The Room and Email

There has been much happening in the Bowden house hold in the past month. I am still battling some health issues but, feel like we are getting some things under control. But probably the most exciting news was that we bought a house.

We knew that we were going to need to move in October. Our lease was up, our apartment complex not the best and most of all we have a home study to get done. At which we really need to stay in the place that our home study is done in until our adoption is complete. So we began the great house hunt this summer. Thanks to some awesome real estate agents (Thank you ladies) we were able to find a house without spending over what God had laid on our hearts. We are in the process of getting the house cleaned up so we can move at the end of the month.

But the room…. As we work on the house and we think about where things are going we have this room, that we know will be empty until a little one or two fill it. It is a room that is not going to get painted or have furniture in it until we know her or them. And so every time I walk into that room, I think of our children and their little bodies occupying that space. I find myself instantly praying for she or they and the point where we can say welcome home. So we are eagerly cleaning, painting and getting ready for the move. And then the home study.

We also got an interesting email this week. Long story short, someone called our church and they had a set of 3 month old twins that they wanted a family to adopt. These little babies are Vietnamese and have had a rough life already. We chatted and said yes. Upon making the call back to say that there was a family, the dad was a bit taken back that there was a family. He is now trying to get his mom over here to help him.

But in the reality, it was a wake-up call for the both of us from God. He is asking the question, what else do you need to do to essentially get yourself ready. Reality is we will not be ready for everything and we know that, but there are some things that God has called us to move through to be as ready as he wants us.

I will post some more pictures this weekend of our house. Some people have asked us how they can be involved and I will post those as well. So Pumpkin Bread lovers stay tuned…….

This is a video that I think I might have put up before… But I think it tells a great story of the place that we are in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4eZybIXpm8