Orphan Sunday

This past Sunday was Orphan Sunday. Churches across the nation joined in remembering the children across the world who are living in orphanages just waiting to be loved. 

My church didn't mention it. Which doesn't say anything bad about our church, but it saddens me that it wasn't even on anyone's mind. To be honest, I didn't remember it until yesterday when I went through my reading list and saw a bunch of posts about it. That makes me sad too.

But I believe that God was at work on Orphan Sunday 2011 for Chase and Ashley Todd. We got in bed late Saturday night and stayed up looking at information on adoption from the Democratic Republic of the Congo until early Sunday morning. Through the site we were on, we realized that the DRC meets our requirements and we meet theirs. With all the different countries and agencies out there, it's hard to know which one is the right one. I've really been praying that God will show us clearly which agency and country is right for us. I feel like that happened for us early Sunday morning. For now, I'm at peace with the decision to pursue adoption from the Congo. 

We had a meeting scheduled with a local adoption agency tonight, but Chase had to cancel for volleyball. I would normally be upset that he chose his one great love volleyball over real life, but somehow it's ok with me. I think it's because I'm overwhelmed with all the information at the moment. They host an informational meeting once a month, so we'll catch the one next month.

That's all I really have to update on right now. Things are moving along. We've been in contact with an agency that's appealing to us. I checked them out with the better business bureau, adoptionagencyreviews.com and adoptionagencyratings.com, and they check out pretty good, so I still feel good about it. In the words of Chase, it's a lot like buying a car...we just have to find the salesman that feels right to us, because they can all make it sound good. True, true.