Thursday, April 15, 2010

We Are Praising God Tonight!

As many of you know, our trial was scheduled for this week and next. To make a long story short, when we got to court on Tuesday (the first day) we spent some time with Matthew's birth father and he was considering agreeing to the adoption. He gave his formal consent today and said that he thought it was in his son's best interest. We will continue to see him. He will have frequent visits with his son. Through this long and sometimes very painful process, all of us have become a sort of blended family. In fact, when he walked up to us today in the waiting room he smiled and said, "Hey family!" We are glad that the legal process is (almost) done and we can all proceed together into what is hopefully a very positive future. Matthew, of course, doesn't know any difference and Garrett is incredibly happy! Troy and I are praising God and thanking him for the marvelous way this came together today.

We drove Matthew's father home and Matthew's mother continued on to San Diego with us. Having the four of us in a car, at the beginning of this journey together, was an amazing experience.

We thank all of you for the prayers you have prayed on our behalf! We thank God for the privilege and joy of raising this boy.

45 comments:

  1. Thank you Jesus!!! Wow. What an amazing journey this has been for you and your family. I am praising the Lord with tears in my eyes for you tonight. So, so, so happy for you.

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  2. AMEN! What a blessed life Matthew will have with so many people to love him. May God continue to bless your family!

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  3. Praise God! I am so happy for you and your family.

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  4. Matthew's life will never be short on love, that's for sure! God has blessed you all. So happy to hear the news.

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  5. This brought tears to my eyes! Thank you God! he is one amazing God indeed. I am so happy for your family Lori! I've been praying all week. Love to you and your family.

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  6. that's so awesome. God is amazing :)

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  7. This is such amazing news! I'm so happy for your family.

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  8. Hip Hip Hurray!! So excited for you! I remember a while back I told you that I would pray that the outcomes would be better than expected! This is wonderful. Enjoy snuggling your boys today.

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  9. Oh my goodness! What great news! I'm so proud of Matthew's birth father. I know he loves Matthew and wanted him (who wouldn't!) and this had to be hard for him. But I'm so happy that he did this and I'm happy you all will be together!

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  10. GOD IS SO AWESOME!!! I love that you have the joy of raising Matthew and loving his birth father.

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  11. Oh my gosh!!! Im am so happy for you guys, I have goose bumps and tears in my eyes, praise the Lord!!!!

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  12. We are praising our Mighty God! So, so happy for you and your family of four. God bless!

    Linda W

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  13. Praising God right along with you! I have been checking to find out and I am so glad that is the outcome. We have a really open adoption with both of charleighs birthparents and it's good! God is so good!!!!

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  14. Crying in joy and God's provision! What a happy outcome for no hard feelings and no unhappiness for anyone. God is indeed great!

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  15. Praise God!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the best blog post all month! So happy for you guys!!

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  16. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!!! So very happy for y'all! Thank God!!!

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  17. you guys must feel like all the christmas mornings you've had in your entire life are rolled into one! so thankful to our awesome God!

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  18. Praising God with you today!!!! Our God is Awesome! Never underestimate the goodness and faithfulness of God! Matthew is blessed to have so many people who love him! Thank you Jesus for answered prayer!
    Thanks for sharing you amazing news!

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  19. Sharing tears of joy with you tonight! Thanks for sharing your journey with the world. Blessing, from Abbotsford, BC :)

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  20. THIS IS HUGE!!!! i'm so excited for you. i'm so thankful to GOD. thank you for giving me something else to be so grateful and amazed by, our GOD is so good. So excited for you guys, i could piddle!

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  21. You don't know me, but I have been praying for your family. What amazing news! God bless!

    A reader from Alberta, Canada.

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  22. Hallelujah!! I've been praying and praying for you. What a great reminder that we serve a powerful God!

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  23. "Happy Settlement Finalization Day!" - Or simply, "Matthew's Ours Day!"

    Oh, I am so happy for you and know your heart is just so bursting with joy and peace at the same time!

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  24. I woke up so happy and excited this morning, thinking about how great it must be for you to wake up this morning, with your family's whole wonderful future ahead of you! We love you guys!

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  25. hooray! praise God for good news today! lots of love to you and your family!

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  26. So very, very happy to read this! Thank you Jesus!

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  27. What a tremendous blended family you have now all become. A child can only benefit from having so many people to love him.....

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  28. I saw your subject line and was so excited. God is so good. What an answered prayer to have this kind of outcome where Matthew gets to stay in such a great place everyone involved is at peace.

    Praying for all the details to be smooth and for the ongoing relationships.

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  29. He works all things for good for those who love Him.
    Celebrating with you, a world away....
    K.

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  30. Praise GOD! I have been haunting your blog in recent days, hoping for just such an answer to so many prayers. Rejoicing with you at His goodness!

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  31. Found your blog via Michelle's and I've been praying for you and your family...this pose was too exciting not to say - YEA! God is good :)

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  32. I am SO happy for you!!

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  33. OH MY GOODNESS! What an awesome answer to prayer. I am so excited that Matthew is forever yours. God is so good!!!

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  34. While we don't know each other, I stumbled across your blog and have been following your incredible journey! Matthew is indeed blessed to have you as caring parents - actually, you are all so blessed to have each other! God is sooo good!

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  35. I like your Blog! My wife and I attend a small Baptist church in Union Grove, WI, but she suffers from COPD and congestive heart failure. I write a Christian based Blog: TOM'S JOURNAL.
    I just found a great Bible: the DEFINED KJV Bible.... please check out this site: biblefortoday.org.

    Warm Regards,
    Tom S
    tschuckman@aol.com
    Disabled Vietnam Veteran: 68-70
    Jesus is Lord.

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  36. Lori, that's WONDERFUL!!! :-D Yay!!!! My heart jumped when I saw your post and I dared to hope. When I read the news I almost yelled. :) ha ha! I wrote about it here: www.queridafamiliablog.blogspot.com

    Yippeeeeee!

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  37. Hallelujah!!! What a perfect, perfect display of the will of God!! Praising with you today!

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  38. Congratulations!
    I don't know how I found you but have been checking on you for a while now. I'm glad the bio dad is on board and it has become peaceful! Praise!

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  39. Yipee! Can't wait to follow the rest of the journey of the little guy who is so loved by four parents during his life.

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  40. Ooh I just came on to catch up and I can't believe it! I mean, I do, but PRAISE GOD! I'm so so happy for you and so excited to see all these prayers answered. Enjoy your family!

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