please pray

we have two potential renters coming to look at our apartment today. it would be a huge help to our finances, especially regarding our adoption, if one of these people would not only rent the apartment, but would want to begin renting in july instead of august. we'd be saved a month's worth of rent because we already have a house sitting job lined up for july, meaning $825 would go into our adoption account (fyi -- the homestudy fee i mentioned in an earlier post is $800).

i feel very burdened right now about our adoption, as i do most days. we are beginning to realize that next summer may be an unrealistic timeline given that we bought a house this early. we do believe that buying the house was a good decision namely because we love our house and can't imagine bringing our baby home to any other place. if you read jamie's post, you know that we consider this a step of faith not only in terms of where the money will come from but also in trusting that God will give us the patience to endure this process. most days, i feel like it would just be easier to get pregnant and have a baby 9 months later. but that is not what we have been called to do, nor is it what we want to do. we have already become attached to that baby boy in ethiopia who needs a mom and a dad.

i'm hoping to do a little re-vamping of our blog later today (i started greek today, so i've got homework to do first). the more i think about it, i want this blog to focus primarily on our adoption. i don't know how many people actually read our blog, but i want our journey of faith to be a journey of faith for them too...