• Godly Parenting

    Adoption – The Paperwork Mountain

    The paperwork! As I said in the first installment Getting Started, the paperwork mountain was the most daunting part of the process for us. What made it so additionally difficult was collecting all the paperwork. It seemed like every time we had everything together, we needed one more form, address, or certificate. Each state or agency will have its own list, but this list will get you started. Pet vaccinations and statements of health. You need to provide copies of all pet records Personal statements of health from your physician and lists of any medical conditions or medications. For private or agency adoptions any kind of major illness might be…

  • Faith based living

    Faith Mountain

    I am standing in the muck right now, spiritual muck. Life got real hard spiritually during the past week. From the outside, everything looks great or at least no different, but from the inside I’m standing in front of a faith mountain pounding my fists against its craggy surface, screaming, “MOVE!!!” But it doesn’t budge. I’m feeling discouraged, defeated, depressed, wounded, alone. I spent several days last week near tears every second of the day. My heart felt like an albatross around my neck. I had moments of laughter, but the sadness just kind of hung around. The situation grew into a mountain. It was a mountain that I have…