Last Friday we got a referral. We got information about two boys (7 years old and 3 years old) whom we are both very interested in adopting. On Tuesday, we submitted a petition to the court of minors in the state of Parana, but it turns out that we're not yet sure whether it's the big news we've been waiting for. The referral was not sent just to us. It was sent by CEJA to several different agencies (probably). That means that there could be several different families reviewing the same information we reviewed and submitting petitions just as we did. In all likelihood, most other families have had their paperwork waiting in Brazil longer than us, and would therefore receive preference over us. We are told by LIMIAR that we should know in a couple weeks whether the court grants our petition or not.
First things first: if you're reading this, PRAY! Please pray our documents to find favor in the eyes of the courts so that these two little boys might be our sons. Pray for whoever is reading and approving our dossier and our petition that they will see Jesus on every page and between every line and just know that they need to place these boys with our family. Pray that God will be glorified through this step of the process and that the boys will be placed very soon in the home that God has chosen for them.
Second things second. I may be stating the obvious here, but we're a wreck. Though we're trying our hardest to guard our hearts to keep them from being broken, we are already falling in love with these two sweethearts. There is so much about them and their story that makes us feel like we could and should be their parents. Though we've reviewed a few other kids' files (see this post that I wrote back then but didn't post until now), and had our hearts broken by what we've read, this is the only time that we've both been smitten and felt strongly about wanting to adopt them. We are hoping that this tug on our hearts for these two boys is God's voice revealing to us who our children are. We are distracted all the time and praying harder than we've ever prayed before.
We submit to His will for our family--and we hope it's these boys.
4 comments:
Oh my goodness, Kimberly, that is such a huge development! I'm praying right now for your hearts to be prepared for the outcome here and for God to supernaturally orchestrate these two brothers' arrival in their home very soon.
I will definitely be praying!!!!!
My heart goes out to you as you continue to wait. I pray that you would know you aren't the only ones in this. And as trite as this sounds (and believe me, I have heard it from many, many people whom I cannot believe even have an inkling what this process is like), God is in control of your situation and will bring you the children He intended. I will pray for His will to be done in your lives, and that these two children will soon become yours.
Take care.
Oh wow! This is huge and I can't begin to imagine what you two are going through.
I will pray that God's will be done and that you two will have peace.
I'm excited, scared and ready to cry so I can't imagine what you guys are thinking and feeling.
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