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Monday, August 8, 2011

Long time no post

It has been a long time between my last post and this one so please hang on it is going to be a bumpy ride.  First things first....My co-worker that was thinking about adoption that showed up at my desk with his wife have filled out the paperwork and are back in doing foster care.  They have both shown up at my desk again asking advice about how to make a blog, website and how to advertise their desire for adoption.  So I will continue to work with them as time permits.  Second, item of business the FSA conference is real soon so anyone who has the ability to go should.  Previous years has proven to be such an experience and all who have attend it have come away with such a new outlook on adoption that is worth going of you can.  Miriam and I were going and had request a day off from work but because of some stuff going on around the house we are not going to be able to attend.  Local Colorado FSA members are going to be speaking so showing them support is both a reward and a blessing.  Third we have a saga at our home have you ever had something that you set in a "safe place" because you know that your going to need it and well now that we need it we cannot remember what "safe place" we put the stuff in.  That is going on in our home we have some missing parts to some furniture that has been in storage and we know that we put the hardware in a safe place and now we cannot recall the location of the hardware.   I ordered the replacement parts from the manufacturer today and wow the 7 little screws cost me $30.  In one though I say that is expensive on the other I see this as cheap way to make my wife happy at me.  Forth continuing with the furniture topic we went to IKEA because our friend wanted to go on opening day.  We went and had dinner then attempted to walk.  SO MANY PEOPLE!!!! we could not even make our way around to see things people were in the way everywhere.  So we did not stay long we figured we could always go back later to wonder around.

As with most of my posts I want to post a question.... The question is while we were at church on Sunday we had many people giving their testimonies and all were wonderful but we had two that seemed to stick out in everyone mind.  First one was a man who is a truck driver and was only passing through town.  He missed his wife and was on the road and wanted to express his love for her and his father in Heaven. Very true and simple testimony.  Second was a young woman who is new to the ward, she got up and was telling about how she is 23 and finds herself pregnant with her first child abandon by the father and her family to deal with the child on her own.  Oh what a blessing Miriam and I just happen to be adopting and have knowledge of the adoption process.  This girl does not need to go this alone she needs to talk with Kelly at Family Services.  So we gave her a copy of our pass-a-long cards and Family Services numbers.  Giving her additional info like this could lead to someone who can not have children to her and may even open the door for an adoption.  So was it wrong for us to pass on our information after sacrament meeting??  Should we have left her to find her own way?  This was the delima with talking to anyone right after.

1 comment:

  1. Information never hurts. I think it was thoughtful to let her know that there is someone who can help her weigh her options and make the best choice for her baby.

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