Journey to our Children

"If you can'?" said Jesus,"EVERYTHING is possible for him who believes." Mark 9:23

10-21-08

Hope everyone is doing well. It has been a busy week this week. We took Darrin to the airport on Sunday. He left for Canada. He says it is extremely cold up there. We will pick him back up late Thurs. night. I must say I miss him something fierce. Well That also put me taking our 11 year old Zack to his football practice and games while Darrin is gone. Zack had a game last night and I must say it was very cold!!!!! I had Donavan bundled up to the point he did not like it. Donavan has started teething and has been very grumpy these last couple of days. Plus he misses Darrin also. They usually lay together watching football at night. Donavan is growing so fast. He is already 15 pounds!!! Here is an update on Donavan: Mom showed up at the office 2 wks ago to schedule a visitation for the following Monday. They picked Donavan up and well she did not show again. His social worker came to do a home visit the very next day and we had a really good meeting. Basically she had plan to approach the mother at visitation about voluntarily Terminating her rights however she did not show. The flip side is that gives DSS more gun power to prove unstability and so forth. I also was informed we are going to the review hearing on NOVEMBER 5. That is where they will hear a panel of people involved with Donavan and their recomendations which will include: Dss social worker, guardian litems, service providers and us. At the hearing is where we let them know of our intentions to adopt if he becomes legally free. That has a huge impact on their decision. They look favorably on changing him to permanentcy when there is a family especially the foster family who wants to adopt and we are already approved. Then they will recess and come back in with their decision. The social worker recieved the paperwork of the aunt's case to do relative placement from her state closing the case. Please keep 11-5-08 in your prayers!!! That is it for now. Love you all
Dobin

History

Well we actually started this journey February 2005. This is when we received a packet in the mail for no reason with pictures of children in the state system in need of adopted families. Now I will say that two days prior, my husband and I saw a billboard with a child's picture needing a forever family; this is what God used to spark the interest. That is when Darrin and I started discussing in extent about adoption. We spent alot of days together in prayer and seeking Gods confirmation. We did not want to walk into something just based on an emotion that would change. We needed to know this was God's purpose for us. We are unable to have children of our own; and honestly up to this point we were very content in our marriage. Then God decided this was the path He wanted us on. March of 2005 we contacted our local Department of Social Services and requested information. We had our application,fingerprints, references, pictures, along with background information finally turned in by May of 2005. So we have been on this journey for over 3 years. Now I must say 8 months was spent in building a house due to the trailer we lived in just would not pass all the fire codes. I must say God has taught us a great deal through this process. We have learned so much from the people God has put in our path to help us, encourage us, and pray for us. Most of all Darrin and I have become much more dependant on the Lord Jesus. It can be very discouraging at times than at others it can be the most rewarding thing you could experience. My husband has said we have been pregnant waiting on our children for such a long time that as they walk through our door for the first time we are not going to know how to act!

Meet our Dogs

Meet our Dogs:

The Black Dog is Cole. I guess you could say he is the lead.
The Brown Dog is Duke. I guess you could say he is the loyal but not very smart one.

Then there is LITTLE BIT. Yes you guessed it; she is the one under the covers on the couch. From her point of view she does not believe she is a dog.

Cole and Duke

Cole and Duke

Little Bit

Little Bit