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Date: 13 January 2006 17:09:48
I have an hour to kill before travelling with Mr. Dots to have dinner at an old friends' house. We haven't seen them in ages. Ironicly, we had prayed with them for years that God would grant them children. Then they moved further away, we bought their house, lost touch a bit and last Christmas we had an update letter saying that they were beginning to possibly consider adoption.
We didn't have much contact this year, so by the time we had come to our own decision to begin the assessment process for prospective adopters, we had completely forgotten their letter. We then got this year's Christmas letter saying they would be going to panel for approval with their completed assessment this month! (more on how that all works later).
So definately time to catch up. Years ago when we saw much more of each other, I could not have foreseen that we would come to such similar places at such a similar time. Strangely, I'm a little nervous to see them. It's the first time we will have spoken in depth with someone who has travelled the assessment road before us.
Assessment is such a nasty word for me. I hate being assessed. I have promised myself, however, that I will stop paying attention to the 'horror stories' one can hear and start trusting that this is what God wants for our family. And I'm sure our friends will be encouraging.