we can be ourselves. This will be our first meeting with a birth mother and her situation comes with a few complications. Pray also that the meeting would result in a very clear outcome: either that all parties are very comfortable moving forward or that this is clearly not going to work out. We desire to know one way or the other. Please also pray that she would not change her mind about meeting us. We’ll be accompanied in the meeting by Kim and Terri from With Child and that is giving us a lot of comfort.

This baby girl is due in July and has had some drug exposure. Pray for her health and well being. In addition, this birth mother has a 21 month old daughter that is in the care of a guardian. The guardian of the 21 month old will be at the meeting tomorrow as well. We’re only discussing the adoption of the infant at tomorrow’s meeting but there is a possibility that the other child may be placed.

“But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.” Psalm 39:7

Jon & Stacie

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Encouraging Words

May 16, 2009 at 8:22 pm · Filed under Adoption ·Tagged ,

We’ve received many encouraging words from friends about the recent disappointment. Here’s a collection of encouraging passages from God’s Word that have helped through this.

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” – Galatians 6:9
“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” – Psalm 42:5-6a

“For I Know the plans I have for you “, says the Lord “they are plans for good and not harm, to give you a future with hope”. Jeremiah 29:11.

“And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” Phil. 4:19

“For the Lord your God is a compassionate God, He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.” Deut. 4:31

JPM

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Not chosen for the sibling pair

May 15, 2009 at 5:36 pm · Filed under Adoption ·Tagged

Thanks so much for all of your prayers and words of encouragement.  They have definitely been felt during the past couple of weeks.

We found out this afternoon that the case workers involved in the staffing for the sibling pair have decided to place them with another family.  Although we are disappointed, we know without a doubt that this is God’s perfect will and have experienced the peace that only knowing God’s sovereignty can bring.

Thanks again for supporting us along our journey,

Jon and Stacie

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Will we meet the kiddos first?

May 12, 2009 at 10:41 pm · Filed under Adoption ·Tagged ,

A friend asked this question in regards to the upcoming CPS staffing:

“Have you had the opportunity to meet with the children themselves? If so how much weight does their feeling or reactions carry?”

Good question. Unfortunately not. CPS adoptions don’t work that way. We won’t have the opportunity to meet the children. First we have to be chosen at this Friday’s staffing. Then in the coming days there would be a “paper staffing” with the case worker where they give us all the details of the children and we would meet the foster parents (but not the kiddos yet). Then a transition plan and first meeting would be scheduled between us and the kids with the foster parents.

JPM

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Scrapbook

May 11, 2009 at 8:15 pm · Filed under Adoption ·Tagged ,

We have a new adoption specialist (due to turnover at our adoption agency). This person who we have never met is tasked with representing our family at the CPS staffing this Friday. Kinda tough to do when you’ve only spoken with someone on the phone a few very brief times. So she’s coming over for dinner tomorrow to meet the family.

At her request, Stacie spend the better part of the weekend making a scrapbook with pictures of us that the specialist can take to the staffing. The scrapbook turned out excellent. The first one Stacie has ever done!  I’m very impressed with it.

Here’s a picture from the scrapbook.

Moorhead Family May 2009

Moorhead Family May 2009

JPM

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Siblings – Staffing

May 7, 2009 at 2:28 pm · Filed under Adoption ·Tagged , ,

God has perfect timing!  Child Protective Services has scheduled the “staffing” for these two kiddos on Friday, May 15th. School is almost out so this will be great timing if things work out.

That’s the day that the social workers and representatives of the adopting parents will get together to discuss the families being considered. Coming out of the staffing they will have chosen one family to have first choice to adopt the children. It’s not a done deal after that, but it’s the gateway to allow one family to move closer towards adopting these two siblings.

We (by “we” I mean mostly Stacie) will be working on a scrap book to provide our adoption specialist (who will represent us at the staffing) with some pictures to take along. There has been turn over at our adoption agency so we’ll be meeting with this adoption specialist on Tuesday for the first time. She’s new to us in the last two weeks.

Pray for the Tuesday meeting with our adoption specialist to be insightful, that the scrapbook would come together easily, that God would give us favor in the eyes of those present at the staffing next Friday, and that He would prepare these two wonderful children for meeting their “forever family” whomever God has chosen.

JPM

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