Waiting

It has been awhile since we have written anything. So i just wanted to let all of you know where we are now. On Monday Heidi got all the papers needed to finish our home study. She was going to send that up to Blue Earth where it needs to get signed and then mailed back to us. From there we can mail out all our grant applications.
For now all we do is wait and put it in God's hands. We are realizing that this is defiantly the toughest part of the process. Just the fact that there is nothing more we can do to move it along more quickly. So for know we just ask for your continued prayers for patients for us as we wait. And more importantly for the birth mom's out there as they have some very difficult decisions to make. Also please pray for the child that God has planned for us!
Some of you have been asking how our process is going and we really appreciate that. Even though lately nothing is really changing but thanks for all the support you have all shown through this process. When days get tough we have to remind ourselves that in the end when we have that baby in our arms it will all be worth it.

We have one more prayer request.. Davis (Dustin's brother) is deployed overseas so please just keep him in your prayers as well.
I hope everyone is having a great week.
Dustin and Ashley

Good News

We have more good news! My fingerprints came back yesterday! I talked to Heidi today and she let me know that they have started showing our book. So we are very excited about that. We feel very fortunate that our adoption process has gone so fast! So now we wait and see what God has planned for us. For now we ask that you pray for the baby that God has planned for us, and also for patience as we wait.
God Bless,
Dustin and Ashley

One Step At a Time

Our adoption process is coming together one step at a time. We received an e-mail from Heidi today to tell us that Dustin's Adam Welsh is back! So that is the good news ! Mine (Ashley's) on the other hand are not back yet, and Heidi said that if it does not come back in the next week they will call to see where it is. So i guess now we just pray that the fingerprint are clear enough to read. So that I do not have to do them again. We were just glad to hear that Dustin's are back so that is the exciting part of our day!
This weekend we will be working on getting some pictures together to email to CAS (Christian Adoption Services). They are located in NC and are partnered with New Horizons. They have a website in which they put up pictures of the families looking to adopt for the birth parents to look at if they choose.
We would like to thank all of you for your continued prayers and support.
Dustin and Ashley

I hope all of you are getting a chance to enjoy the beautiful day!
Last night we had our last homestudy meeting. Our homestudy has went very quickly and we are so happy about that. Heidi our socail worker has been great we have really enjoyed working with her and we feel very blessed to have her as our social worker! Our last homestudy got moved up b/c next week Heidi and Ryan are going to North Carolina to get their baby if all continues to go well. So we would just like for everyone to keep them in your prayers!
Our homestudy went well we thought, and now all we are waiting for is our Adam Walsh (which is our finger prints). Which we knew that we would prolly be waiting on that b/c they say it usually takes along time!
We have almost completed everything that we need to do. So all we can really do now is put it in God's hands.
We just ask for your prayers as we wait!
Thanks for all your support!
Dustin and Ashley

One Step Closer!

As of today we are completely finished with our profile books! Which we are very excited about, we just feel like we are one step closer to seeing what God has in store for us!
Our third home study also moved up a little so now we are having that this Friday the 16th. It will be our final meeting, all we have to wait for then is our finger prints. It is hard to say how long that will take. I guess Iowa usually takes along time to get them processed.
That is all the news we have for now. We have been amazed as to how fast our process has gone so far. We just pray that things continue to move along smoothly b/c we know that the adoption process can be a real emotional roller coaster.
Thanks for all your prayers!
Dustin and Ashley

2nd Homestudy:)

Hello again! We had our 2nd home study last night, we thought it went very well. The questions were mostly about our marriage and how we will raise and discipline our kids. Which were kinda tough to answer just because we do not have any kids. But we got them all answered and it was kinda nice i guess to think about.
We feel very fortunate to have such a great social worker. We seem to get along with her very well and she is very helpful and honest when making certain decisions. God has truly been blessing us in every part of our adoption process. We are so excited to see where God will lead us we really feel that He has blessed us so far!! All we can do is trust him in all our decisions.
Our next home study is May 22 then we will be finished with this part. The one thing that may hold us up is our fingerprints, they are not back yet and they usually take a long time. So once they are back and our home study is done our book can go out!!
We want to thank everyone for all the prayers and support the last couple months it has been awesome!! We feel very blessed to have such great family and friends!!

Hello to all, i hope everyone had a chance to enjoy the beautiful weather! It looks like spring is here today and that is very exciting.
Yesterday Dustin and I went to the adoption orientation in Blue Earth, MN. It was really nice to meet some of the ladies that work up there. We really enjoyed the class and it was great to hear that the ladies there rely on God completely and it is a very Faith based agency.
There was a panel of couples that came to talk to us about their experiences which is always great to hear. They of coarse brought there children along which makes us even more excited! But they also stress that we need patience. God has a baby chosen for us and it will work out in His time. So as always we need prayers for patience:) Once our home study is over all we can do is wait and most importantly pray for the birth mom's out there who have very hard and important decisions to make.
That is what is happening in our adoption process we thank you for taking the time to read our blog!
This morning in my devotions I had a great bible verse I just wanted to share it with all of you.

Then he took a child, had him stand among them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them, "Whoever welcomes one little child such as this in My name welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me does not welcome Me, but Him who sent Me." Mark 9:36-37

I hope all of you have a great week

Dustin and Ashley