We had the pleasure of meeting up with two other families plus friends to represent Reece’s Rainbow at this year’s Portland Buddy Walk. (Hosted by NWDSA) The adorable little redhead being held by his big sister has been home with his family for six months now from Russia. Praise God! His sisters dote on him and all those teen girls are making life-long differences for others with their fundraising and awareness efforts. Most recently, they had a babysitting night (Parent’s night out)… you might keep them in mind for future babysitting gigs!
Maggie was rocking her cloth diapers when it came time to play in the fountain.
Afterwards we went to a birthday dinner for my brother-in-law. I have more to share about that visit… but it will have to wait! For now, here is some cuteness:
Where’s Jackson?
And more:
Haha
And one of our end-of-summer harvests. Mom, I made ketchup. Now I need potatoes to make fries. Planted last week: onions, lettuce, spinach, carrots, radishes.
I am praying for the Lord’s perfect peace as we wait for Jordan. My son is not safe in my womb. He is on the other side of the world. He is not where I can nurture him. He is experiencing neglect. He is not unborn. He is two and a half and has never known a mother or a family. I know that God has brought us to bring him home, to do our best to help him achieve his potential.
I know that God has not lost control over this situation.
It’s been over SIX WEEKS since any progress has been made on our adoption. What are we waiting for? Signatures. Two of them. You’d think that might take a couple hours.
My frustration is high.
But my God is bigger than even my frustration. His timing is better than mine.
But Lord… please bring him home soon.
Praying! I can’t imagine how frustrating it must be to wait knowing all that is needed is 2 signatures!! I totally get the tension between longing for things to move along and trying to trust that it’s in God’s hands and that He has some reason for the delays.