Saying its in God's hands and Believing it's in God's Hands are 2 different things

Right now, I am finding it easy to say that God is in control of this whole process. But I am having a hard time letting God do the work. Of course I do believe it is in God's hands I just am finding it very hard to leave it up to God.
We have had a busy couple of days doing adoption stuff. Wednesday June 23 T. and I went to Edmonton to a Meet and Greet with Gordon and Diane Lewis, the directors of the Mission on Tears agency in Ontario. It was nice to meet them and put names to faces for them and us. T. was impressed that Gordon actually remembered reading our application and remembered us. Also at this meeting was the Social worker that works in South Africa and matches the adoptive parents to the children. It was nice to talk to her and learn more about that children that our available. She did say that sibling groups of 2 are not very common and neither are twins. We asked her about my postpartum experience and she said that it shouldn't be a problem as it was a one time issue and if anything we may just need a doctors note clarifying that I am well to parent and that it shouldn't be an issue for adoption. That was Good News because I am always wondering.
Then on Thursday June, 24 from 3-5 pm . Our social worker came to our house for our home study visit. As you can imagine I was tidying and organizing like crazy. which was not needed!! But the house sure looks good now. I even hired a housekeeper and lawn care but that was because I was running out of time. She really didn't look at our house more at our interactions between each other and a few safety issues like where do you keep cleaning supplies and medicine and do you have a fire extinguisher and escape plan. She was friendly and easy to talk to. She has 4 children and lives in Whitecourt. Then on Friday June 25, T. and I drove to Whitecourt to meet with here for interviews from 10-12 and 1-3. So that was a long day. Lots of questions asking about your grandparents, parents, siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles and others. For one part T. and I were each given forms to fill out without talking. Then we each have to meet with our social worker to talk about our answers. This part made me feel the most nervous. Please pray for our social worker as she writes up our home study that it is a true reflection of who we are today and may God shine through this whole process. Pray for T and I to have strength as we put our trust in God. Love Dilly Dall

A Crazy Busy time right now

It has been a crazy busy week and the next will be busy as well. My Sister's wedding is in 2 days so there is lots of preparations for that happening. We are waiting for family and cousins to come. J and K keep asking when are my cousin's going to be here?
I found out that my medical doctor is moving so I had to hurry up and make an appointment and make sure I have the right medical form for the adoption. I also wanted to talk to him about our adoption because he is from South Africa and I wanted to learn more about the country and customs. So I have that appointment next week. When I phoned about the medical form I found out that Robyn, the lady in South Africa that arranges the adoptions will be in Edmonton on Wed. June 23 from 6:30 - 9 pm for a meet and greet and that we should try to attend. Well this date is perfect for us because Terry is just getting off shift and we can go. Then the next day Thursday June 24 our social worker is coming to meet with us at our house. This is stressful but really exciting how things our moving along!
Today K and I where looking on the globe to see where South Africa is and where Canada is. He said a little prayer asking God to protect his brother or sister until we can bring them home. This was really sweet and a prayer that we ask all of you to pray for us. J. is getting excited too she has told some friends at school and they are excited with her. We still have a lot of work ahead of us. Please keep praying that we have everything in order and for favor. Love D

So a few things have happened, On Friday we got a paper from the Government, allowing us to have a homestudy done. This doesn't approve us it just allows the social worker to do our homestudy. Then on Monday our Child welfare checks came and we all passed. That means that none of us have had any incidents with children's services. Nothing very interesting, but it does get 2 things checked off our very long "to do" lists. and I do love checking things off lists. So now we are waiting to be assigned a social worker from Alberta to come and check us out. The local (Alberta) agency that we are working with is Christian Adoption Services (CAS). The international agency that we applied to work with is called Mission of Tears (MOT). We are currently waiting to be accepted to work with MOT. They need to review our application and I think we should hear in about 2 weeks?
Right now we are considering adopting from South Africa. MOT is the only agency allowed by the South African government to facilitate adoptions in their county. The big pile of paperwork sent and required for adoptions is called a dossier (Doss-EE-AA) I'm not exactly sure what is all need for this but it is the "big pile" that you need to get notarized and translated and photocopied. I have read too many blogs about dossier's getting lost in the mail. So for now I wait for the agencies to get back to me. The first of many waits. hhhmm how patient am I?

Why am I Blogging??

Why am I blogging? Now that is a good question. I never thought I would start a blog. Me a blogger? I read blogs, actually lots of them from scrapbooking, crafting, parenting, to adoption. Right that is why I am blogging, incase I have yet to inform Our family is in the process of adopting internationally. OK sorry if this is the first you have heard of this, we have been busy getting the paperwork started.

Questions you may ask?
How long does it take? well around 18-24 months but I am hoping sooner!
What do we have to do? Lots and lots of paperwork for our homestudy. where a socialworker comes to your house and interviews you 3 times. She asks and wants to know everything from how you were raised to how much money you make.
why are we doing this? Because we have a desire in our hearts to expand our family through adoption.

Got more questions, just ask. I will do my best to answer them for you.

Love Dilly