Autumn is always busy for the Batten's...and we had much to do! Piles of paperwork, copies of everything about us .....birth certificates, marriage, diplomas, finances, etc.; medical examinations & tb tests, finger printing, finger printing & more finger printing for criminal clearances, etc. etc...... We began gathering, doing, copying & notarizing.... We began our Adoptive Parenting classes. And we continued to pray about which children the Lord might want us to "pursue". Carly had some special ones she particularly hoped we would adopt (as she was still living there at the orphanage in Uganda), and while we respected her thoughts, we also knew that the Lord wanted to show
us clearly. ;0) So, we continued to go through the holidays, praying, seeking input from friends & family, and sl--ow--ly getting thru all the list of things to prepare our file. This was all quite a lesson in patience for me, the "get it done now" type person I tend to be. I wanted it all done in a week, but didn't want to be
feeling I was leading, so I was waiting on Mark to bring it up..... "hey, let's read some of our parenting courses", "hey, let's pray together about which children;" "hey, do we have those papers filled out & copied yet?" But of course Mark also has this other thing called a
job. And for some of this journey, I especially struggled with respecting that. I wanted this stuff
done so we could proceed! God was teaching me how to follow, and with patience and prayer. Ha! After 30 years of marriage, I needed to once & for all learn what being Mark's "helper" really meant. ....Then the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make a helper suitable for him." (to be continued)
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