Thank you so much for all of your prayers. As usual, God is faithful and delivered the perfect person to lovingly guide us through this phase of our adoption.
Codi Canning showed up at 5:00 for what was supposed to be a 1-2 hour visit. Immediately she out us at ease. She smiled and laughed with us and was very encouraging even when we had to share uncomfortable information with her. She had a packet of 45 pages of questions. She told us that in the course of our visits we would cover every question in the packet. She asked us questions about everything; our families, our hometowns, how we view discipline, our medical history, how we deal with stress, the losses we have expereinced, our motivation for adopting, shoe size, weight, favorite kind of underwear. (Maybe I am exaggerating a little. :) ) Codi lives in Guthrie and was kind enough to give us her personal cell phone number for questions. She even gave us great information about our town, daycare centers here, etc.
3 hours later, at 8:00 we said goodnight to Codi and she left.
We had been warned that there were some contract workers who were jaded. We were told that some would come in rush, rush, rush, do a shoddy job on your file and then leave. We had an extremely positive experience with Codi. She was thorough, she listened, she cared. God gave her a special gift to be able to help people feel comfortable and work through the good, the bad and the ugly questions.
Codi will be coming back on May 6th to finish our homestudy and then she will make one more visit so that we can review our file and be finished! We finish our parenting classes on May 20. It is very possible that we will be waiting on our little Gurt by June or July!
Also this week I found out that I do get maternity leave from work when Gurt comes home and my good friend Chalea is going to babysit while we are at work. Gurt will get plenty of "mommy" time and will have a wonderful person to take care of him while we are away. Having these two things taken care of are a great comfort to me.
Prayer Focus:
1) Praise be to our God for putting everything perfectly in order.
2) Pray for Kari, our caseworker. She is due to have a baby very soon and we have no idea who our case will be handed to. Pray that God will put us with someone who will lovingly care for our case. Also pray for her health and her new baby. Ask God to give her an easy delivery and some much needed rest during her time off.
3) Pray for Codi as she prepares our file and continues our homestudy. Ask God to help her make us sound really good! :) Pray that God continues to guide us through this process.
4) Keep our sweet little Gurt in your prayers. Pray for his health and safety, that he is being loved and has enough to eat. Pray that someone is caring for him and making him feel loved. Pray that God is preparing him for us even as we are being prepared for him.
God is good, and things just keep getting better. We love you all!
Mindy and Ryland
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