Waiting...

Many have asked for an update, so I figured I bet jump on and post one...

Right now is a season of working and waiting.  Working to fundraise and pay off debt.  We learned that our medical debt (while we have never missed a payment), could keep us from passing our home study, as I also have student loans.  So this Spring we will work tirelessly to pay off $10,000 in debt.  How you say?  Wildtree income and a miracle...

 

 

My heart is filled with longing and brokenness (very fitting for this Advent season).  Medical debt aside, we could have started our home study as early as November and been matched with a birth mother as early as January/February.  But instead we wait...

 

 

I know most adoptive families experience a long wait, but I cannot help but think: those who carry a child know (give or take a couple weeks) when the baby will arrive.  That is not the same with adoption.  The waiting period is so variable.

 

 

So keep us in your prayers.  We will embarking on another large fundraiser in the New Year.  In January we will get organized and the fundraiser will be held the first week in February.  It will be a Facebook auction. Please let us know if you have something to contribute!  It can be an item or a service.  For example, my friend Brandy will be donating ball room dancing lessons.  Wes donated his knife sharpening services for another friend's adoption auction.  Time at a family cabin could be donated.  The sky is the limit!!!

 

 

We appreciate the support and love.  We trust that all these "obstacles" are part of God's plan, as the timing will greatly affect which baby comes home with us.

 

 

Love,
Wes, Laura, & James