Big News!

Our family has an announcement!!!  After 3 years of waiting to adopt from Taiwan and 1 year of waiting to adopt from China, we are matched with a precious boy in China!  We are so excited to introduce Jing Tian to you our friends and family.

So we have been asked several questions by you, our sweet friends and family, and I thought I'd resurrect our blog and address them here....

1.  Have we chosen a name?

We will keep Jing Tian as his middle name and have not yet settled on a first name.  A name's meaning is really important to us and we can't quite land on one, yet.

2.  How long before we can bring him home?

9-12 months

3.  How old is he?

18 months old

4.  Will we be traveling to China?

Yes! And I can't wait to hold this sweet little love in my arms!

5.  How does Nathanael feel about us adopting again?

He is SOOOO excited!!!  He tells everyone multiple times that he is going to get a "new brudder".

6.  How can you help or support our family?

• Pray for the process, paperwork, and for us to have favor with the governments and agencies.
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• Support our fundraisers that will begin soon.
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• Give (and it's even tax deductible) here.  www.adopttogether.com/shubertfamily Adoption is expensive, y'all.  I wish it wasn't.  I'd have a houseful of little loves if I could!  Giving to an adoptive family is a great way to live out James 1:27 "Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you."  NLT

Thank y'all for joining our journey and keep following along.  We love you all!

So this is the post, that I don't know how to write...

I've been trying to figure out how to write this post and what to write for weeks.  We have been on the waiting list to adopt for 2 years now.  Our home study has been completed for so long that it is about to expire.  We have been waiting, waiting, and waiting some more.  A couple of weeks ago, our agency let us know that the Taiwanese government is in no hurry to grant their adoption license.  Our agency has done all they can do.  They were supposed to be able to apply this fall, but now they are being told that it will likely be another year at least.  So they let their waiting families know and suggested that we may want to look into other options for adoption.  Please pray for our family as we seek the Lord for how he wants to build our family.  We still plan to adopt, but are not sure what direction to go in at this time.  We want the child God has for our family.  In addition to this, were are currently going through a stressful time as a family in other ways as well.  Please keep us in your prayers that God will guide and direct us and that we will lean into Him during this time.  I will leave you with a song that describes where I am emotionally right now.  I need to melt in His peace and be overwhelmed by that instead of my circumstances right now. 

"The more I seek you,
The more I find you
The more I find you, the more I love you

I wanna sit at your feet
Drink from the cup in your hand.
Lay back against you and breath, feel your heart beat
This love is so deep, it's more than I can stand.
I melt in your peace, it's overwhelming"

Joy in the Journey

Joy in the Journey adoption ministry asked for adoptive families to submit posts for their blog.  I submitted a post about how God miraculously provided for Nathanael's adoption through amazing friends.  It was encouraging to write that blog post because every word I wrote was a reminder that God can provide in amazing ways for this adoption.  I'm so excited to see what he will do.  If you are interested in reading my post, here it is...http://joyinthejourneyadoption.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-fear-of-finances.html  While you are there, check out their other articles.  They are an amazing resource for families considering adoption, in the adoption process, or already home with their kiddos.  I highly recommend their ministry.  Now go check them out! :)