Jehovah-Jireh ~ "The Lord will provide"
As I said in a previous blog our initial application was approved and we were waiting to make our first deposit of $1350 so that we could continue to the next step...the home study. The home study is a 4-6 month process where your agency collects any and all information about both adoptive parents. And when I say everything I mean, birth certificates, marriage license, criminal records from every county you have each lived in since 18. You have to be FBI fingerprinted, given international physicals and I am just touching the tip of the home study iceberg!! So the longer it takes us to get the $1350 to our agency the longer we wait to start the home study.
Well, of course Scott and I were unsure as to where we were going to get an extra $1350.00 from our already strapped budget and would you believe we received a phone call from our CPA in TN and he noticed a mistake in our 2008 taxes. After he finished the amendment form to be submitted, the government owed us a little bit of money! Can you guess how much? $1364.00!!!!!!! $14 over what our initial deposit is! Scott and I were ecstatic to say the least and once again God had provided in a way we could have never dreamed of.
The very small fly in our ointment was the money still wasn't going to get to us for quite some time which still put us some time out. But on thursday I decided to check the IRS website and see if they had updated our info and guess what? They had! And the money was being direct deposited into our account friday morning. So now we are finishing our paperwork and writing a check to send off to our agency so that we can start the home study! Weeks or possibly months faster then we anticipated.
Can I tell you that countless times Scott and I have read blog after blog and article after article that says even when you are fearful, fearful of what adoption will cost, with your money, your time or your comfort, step out in that fear. Knowing that in your fear God will be made known. His power, His provision, His sovereignty! Knowing that in your fear God's grace will be made known in the life of a child.
Journey with us as we watch God continue to perform miracles in our lives and in our family!
Nikki, that's awesome!! What confirmation from the Lord that you're walking down the right path and to continue to take steps forward in faith. He will provide!!
ReplyDeleteYea, God!!!! He knew in 2008 that you were going to need that money. His timing is perfect!
ReplyDeleteWhat a blessing! It's one of those tender mercies that the Lord places in our lives. I'm glad that things are continuing to move forward!
ReplyDeleteWe were actually just talking with some friends last night about their international adoption (they adopted a little girl from Nepal). It's amazing what they had to deal with! They commented that they have learned so much since they brought her back (it's been several years now... she's 17 and the most amazing girl I've ever met!)