It has been a very exhausting weekend here at the Fullington house. Barry and I were awoken at 2:00 Sunday morning when a car was driven into our retaining wall in the front yard. What a fiasco! However, the Lord gave us an amazing gift this weekend that we will not let a little busted up retaining wall wreck (no pun intended)!
A few weeks ago I was looking through a waiting children's list that was recommended on the Facebook site "Bulgarian Adoptions" and I came across a little face that (oddly enough) reminded me quite a bit of mine and Jordan, my nieces, baby pictures (darker hair and darker eyes but I had absolutely seen that expression before). I requested more info on her knowing it was a huge long shot. When I received her medical history her conditions that put her on the waiting list seemed quite minor and very manageable to me...not to mention her photos are precious and quite sassy...she would fit right in around here!
I sent all of the information over to our pediatrician for his review and comment, all the while praying that God would speak right into our spirits (through Dr. Kirshner) as to whether or not this sweet little face belonged to our daughter. We were already starting to fall in love with her but were afraid to trust our hearts because we just want it so badly. We received the call from Dr. Kirshner Friday evening and his exact words were "I see no reason why you should not pursue adopting this child". Tears...joy...glee...peace....I can't tell you all the emotions.
As of last week, our agency said they could not find any record of her being spoken for and asked if we wanted to move forward with being matched with her. We wanted to wait to hear from Dr. Kirshner (and God of course) but we have since sent an email to the agency asking them to proceed with matching us to her.
Please continue to pray for our family and our daughter...whether she is this precious little girl or not. If she is not meant to be our daughter I know it is because God has another for us. Please pray that if she is ours we will hit as few bumps along they way as possible and get her home just as soon as we can. Please pray that if she is not our daughter God sends our sweet girl to us very soon, and that if we are not her family, she is blessed with the family meant for her...that she deserves, as soon as possible.
Thank you for all of your prayers along our journey...please keep them coming! We love you all and are so grateful for you lifting our family up to the Lord. Also, don't forget that if you still have Christmas gifts to purchase, and you would like to help our baby get home, 147 Million Orphans has some great gift options. You can find our link on my November post to the blog. Thanks again, and may God bless all of you as He so graciously has blessed us.
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