God at work

Finances
  • A generous and unexpected financial gift from family made it possible for us to complete the adoption and remain debt free.
  • Bonus from work covered the plane tickets on second trip within a $50 difference
Work/Vacation
  • Always had enough vacation time without claiming FMLA  (although it came close many times).
  • A security event at work called the on-call analyst to make an international trip with only 3 days notice.  Had Anthony been the on-call analyst, there is no way we would have completed our court dossier before the judge went on extended vacation.  (By the way... he missed it by only two days.)
  • A particular work trip had been scheduled to travel in September back in May- even before we had received the referral.  Additionally, other travel plans for managers would have also restricted Anthony's travel availability.  God worked out the timing of all trips perfectly.

Timing
  • We had planned months in advance for Lori to be in Houston to renew Ana's Russian passport.  We discovered the day before she was scheduled to be an the Russian consulate that we were to travel to Russia in a matter of days.  Had we needed to mail passports in the mail and wait for their return, they wouldn't have made it on time.  It was only because we already had an appointment at the Russian consulate we could get the visas processed in time. 
  • Visa processing was incredibly perfect... Visas for first 2 trips arrived on the day before we were scheduled to leave.
  • We were concerned about how to arrange care for our kids... first 2 trips happened during summer when family could care for kids
Divine intervention  [Intentionally vague on both points]
  • Anthony was nervous about our court appointment.  Not only did God answer... He did it in true God fashion- with an exclamation point.  :-)
  • After three disappointing referrals, we were growing concerned that we were emotionally and financially equipped to handle another international referral.  The referral we accepted was without a doubt- an answered prayer!

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  1. kateSeptember 30, 2012 at 7:46 PM

    God is very good. He puts the right child in the right families at the right time.

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