Off to Application City

I think I will be dreaming about applications tonight. My printer is almost out of ink, for all the papers I have had to print. My computer has even frozen on me in retaliation for all the documents I have scanned and sorted and made and attached, etc....

This will all be well worth it and the nerd in me enjoys it.... a little. I have started a binder to keep the original copies of everything in and I put our angel's picture in the front. Just to remind me of my goal, when I get frustrated with ALL the paperwork! To think this is just the beginning is daunting. I feel like I've signed at least two mortgages already! 

It is amazing to me how people come out of the woodwork, so to speak, that are truly valuable resources for us. When I started researching I really felt so alone in a sea of waiting children and thousands of agencies. I really had less than a clue of where to start. My friend, Julie, pointed out to me the other day something that has become so apparent to me now. When God puts adoption on your heart He brings the right resources and people to you. He calls us to be defenders of orphans. I just finished the most amazing Bible study on the book of James. His instructions are...

James 1:27
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

I might be polluted, but I am working on it, and I will be honored to look after her!