A Little Woman

We finished our homestudy on Monday!
Mama and Daddy have an all day training seminar on Friday.
I am soooo excited! Ever since I remeber I have wanted to have and baby at our house. Alot of things are going to change, but I think it will mostly be fun. The baby will sleep in Mama and Daddy's room at first, and after that whoever ends up sharing with them will get the room I have now, because it is the biggest.
This process takes up alot of time. Mama was gone all morning the last two Fridays, and she spent all morning Monday talking to the social worker. Spencer and I have been helping with alot of Hanna's school while Mama is busy. It is actually fun.
We are almost to the point where we are ready to get a baby!

Mama and Daddy and I are all reading (the same copy of) Adopted for Life by Russell D. Moore. It has been very helpful for understanding the spirital aspects of adoption. I recomend this book even if you are not planning on adoption.

But adoption is contested, both in its cosmic and missional aspects. The Scriptures tell us there are unseen beings in the air around us who would rather we not think about what it means to be who we are in Christ. These rulers of the age would rather we ignore both the eternal reality and the earthly icon of it. They would rather we find our identity, our inheritance, and our mission according...to what the Bible calls "the flesh"-rather than according to the veiled rhythms of the Spirit of life.
That's why adoption isn't charity it's war.

-Russell D. More