Some leads

Could you all please pray for a special intention if you get a chance today?

We were contacted by our adoption agency this morning (surprisingly and thankfully I didn't get my hopes up that it was "the" call, even though our case worker has never called us before). It turns out that a little baby boy was abandoned at a hospital in our state. So Social Services apparently reached out to several adoption agencies to ask for interested adoptive couples, and our case worker immediately thought of us.

They are guessing that the baby is about three weeks old and they do not know what race he is (which would lead you to believe he isn't obviously Caucasian).

We don't know any other details, other than he's been in DSS custody for a week, and whoever is chosen to adopt him will most likely technically be fostering-to-adopt for six months. I think that's when she said the parental rights will be terminated (which possibly take that long because the parents are unknown?).

We'll see. Our case worker said she has no idea how many couples are being considered. It could be a just a few or they may be inundated with couples. And she has no idea when we might possibly hear something.

This is actually our second potential lead in just a few days. On Saturday, Lifehopes got a call about a woman who had given birth and was interested in adoption. Since she and her husband are already matched, she asked the contact if she could send our profile, which she did. Isn't she so thoughtful?

We haven't heard anything back on that one, but just the thought that a birthmother was looking over our profile was exciting. No one had even looked at our profile for more than nine months, and you don't get a baby by no one looking at your profile!

So I am praising God today for these leads. Even if nothing comes from either one, it is still an answer to prayer.

It's also a reminder to me that one day our time will come. Despite the fact that it seems so completely bleak so much of the time, we will have a baby eventually. There might still be a very long wait ahead, and it might be excruciatingly painful, but we will get that call.

So if you happen to remember to, I would greatly appreciate your prayers for this situation. Especially for this little boy, that he can be safe and healthy and placed with the family that is meant to raise him.