Where has the time gone?? I feel as though time is just flying by--which is great in some ways but also so weird in other ways.
March 13 we officially sent in all of our paper work to the agency that was in our home study. We were still waiting on a couple of things to get turned in to the agency by our doctor and an employee reference form but that was out of our control. So, as in the adoption world, we waited and waited for that to get all turned and to the agency. A couple weeks later we found out that our social worker was switching job titles and going into more of the counseling side of Bethany. It was disappointing to us because we really liked her--but after a few days of being sad we decided it must be for the best and will just continue to take steps of faith and trust God. We also found out who our new social worker was going to be.
THEN, one week later (this past Monday), Mark called me from work and told me he had been laid off. He worked for a small start up company in an industry that was completely client contract based. So if there were lots of clients, his work would hire more employees, and if there were less clients, his work laid of employees. Mark had made it through quite a number of rounds without even coming close to getting laid off--but he happened to be on a contract job that didn't have a paying client as it was an internal project. So they let him and about 12 other employees go. To be honest, I haven't really had a freak out moment yet. I am more scared that it'll affect (or is it effect...oh gosh, I'm too tired to care) our adoption. The total God moment in this is that the week before he was laid off, he had an interview with one of the companies he has wanted to work with for a while. He obviously blew the socks off of this company because THEY OFFERED HIM A POSITION!!! He has to pass a background check first (which we are not concerned about) before he can start, but his official start date is April 9. So we sent an email to our social worker letting her know of the changes and are just praying we can still move forward in our adoption.
Prior to Mark getting laid off, we found out that our new social worker wants to start the interview process of the home study!! It's pretty crazy to think that once we complete the interviews and make our birth parent books--we could get picked by a birth family to adopt their baby!!! So we will continue to trust God that He has perfect timing and that we can start the interviews next week while both Mark and I have completely open schedules.
So we would love for you to join us in prayer for a smooth transition and that Mark's job change doesn't affect/effect our adoption. Also, please pray for our future birth parents, our future baby and for the other families in the adoption process.
