What Faith Can Do

After 2.5 years of court dates you would think that I would be a pro but I am definitely not. I was up all night, sick all morning, bit all of my finger nails off and counted down the seconds of my morning. I worked a half day to try to keep my mind off of our 1:30 appointment but time seemed to be at a standstill. When I was finally able to leave I got in the car and turned on the radio. The first song that played was "What Faith Can Do" by Kutlass. There could not have been a more perfect song to be playing.

When we arrived at court I was even more of a hot mess than I had been all morning. We briefly talked to the social worker and then waited to go in. When we went into the court room I was shaking uncontrollably. We listened to the attorneys present their evidence and listened to the judge and could not get a read for what was happening. We would think it was going in our favor and then something would be said and our hearts would sink. As the trial concluded, the judge said "We will terminate parental rights." I fell to pieces and the tears started pouring down my face. I have never felt such relief and been so thankful. Those are words that I have been waiting to hear since January 17, 2014 and finally we were able to hear them! We appreciate everyone who has prayed for us and sent us encouraging messages today. We ask that you continue to pray as we will now enter a 30 day appeal time. If we can make it through 30 days without an appeal, our next step will be adoption! God is good!

Trust in His Plan

We have had lots of exciting things happening in our family and are excited about the changes that will be coming in the next few months.
We recently decided that we were going to put our house up for sale and a week later we had a signed contract. We felt like it was the right time and quickly made the decision to list the house and we definitely made the right choice. We are currently searching for a new house for our family and should probably be more stressed than we are but we are trusting in His plan.
We also have court next Monday for termination of parental rights. We are praying the judge grants the termination and that we can move forward with pursuing adoption. This date has been a long time in coming and has seemed like we would never actually get here.
Tomorrow, I will begin my seventh year of teaching and I'm excited for the year to begin but also sad to leave my sweet boy each day. I am thankful for wonderful teachers that love our sweet boy as much as we do and spoil him rotten, it makes it a little easier to leave him. I'm also thankful for all of the hugs that I will get from my twenty classroom babies that make my days better.
We have so many new and exciting things happening in our life and we know it's because we have put our complete faith and trust in Him.