Well friends it is official! I am going to Russia to adopt Dmitry P. in Region 16! I am so excited that I am about to bust! Now to apply for grants, ask friends and family for help and fund raisers!
Anyone that would like to help being with money, prayers, or a helping hand for fund raisers would be greatly appreciated! I have my home study update today at 5:30. And we are off on our next journey. Also I have one of my grants going before the comittee 4/6/10! Wish me luck!
Please pray that we can get this show on the road! My little Russian man is waiting for me to bring him home!
Erica
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
New Adventure
Let me start out by saying GOD IS GOOD! Through this tough time I am stronger than ever. I have inquired about the precious little one in Russia. They are checking to see if he is still available. If he is I fell God may be sending me to RUSSIA!!! It is going to take all of my friends, family, and friends of friends to bring him home. The ideas for fund raisers are swirling and I am going to talk to different groups about donating to his adoption. Since all of the money from the first adoption is gone I have to start from square one. It will take all of my resources to get this off the ground but I know God provides for the faithful and obedient.
If God takes me to Russia and we bring him home he will be the first in his region with a Special Needs adoption. And there is a list of little ones to be adopted behind him that are not available until he is adopted. Pray for all of their forever families also. I am so excited about the possibility of making such a difference in a little life. My mom is nervous but she is my mom that is her job. =D She doesn't want me to get hurt again. And neither do I but life is about taking chances and God will carry you through. And his plan has not completed itself yet. I heard someone say you can be on the right path and God can change his mind he might decide he wants to use you elsewhere. This is what happened to me. I did everything I could but God had other plans.
I pray that if this is God's will he will work all things out and bring peace and clarity to the decisions that face me in the near future.
I will leave you with this thought...
"Once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know, and holds us responsible to act" Proverbs 24:12
~Erica
If God takes me to Russia and we bring him home he will be the first in his region with a Special Needs adoption. And there is a list of little ones to be adopted behind him that are not available until he is adopted. Pray for all of their forever families also. I am so excited about the possibility of making such a difference in a little life. My mom is nervous but she is my mom that is her job. =D She doesn't want me to get hurt again. And neither do I but life is about taking chances and God will carry you through. And his plan has not completed itself yet. I heard someone say you can be on the right path and God can change his mind he might decide he wants to use you elsewhere. This is what happened to me. I did everything I could but God had other plans.
I pray that if this is God's will he will work all things out and bring peace and clarity to the decisions that face me in the near future.
I will leave you with this thought...
"Once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know, and holds us responsible to act" Proverbs 24:12
~Erica
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Sorry it has been so long. I was flying under the radar for a bit. As most of you know we came home with no little one. His parents decided to parent him. Which is a good thing. It didn't hurt anyless but it is a good thing. So now I am seeking the little one God has for ME.
I am looking at some different options. I am looking both International & Domestic. Russia has a CUTE little one who is 9 months old. Wow I know. That is HUGE! Please keep me in your prayers and my Aiden.
God blesses me everyday through the tough experience and I get to share that with others.
Erica
I am looking at some different options. I am looking both International & Domestic. Russia has a CUTE little one who is 9 months old. Wow I know. That is HUGE! Please keep me in your prayers and my Aiden.
God blesses me everyday through the tough experience and I get to share that with others.
Erica
Monday, December 14, 2009
Still Hoping and Keeping the faith!
Well it is gloomy here in CA! We are running out of options. We really only have one left. I am struggling with myself right now. Did I do something wrong or could I have done anything different. I do not think God brought me on this journey for my heart to hurt like this. I am faithful and in prayer for God's will. I just don't feel like God would bring me here and let me hold him, bond with him, and love on him to snatch it out from under me. I can not express my hurt and my mom is sad because she can't fix it or take the pain away. I feel like I have lost a child. But I continue to pray for peace and clarity. Please continue o pray for my family we are all trying to find peace. And I have realized things over the past couple of days that I would have never though about. Like a more closed adoption. I wanted them to be able to know as much as they wanted. My thick skin has set in and I am trying to be strong for mom and for my sanity.
Please pray that if this is MY Aiden it will work out and if not PLEASE pray for PEACE. This really sucks right now!
Love you all
Erica
Please pray that if this is MY Aiden it will work out and if not PLEASE pray for PEACE. This really sucks right now!
Love you all
Erica
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Little Bit of Faith
Well Friday we flew out here to CA to meet Aiden. He was precious. He scrunched up his little face and I patted him on bottom and he calmed right down. He was so tiny. But so much love in one little body.
The next day I got to go see him and the nurse said I get to hold him!!!!!!!! It was so funny once I help him his O2 sats, body temp, and respirations all were steady. We went back that night and held him some more. He was on room air. The nurses said our earlier visit must have been good because he held steady all day! Go Baby Boy!
Today he was doing great! He had no tubes and no stickers on his face. Precious. He opened his eyes and keep them open for about 45 minutes. He would smile and touch my face. Oh how I love that little boy. Then this afternoon we hit a snag. They called and said that the birthfamily decided to keep him. I was crushed. I cried and cried but I know God has bigger plans. I talked to the Lawyer and I feel a little better. It does suck but I am not giving up. I fought to get my profile seen for him and I am fighting for this baby again! Keep praying for this I feel like tomorrow is a better day.
Love you!
Erica
The next day I got to go see him and the nurse said I get to hold him!!!!!!!! It was so funny once I help him his O2 sats, body temp, and respirations all were steady. We went back that night and held him some more. He was on room air. The nurses said our earlier visit must have been good because he held steady all day! Go Baby Boy!
Today he was doing great! He had no tubes and no stickers on his face. Precious. He opened his eyes and keep them open for about 45 minutes. He would smile and touch my face. Oh how I love that little boy. Then this afternoon we hit a snag. They called and said that the birthfamily decided to keep him. I was crushed. I cried and cried but I know God has bigger plans. I talked to the Lawyer and I feel a little better. It does suck but I am not giving up. I fought to get my profile seen for him and I am fighting for this baby again! Keep praying for this I feel like tomorrow is a better day.
Love you!
Erica
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
It is close!
Sorry I have been so bad at keeping up with my blog! It has been busy busy. I was blessed the day of my last blog to find out the "real" story behind God's involvement in Aidens birth. I know that God is in everything but I got Nada's side of what happened.
She was going to abort because she felt she could not have the baby but funding was not available. She later saved the money and she was too far along. (Whew) Then she found out that he had markers for Down Syndrome which was followed with an Amnio for a 99.99% diagnosis. So you see she knew before she found out that he had Downs that she couldn't keep him.
Fast forward to Aug. when I first saw him on CHASK. I asked that my profile be sent but it was not ready. So I said if he was meant to be mie it would work out. I kept looking and on her side she had picked a family. The mother (potential adoptive) had a sister with Downs, unfortunately she passed away during their matching process and once teh birth family picked them 100% the family had already been matched with another child and they would be together any day now. Birth mom asked if they wanted another and they said give him to someone else who is on this journey. (Do you have chills yet?) Now it is late September/earlyOctober. He was back up on CHASK same area and everything. But they wanted married couples only. I still thought why not so I requested that my profile be sent and CHASK said sorry they want married only. Which I knew was going to be a bump in my journey. A week and a half later he was still on the site I felt such a tug to try again. All they could say was no again...so I emailed Sherry at CHASK again and asked her to please send my profile. I didn't want to bother her but I told her if I am supposed to be his mommy and I don't try what will happen to him? About an hour later Sherry emailed me back and said she would sent it over. This was the Thursday before Buddy Walk. I was expecting 2 weeks or so but the next Monday is when they picked me! It took another week for birth dad to be onboard but he is mine! The funny thing is the week after we were matched my completed homestudy came in the mail! God is so amazing! If you rely on him he will pave the path. I had my first homestudy visit July 24th and he will be born on December 17th (if he behaves this is 2 weeks early). So in the time it takes most people to get a home study I got my baby boy! Oh and financially I was concerned. I applied for a loan and that didn't work out but I had paid off a Credit Card and not closed it out for some reason. Well it had a limit to cover what I had asked the bank for. I have also applied for a grant. Please continue to pray for that area!
I know this was long but I thought this part of the journey was so neat because you can see where this is God 's thing! I am just along for the ride!
Mom and I have 23 days before we meet Aiden Benjamin!
Please continue to pray for his birthfamily, my family, and the financials!
I can't wait for you all to meet him!
She was going to abort because she felt she could not have the baby but funding was not available. She later saved the money and she was too far along. (Whew) Then she found out that he had markers for Down Syndrome which was followed with an Amnio for a 99.99% diagnosis. So you see she knew before she found out that he had Downs that she couldn't keep him.
Fast forward to Aug. when I first saw him on CHASK. I asked that my profile be sent but it was not ready. So I said if he was meant to be mie it would work out. I kept looking and on her side she had picked a family. The mother (potential adoptive) had a sister with Downs, unfortunately she passed away during their matching process and once teh birth family picked them 100% the family had already been matched with another child and they would be together any day now. Birth mom asked if they wanted another and they said give him to someone else who is on this journey. (Do you have chills yet?) Now it is late September/earlyOctober. He was back up on CHASK same area and everything. But they wanted married couples only. I still thought why not so I requested that my profile be sent and CHASK said sorry they want married only. Which I knew was going to be a bump in my journey. A week and a half later he was still on the site I felt such a tug to try again. All they could say was no again...so I emailed Sherry at CHASK again and asked her to please send my profile. I didn't want to bother her but I told her if I am supposed to be his mommy and I don't try what will happen to him? About an hour later Sherry emailed me back and said she would sent it over. This was the Thursday before Buddy Walk. I was expecting 2 weeks or so but the next Monday is when they picked me! It took another week for birth dad to be onboard but he is mine! The funny thing is the week after we were matched my completed homestudy came in the mail! God is so amazing! If you rely on him he will pave the path. I had my first homestudy visit July 24th and he will be born on December 17th (if he behaves this is 2 weeks early). So in the time it takes most people to get a home study I got my baby boy! Oh and financially I was concerned. I applied for a loan and that didn't work out but I had paid off a Credit Card and not closed it out for some reason. Well it had a limit to cover what I had asked the bank for. I have also applied for a grant. Please continue to pray for that area!
I know this was long but I thought this part of the journey was so neat because you can see where this is God 's thing! I am just along for the ride!
Mom and I have 23 days before we meet Aiden Benjamin!
Please continue to pray for his birthfamily, my family, and the financials!
I can't wait for you all to meet him!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
6 Weeks
Wow Who would have thought it. God has truly steered this adoption and in 6 weeks I will be holding my son! HOLY COW! God is amazing. Not that I ever doubted!
Please continue to pray for his birth family. His birth dad is having a hard time signing his rights away. And pray that God will continue to work out the financial side of this also. Both lawyers are needing to be paid and I am waiting to hear from the bank. But God is good and this will all work out.
Have a great day!
Please continue to pray for his birth family. His birth dad is having a hard time signing his rights away. And pray that God will continue to work out the financial side of this also. Both lawyers are needing to be paid and I am waiting to hear from the bank. But God is good and this will all work out.
Have a great day!
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