Dear Friends
I realize that many of you are already followers of A Place Called Simplicity but on her blog there has
been a call to fast for a precious child on her blog.
Would you join with us in fasting for this child to come home.
You can see some of his story on http://aplacecalledsimplicity.blogspot.com/
The time for fasting is going to be for WEDNESDAY MARCH 30 2011
I believe greatly in fasting, it is hard for me to do because I have a problem with food but I do it because God sees that heart and if we cry out to Him through fasting and prayer for this boy I believe He will hear our cry.
Thank you friends
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Hello Sara
I have some fun and exciting news to the our adoption journey......
I was driving home yesterday and got a call.......
I didn't recognize the caller so I answered.....
She said "Hello Sara this is ******* and I am calling because I want to set up your first Home Study visit.
I was really surprised because we thought we were going to have to wait until our background checks came through.
So..... we are starting our Home Study tomorrow. Needless to say I stayed up late last night cleaning the house.
My husband said that I was going a little overboard, but I have never done this before and I am not sure how clean our house needs to be. ( I know some of you are laughing, but I don't want to take any chances)
Another step in our journey..... Thank you Jesus
Please also pray for some friends of ours who are really struggling with their adoption. That God would grant them favor so they can start their Home Study soon.
I was driving home yesterday and got a call.......
I didn't recognize the caller so I answered.....
She said "Hello Sara this is ******* and I am calling because I want to set up your first Home Study visit.
I was really surprised because we thought we were going to have to wait until our background checks came through.
So..... we are starting our Home Study tomorrow. Needless to say I stayed up late last night cleaning the house.
My husband said that I was going a little overboard, but I have never done this before and I am not sure how clean our house needs to be. ( I know some of you are laughing, but I don't want to take any chances)
Another step in our journey..... Thank you Jesus
Please also pray for some friends of ours who are really struggling with their adoption. That God would grant them favor so they can start their Home Study soon.
Friday, March 18, 2011
A Review
I wanted to review our adoption for those of you just coming to our sight. My name is Sara Padgett and my husband and I have four children.... for those of you who know me are going WHAT???? I am saying we have two children living with us and two children that we are in the process of adoption from Uganda.
I went with the team from the River Church to Uganda last May and fell in LOVE with the people of Africa and Uganda in particular. Joe (my husband) and I have been talking about adoption for a long time, but when I saw the need in Uganda my heart leaped with joy that I could do something to help. We prayed and asked God to show us if we were called to adopt from there or from somewhere else. Through a series of events we had confirmed that we were supposed to adopt from this country.
We were then praying for financial need so that we could start the process soon...... and of course the God that we serve did supply the money so that we could start the process. We have recently started the Home Study process and are now looking to raise the money for the attorney, traveling and in country costs.
We do not yet know the names or faces of these precious children....... what we do know is that we are bringing home two and that there ages are going to be between 0 and 4 years old. We will start the selection process as soon as the Home Study is complete and as soon as we have the attorney fees. We have currently raised about $5,500.00 and need to raise approximately $15,000.00 more.
I saw all of the posts on A Place Called Simplicity blog and got super excited that there are that many people working on adoptions right now. We would also love your prayers for the whole process and in particular that you would pray for our children that they would be protected until the time that we can bring them home.
And God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus
Philippians 4:19
I went with the team from the River Church to Uganda last May and fell in LOVE with the people of Africa and Uganda in particular. Joe (my husband) and I have been talking about adoption for a long time, but when I saw the need in Uganda my heart leaped with joy that I could do something to help. We prayed and asked God to show us if we were called to adopt from there or from somewhere else. Through a series of events we had confirmed that we were supposed to adopt from this country.
We were then praying for financial need so that we could start the process soon...... and of course the God that we serve did supply the money so that we could start the process. We have recently started the Home Study process and are now looking to raise the money for the attorney, traveling and in country costs.
We do not yet know the names or faces of these precious children....... what we do know is that we are bringing home two and that there ages are going to be between 0 and 4 years old. We will start the selection process as soon as the Home Study is complete and as soon as we have the attorney fees. We have currently raised about $5,500.00 and need to raise approximately $15,000.00 more.
I saw all of the posts on A Place Called Simplicity blog and got super excited that there are that many people working on adoptions right now. We would also love your prayers for the whole process and in particular that you would pray for our children that they would be protected until the time that we can bring them home.
And God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus
Philippians 4:19
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
PEACE
I have been struggling with whether or not to write this post. Although I know that it would mean you guys knowing personal details about what is going on in my heart, that is not what concerns me. What concerns me is that the devil would know what is going on in my heart and would use it against me. After thinking and worrying whether I should post this I came to the conclusion that our God is big enough to handle the enemy and his attacks and that I need prayer for what is going on.
As all of you know about the adoption I wont go into details about it. We have been talking about wanting to adopt for years now..... I would say like 5 years. In all that time we did not have anyone who thought we should not adopt or when we should adopt. But in the time that we have told people we are going to start the process, there have been concerns about were we are adopting from and the timing of the adoption. Since hearing these concerns we have been asking ourselves whether this is Gods timing and whether it should be the country we have in mind. We have come to realize all of the confirmations we have received from God the provision He has given and the truth if His word is what we need to focus on. He is a BIG God and he knows our concerns, our dear loved ones concerns and the provision that is still needed. I can honestly tell you that I am grieved that there is tension and division between our family and these ones we love. In telling you all this I am asking you to pray for these situations. We trust and believe in God and His love for our children, that He wants to bring them home.
There was a worship conference recently at our church that our family attended. Let me tell it was AMAZING!!! The spirit of the Lord was thick and tangible. During this conference I grieved for this situation, that it would start to get better. During this time the Lord gave me a verse, and minutes later had it confirmed.
The verse He have me was from 2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
God had never given me a verse for my circumstances (or ever) before and I burst into tears when it was confirmed. Thank you Jesus for hearing us and for caring enough to talk to us. I know that God wants to mend this situation and I pray that faiths are also strengthened. That these ones we love will see Him provide and protect our family for following His voice.
As all of you know about the adoption I wont go into details about it. We have been talking about wanting to adopt for years now..... I would say like 5 years. In all that time we did not have anyone who thought we should not adopt or when we should adopt. But in the time that we have told people we are going to start the process, there have been concerns about were we are adopting from and the timing of the adoption. Since hearing these concerns we have been asking ourselves whether this is Gods timing and whether it should be the country we have in mind. We have come to realize all of the confirmations we have received from God the provision He has given and the truth if His word is what we need to focus on. He is a BIG God and he knows our concerns, our dear loved ones concerns and the provision that is still needed. I can honestly tell you that I am grieved that there is tension and division between our family and these ones we love. In telling you all this I am asking you to pray for these situations. We trust and believe in God and His love for our children, that He wants to bring them home.
There was a worship conference recently at our church that our family attended. Let me tell it was AMAZING!!! The spirit of the Lord was thick and tangible. During this conference I grieved for this situation, that it would start to get better. During this time the Lord gave me a verse, and minutes later had it confirmed.
The verse He have me was from 2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
God had never given me a verse for my circumstances (or ever) before and I burst into tears when it was confirmed. Thank you Jesus for hearing us and for caring enough to talk to us. I know that God wants to mend this situation and I pray that faiths are also strengthened. That these ones we love will see Him provide and protect our family for following His voice.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Paperwork!!!
We have spend the better part of a week filling out paperwork to send to our Home Study Agency......
Hours of filling out paperwork...
But we are happy...no super happy....no really happy to say that we sent it on its way today....
I didn't realize there was going to be that much paperwork right away. I figured there would be a lot all together but.... wow... OK..... I just have to keep my eye on the reason why we are doing this.....
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