God Showing Up

The past week and a half, God has shown up big in our lives.  Don't misunderstand, He is always faithful but two significant things have happened recently that can only be described as God showing up.  We got notified last week that Austin has been offered a firefighter position with the city of Franklin.  This is an answered prayer, one that many have prayed alongside us.  Austin's heart is called to serve in this way and I truly believe God has amazing work in store for him to complete through this career.  I couldn't be prouder of Austin, of all his hard work, of his determination, and most importantly, the way he's allowed God to use this situation to grow his faith.  

"It isn’t the likelihood of your hope that sustains you,
but the object of your hope that sustains you." (Anne Voskamp)

We continue to move forward with our adoption paperwork.  Our home study agency had some additional questions for us to answer which led me to search for local families in Tennessee with children adopted from Taiwan.  I had tried this in the past with no luck, but this time, I found a family in Springfield (Jeff and Abbey Land) that have adopted four (really adorable) boys from Taiwan.  Austin and I want to get connected with other adoptive families, especially those with children from the same country we hope to adopt from.  The blog led me to his FaceBook page where I messaged him.  That message led to a phone call earlier this week where I learned not only have they adopted from Taiwan, but Jeff is the Taiwan coordinator for an adoption agency.  We were only a few weeks away from sending in our formal application and our first big payment to the agency we had selected.  The Land's have invited us to dinner at their home tomorrow night so we can meet each other and learn more.  Something in my spirit is telling me to slow down, listen, pay attention.  I have always believed that God opens opportunities for us when the timing is right.  

So.....Lord, here we are.....waiting and trusting that this is all part of Your divine plan. We pray for wisdom and clarity on how we should move forward.  Most of all,  our prayer is that You continue to be glorified through this process.