Hurry Up and Wait- I have already told you guys that I don't do this sort of thing well... Everything was supposed to be final on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. as long as the birthfather didn't mail anything in contesting the case of us adopting the boys.  Well... now we have this.

As we had hoped and thought, there was NOTHING from the birthfather on Tuesday and papers were taken to the judge on Wednesday, June 8 for him to sign off on the adoption. The judge decided to set a "final hearing" for July 20. For what? I have NO clue! He said he wants the attorneys to move faster and get the case settled... Makes no sense seeing that we have everything ready for him to just sign off on and everything would be final...

Our attorney is going to speak with the birthfather on Tuesday, June 14 @ 10:00 a.m. Her reason for speaking with him will be to try and convince him to sign the papers to agree to the adoption and not fight it. She is sort of "making a deal" with him. IF he signs the papers on Tuesday, then he will be able to receive pictures from the attorney of the children... IF he doesn't sign the papers and wants to wait for this "final hearing," then he will have NO rights and will NOT be able to even receive pictures.... They are trying to make him cooperate a little in this process... Who knows?

This is where we stand. I am so disgusted with our justice system. How can you give a man who is incarcerated so many chances to decide whether or not he wants to "have rights" to his children?? First of all I don't understand how anyone who is incarcerated should have a choice over his children- doesn't seem like he could even control himself, much less my children. Second of all, would a law abiding citizen get this many chances to reclaim their children?

The good news is that the birthfather has not done anything to try and remotely make amends for his children. Let's face it, if you need 20 days to make up your mind on whether you want your children or not... something isn't quite right.

Our attorney is confident that she will win the hearing on July 20, if it even comes down to that.

I am reminded over and over again of the following verse:

Proverbs 3: 5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.

We could not have gotten where we are today, with our children and family, without leaning on God. We came in to this trusting in Him and we are going to continue to trust in Him. Many times we have to go through trials in order to get to the end of celebration. Needless to say, we have been through the trials and would absolutely love to start the celebration!!! However, we are NOT giving up on God or our children. We WILL fight for them.

I know there has been alot of information in this particular post, but I ask one more thing of you: Please pray. Pray for God's Will to be done, NO MATTER WHAT! That is what we want for our children! All we can do is pray and trust in the Lord!