5 months waiting....

Today is our 5 month mark of being on the waiting list. Honestly, these past 5 months have truly flown by - and in no way am I complaining!!! I pray it continues to fly by until our child is in our arms. That is still however 2 more years down the road :(

Just sitting here trying to think of what to say... I can't help but think of all we have discovered about ourselves and learned in these last 5 months.

•  God will ALWAYS fulfill his promises! I knew that before, but had never walked it out and trusted that like we have with our adoption.
• You can push yourself to work way harder than you ever thought possible when thinking about a precious baby boy soon to be yours.
• We have already learned so much about being a parent, and we really aren't yet. We have already had to start protecting and fighting for our child.
• I have learned that I would be insane at this point if it wasn't for Daniel. He stays so calm and collected when I am freaking out... he has maintained the crazy!
• God has spoken things to my heart about my past and my life that has so deeply connected my heart to our future child in ways that I cannot even process. Read Here
• And lastly:

I have always wanted to have some involvement in foster care/adoption in my occupation. Its the reason I got my degree in Sociology, thinking I could do social work. Well, I soon discovered without a Masters - its very hard to do that.
In our time of waiting, God has really shown me how truly passionate I am about adoption and orphans. He has led my heart to the decision of getting my Masters in Social Work. This has something I've wanted to do for some time now, but have truly done everything possible to avoid it. It scares me... I doubt myself and my abilities to do the school work for some reason. Not that I've ever been a bad student, just afraid I have forgotten it all being out of school this long. SO I have applied to OU for their MSW program, and will know if I have been accepted around April.

As much as this wasn't MY plan... it is God's. I sit and think how conveniently he has so perfectly worked everything out, and I am amazed. MY plan was to have a child by the age of 25. I'm 26, almost 27... and have 2 more years to wait to be a mom. I have applied 2xs to other colleges trying to do 2 yr quick degrees to get into the medical field, and both times nothing came from it. Here I am with 2 years to wait, and a deep deep desire to fight for orphans... and have that time to be able to go to school to do that. I guess we shall see if I get accepted... if not, I will still continue to do my best to get into the social work field in the area of adoption. I will always be their voice, and no matter where or what I am doing will do my best to advocate for them. I appreciate your prayers as God continues to lead us on this journey!