tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672908576255934.post3624423354356531599..comments2023-10-29T03:35:21.895-07:00Comments on With Great Joy: September adoption update: Part 1Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02291035676569127788noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672908576255934.post-17952132918468644992007-10-03T06:47:00.000-07:002007-10-03T06:47:00.000-07:00I guess I'm gonna be a party pooper-- this is the ...I guess I'm gonna be a party pooper-- this is the way every state that I have ever heard of operates (except maybe Kansas and they're privatized). Get used to waiting... waiting... waiting...it's a lifestyle for the state. <BR/><BR/>You're a better woman than I am :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672908576255934.post-81924662623613476972007-10-01T19:26:00.000-07:002007-10-01T19:26:00.000-07:00Stacy?You live it.I will always remember your jour...Stacy?<BR/>You live it.<BR/>I will always remember your journal entry here: such PURE, 100% TRUST IN GOD. PERIOD.<BR/>*Sure* of His lovingkindness.<BR/><BR/>YES!<BR/><BR/>Have I told you today how much I appreciate you?<BR/><BR/>It is a privilege beyond words to learn from this community of women.<BR/><BR/>*THANK YOU*.<BR/><BR/>All's grace,<BR/>AnnAnn Voskamp @Holy Experiencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11742205499025104067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672908576255934.post-7893021996647537102007-10-01T06:30:00.000-07:002007-10-01T06:30:00.000-07:00I am grateful to have another update - I will upda...I am grateful to have another update - I will update my site as well with your story. Still praying for all desires to be fulfilled... :)Elise @A Path Made Straighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01457659796611169345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672908576255934.post-26577494331060891562007-10-01T06:17:00.000-07:002007-10-01T06:17:00.000-07:00When we began our adoption journey (2001) we waite...When we began our adoption journey (2001) we waited SIX MONTHS with our paperwork COMPLETED on the state caseworkers desk. And made no progress. So we grabbed our paperwork, and went to Bethany. I feel your pain :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672908576255934.post-37714460972686375012007-09-28T12:33:00.000-07:002007-09-28T12:33:00.000-07:00I'm proud of you too for how you are handling this...I'm proud of you too for how you are handling this. What a great example to others and to your children.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to hearing more about this journey.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863526887785323997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672908576255934.post-35524670102556973972007-09-28T08:41:00.000-07:002007-09-28T08:41:00.000-07:00((Stacy))Thanks for the update... I've been wonder...((Stacy))<BR/>Thanks for the update... I've been wondering where you were in the whole process.<BR/>Praise the Lord that He enabled you to remain calm and not become cranky about it! I'm sure you are being used as a testimony to many during this time.<BR/>Looking forward to reading Part 2...<BR/><BR/>Lamentations 3:25<BR/><I>The Lord is good to those who wait for Him;<BR/>To the soul who seeks Him.</I><BR/><BR/>Praying for you!!Bekahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885742185596004004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672908576255934.post-18113351202899967342007-09-27T16:51:00.000-07:002007-09-27T16:51:00.000-07:00Hi Stacy; Waiting for part two, but wondering if ...Hi Stacy;<BR/><BR/> Waiting for part two, but wondering if you should call a supervisor to just check. Sometimes I have found it helps to get things moving-not that you want to get anyone in trouble, but it is there job to find homes for these kids (and lets remember who DOESN'T want these children to be placed in loving Christian homes- and (hint)it is not "the foster care system" that I am referring to.)<BR/> <BR/> After we adopted our 3rd daughter (princess sunshine) from foster care, the social worker we worked with never reentered our name into the system- I called her and called her.... (an you get the picture) ...well a year an a half later we 'left' to do an adoption to Guatemala- we were totally frustrated with our state's system of care. We then talked with a supervisor, who told us the worker didn't do her job and this is why we never got calls. In hindsight now I know it was God keeping us from anything that would prevent us from adopting our 3 wee one's...but still- sometimes it is an overburdened social worker, who just isn't doing their job. <BR/><BR/> And I am not an "in your face" type, I am patient (normally) and kind...but I can get really angry when I think someone isn't helping these kids into a family who is waiting.<BR/><BR/> I hope this isn't taken the wrong way, I do feel like this is HOlY Anger- for who will stand in the gap for those who can't defend themselves and will raise up a godly generation ?<BR/><BR/>off my pulpit...<BR/><BR/>Kimmie ;-)<BR/>mama to 6<BR/>one homemade and 5 adopted (4 through foster care)Kimmiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04462108880167593207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672908576255934.post-72505072431794444122007-09-27T14:58:00.000-07:002007-09-27T14:58:00.000-07:00I am proud of you for how you are handling this......I am proud of you for how you are handling this... waiting...!<BR/>Good job!<BR/>AmyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672908576255934.post-55733432569771047622007-09-27T13:47:00.000-07:002007-09-27T13:47:00.000-07:00...which is why we like having our foster licence ......which is why we like having our foster licence through Bethany Christian Services... We happen to have a fabulous case worker right now, but in case we didn't we would always have someone at Bethany to talk to and advocate for us. On the subject of waiting, we also waited a long time for a placement, amazingly enough (a year with only two short placements and many "amost placements"). And when we got one (two brothers), it was only to be for a "very short time". A year and half later, plus 5 more siblings later, we know what God had planned for us! KoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9672908576255934.post-73155672979560743132007-09-27T13:42:00.000-07:002007-09-27T13:42:00.000-07:00Hi Stacy :) Thank you for the update. All of the w...Hi Stacy :) Thank you for the update. All of the waiting you are being challenged with brought to mind one of my very favorite verses in the Bible - it's a treasure that the Father showed me, and it's one I hold very close. <BR/><BR/>Psalm 130:5-6 It says, “I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.”<BR/><BR/>Isn't that lovely? I always thought it would make a gorgeous song :) Love to you! QQuinnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14446233534591572279noreply@blogger.com