Many thoughts...

Well, so much is going on in our lives and so many thoughts are in my head. I do not know where to begin. Hope this makes sense....

First, let me start with the good news we receive today: WE HAVE A RECTIFIED BIRTH CERTIFICATE!!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!!! We are so thankful this process of rectifying the BC is over!! The elephant is almost off my chest;) This has been the hardest part of the process so far. It will be 5 month on Saturday since we were kicked out of PGN for an error on the birth certificate.... Pray that the lawyer will get the dossier all in order and resubmit us into PGN very soon and hopefully, LORD WILLING, for the finally time!

Onto PGN- Well, those who are on this journey with us, know the latest saga with PGN and all the changes. I am not going to go into much detail. I am tired and honestly I do not think my heart can take thinking about it right now. So here is the short version: They fired the old guy; they have new authorities in control. They claim to be better. They are re-doing some things, probably to make themselves look good. One thing they are doing is interviewing the birth mothers again. This is not fair to anyone! Not fair to the birth moms, not fair to adoptive parents, not fair to the children. But who said it had to be fair, right? The babies have to be present for the interviews. This scares me to death. But, as a dear friend told me today, "God did not bring us this far to leave us now." I have to keep telling myself, as I have been through out this whole journey, GOD IS IN COMPLETE CONTROL and there is nothing I can do but TRUST HIM! (I need this tattooed on my forehead)

So, when we get rolling in PGN again, Nathan's brave birth mom will have to go through another interview process with Nathan sitting in the room. I will let you know when that day comes.... everyone involved will need your prayers.

With all the delays with the adoption we decided to put our house on the market. We have a contract. We are moving?!?! To where- we do not know yet. Pray we find a house and soon! We know the perfect one is out there. It is so clear that God is orchestrating all these events. To Him be the glory! I will update on this when we know more.

Thank you to all who are following our journey and praying for us- those we know and those we do not. It amazes me and makes me laugh when I am out and some "stranger" comes up to me and says "I read your blog and I am praying for you!" It is amazing how many people are praying for our little baby boy to come home to his forever family. God has truly blessed us beyond belief during this process.

We miss our sweet boy. We know that God is protecting and providing for him. Nathan is His child. God has a perfect plan for him and for our family. I can not wait to see what God is going to do... WOW, it is going to be amazing.

Side note: Casey got REAL sick from out trip. Some type of food poisoning, but NOT from eating at the orphanage! We think it was from his meal in Antigua because that was the only time we ate a different meal from each other. He was not sick until we got home. He is getting better now, but he is at least 10-15lbs lighter. So those of you planning to visit Antigua- be careful what you eat and have a Cipro and Phenergan prescription on standby:)