We are finally back home and it is good to be back! Many of you have been asking how we are doing and so let me try to fill in a little of what has been going on.
Thursday, we went to the notary to official sign all of our paperwork. We had already accepted his referral, but now we were signing to officially begin the process of adoption. We will have to complete more documents on our end and then will have to wait for a few more documents to arrive on the Russ*an side before all of our paperwork is submitted to the court; however, it is really nice to actually have the process started.
Because of when our appointment was at the notary, we were not able to go back to the orphanage on Thursday. While this was difficult for us, the Lord was very faithful to provide some much needed fellowship for us. The other adoptive families who were in Russ*a with us are such a blessing. They truly understand the joys and challenges of adoption and they know and understand the places that these children come from. Their honesty, encouragement and laughter was definitely what we needed on Thursday.
Friday, we began the long journey of heading home. The flights and layovers went very smoothly, and we had the unique experience of seeing the sun rise and set multiple times on the same day! :)
Many of you have also asked how we are doing since we returned home, and we are very grateful for your encouragement. I have struggled to know how to put words to what I am thinking and feeling. Leaving your child in another country and not knowing when you will return is extremely difficult--everything about it feels wrong. While we can be working on paperwork and completing our checklist, we ultimately have to place our child in our heavenly Father's hands--trusting in his protection, his sovereign timing, and his prefect will. This process is entirely out of our control, but it is not out of His.
Josh and I were talking as we drove home and the Lord had placed the same verse on both of our hearts:
How grateful I am for that promise. Thank you for your prayers and encouragement. Please don't stop praying. I cannot wait to be able to hold our little boy in his room upstairs and tell him of all the Lord has done and all who prayed him home.
Courtney Leigh
Thursday, we went to the notary to official sign all of our paperwork. We had already accepted his referral, but now we were signing to officially begin the process of adoption. We will have to complete more documents on our end and then will have to wait for a few more documents to arrive on the Russ*an side before all of our paperwork is submitted to the court; however, it is really nice to actually have the process started.
Because of when our appointment was at the notary, we were not able to go back to the orphanage on Thursday. While this was difficult for us, the Lord was very faithful to provide some much needed fellowship for us. The other adoptive families who were in Russ*a with us are such a blessing. They truly understand the joys and challenges of adoption and they know and understand the places that these children come from. Their honesty, encouragement and laughter was definitely what we needed on Thursday.
Friday, we began the long journey of heading home. The flights and layovers went very smoothly, and we had the unique experience of seeing the sun rise and set multiple times on the same day! :)
Many of you have also asked how we are doing since we returned home, and we are very grateful for your encouragement. I have struggled to know how to put words to what I am thinking and feeling. Leaving your child in another country and not knowing when you will return is extremely difficult--everything about it feels wrong. While we can be working on paperwork and completing our checklist, we ultimately have to place our child in our heavenly Father's hands--trusting in his protection, his sovereign timing, and his prefect will. This process is entirely out of our control, but it is not out of His.
Josh and I were talking as we drove home and the Lord had placed the same verse on both of our hearts:
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6
How grateful I am for that promise. Thank you for your prayers and encouragement. Please don't stop praying. I cannot wait to be able to hold our little boy in his room upstairs and tell him of all the Lord has done and all who prayed him home.
Courtney Leigh
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