Growing Kids God's Way

We just finished up our third trip down this 18 week adventure. We had two really good couples stick it out for the full class. Stacey and I took the class about 4 years or so ago and have since facilitated (more like hosted) the class two more times since then. It is a great class that gives Christian parents a lot of things to think about and practical applications to use while trying to raise moral children. It is a good course and I would strongly encourage anyone that has children and would like to try to be a better parent to consider taking it before they your children get too old.
In just about 2 weeks, we will have an answer to the question that we probably get most often and that is "Do you know what you are getting?" It is kind of a funny question because we know we are getting a child (or children). We have filled out our paperwork to be able to get up to 2 children that are between the ages of 18 months and 6 years old. Of course we have had day dreams about what we might get but we have tried to stay open minded about it up to this point. Our approach has been the same as if we were actually delivering the baby. We will hope for a relatively healthy child, boy or girl, or both and we will love with all of our heart any child that God provides. If we were delivering a child, we would not have any say so about the health of that child so we are trying to put it all in God's hands. Really, what else can we do?? We haven't decided when we will announce what referral we have accepted as a result of the appointment. I am sure that we will be anxious to share any news that we may have but we will also want to guard our enthusiasm until we actually meet the child/children.
We leave in 13 days. We need to start packing (or at least get a dry run going). The pile of stuff that we are taking is geting bigger and bigger. Not too big yet but we haven't packed any clothes yet. The advice that we have gotten from several that have been is take about 2/3rds of what you think you will need. I have seen the pile of stuff we take for a single overnight at Grandma's house so it will be interesting to see what we end up with.
Please don't be afraid to post a comment or to send us an e-mail. Especially while we are gone. We are anticipating a severe case of homesickness by the time we get over there that probably will only get worse the longer we are gone.