The finish line is approaching—WE HAVE ANOTHER MATCH!

We got the GOOD NEWS last week that we've been chosen to adopt a baby girl that's due in less than eight weeks! 

We are very excited, but a little restrained in our excitement. Maybe because we've waited so long, or because we've experienced so many close calls; we are finding it's a little hard to "feel" like this is really happening. But the circumstances surrounding this potential adoption have the odds of us truly meeting our baby as favorable as they can be. 

So, in addition to our reserved excitement, we're also feeling a little nervous and a little anxious. We've been working and waiting for this day for quite a while, but it feels like there's so much that needs to be done and so little time to do it. We've kinda heard that's a normal feeling, for any parent-to-be :)

We have a nursery nearly ready; with just some "girl" touches to add, since we've kept it gender neutral. "We" also got a little ahead of ourselves and purchased some outfits that will be great in 6-12 months (but they are soooo adorable...). 

Thankfully we've already had some friends volunteer to let us borrow some newborn baby clothes, and we've had several friends offer tips for what we will need for the first couple days. We still don't want to go overboard, and we are mostly waiting for any baby showers in the case that things don't work out. So for now, we're planning to get the bare essentials to get us through the first little bit.

One thing that we are still praying to complete before the baby comes is our fundraising . We need close to $4,000 to finalize the adoption. God has been so good in providing nearly $18,000 through fundraising and donations of loving friends and strangers and we are trusting in Him to take us all the way. 

If you'd like to help take us to the finish line you can still make a donation through Paypal using the link on our blog's home page, or you give through our tax deductible fund set up through Lifesong for Orphans. 

Thank you for your prayers and for your support up to this point. Please continue to ask God with us for grace and provision, and for health and safety for our baby and her birth mom. 

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Jeremiah 29:11