In his Word we hope, by his strength we wait.

As we wait to hear (Wednesday) if we will be baby Hope's forever family we will wait with expectant hope!

As we wait we will also celebrate the mighty HEALING the Lord has already done in this precious baby!

Here is part of the report I received last Thursday:

The MRI scan was done last night. Everything appeared to be NORMAL J. No signs of brain injury were noted at this time. In addition, her nurses and doctor told me that they are very optimistic & that Hope ‘appears’ to have “appropriate neurology”…. A kidney scan was also done and that looks good; no problems were noted there either.

Isn't the Lord AMAZING!!

Hope is still on a ventilator. She has a lot of secretions in her lungs so it is anticipated that it might be a couple more days before she is able to breathe on her own. The good news is that the ventilator is almost on the  minimal setting! Let us continue to pray that the secretions find their way out of her body so that little Miss can begin breathing on her own and taking a bottle! Maybe she's just waiting for her Mommy to give her her first bottle...hmmm... maybe! :)  Let’s keep praying!

As I mentioned above, early this week the agency will form a placement committee (Tuesday) that will meet to make their decision.  Please join us in prayer that the Lord will make ABUNDANTLY CLEAR which family is Hope’s forever family to the entire room.  Pray that they would all seek the Lord individually and depend on HIS guidance to make their choice- not merely the facts on paper in front of them.

The committee will notify all waiting families by Wednesday.  We hope and pray that above all the Lord’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for your prayers and support.  You all mean the world to us.

In all of the uncertainty we are facing we will lean on the steadfast love and strength of our LORD!

Hope

Oh how I have hoped for this day! I am not sure how else to begin this post than just to get straight to our news:

THERE IS A BABY.

Niles and I received an email yesterday from the director of our agency passing along information (from another agency) about a baby girl in Charleston that needed a family.

Here is what we know:

·        She was born last Wednesday, June 13^th, at MUSC in Charleston.

·        She weighed 7lbs 4 ounces at birth.

·        When she was born there were medical complications and she had to be resuscitated.

·        It is possible that during and after delivery this baby’s brain was injured- we are not yet sure if this is the case nor to what extent.

·         She is in serious but stable condition in the NICU of MUSC.

We also know that her mother made a selfless and loving decision to surrender her parental rights at the hospital.

Before she surrendered her rights, she named the baby...

Hope.

Hope.  Of all the names in the world this sweet baby girl could receive… apart from maybe “Ruth”the name “Hope” could NOT have spoken any louder to us. 

Just last weekPastor Skip preached from 1 Samuel 10 in a sermon entitled

“God, Signs and Confirmations” (I encourage you to listen to it!)…

In this Sermon Skip taught us about the way “God Calls” his people, then gives signs of confirmation and then empowers them to do what He has called them to do.  (God has great timing- don't you think? J)

Lets just say that the Lord gave us sign after sign after sign yesterday! 

I want to share some of these with you in the hope that your faith will grow as our has!

·        The baby’s name is Hope.

·        The placement fee (money due to the agency at the time of placement) is the EXACT amount we have raised to date.

·        After Niles heard the news of baby Hope he went to a Godly friend and co-worker to ask her to pray.  When he gave her the information of Hope’sbirth she said “we share the same birthday!”

·        I received a letter, just 30 minutes prior to our news, from a young lady that said she hoped our Ruthie would be in our arms“sooner rather than later” and her last name HAPPENS TO BE Hope.

·        Baby Hope is to be discharged from the Hospital just days after Niles’s summer bonus hits our account which will cover all of our expected legal fees.

·        The entire time I was on the phone outside with the agency, attorney, friends/family (at least 3 hours!) I was SURROUNDED by butterflies.  Seriously, they were everywhere.

·        When Niles and I sat down last evening to write down some of these “signs” this song came on our Pandora station

And the list goes on and on! We are so grateful that our Father has shown us so clearly what our next step should be- we are pursuing this little girl and praying that she will join our family!

So now what happens?

Now, again, we wait.

We wait for the agency to receive our adoption portfolio as well as our approved home study (tomorrow morning). 

Then, we wait for the agency- here is a part of an email from them: 
We are in the process now of collecting home studies & portfolios from families that are seriously interested &committed to following through with adopting this little girl, should they be chosen.  Our goal is to find the very best family for her that is equipped to deal with any special needs that she may have.  I anticipate that we will make decision on this within a week or less.

So we wait.  And we hope.  And we wait some more.

We desire for baby Hope to join our family and become Ruth Hope Ferguson.  Our greatest desire is for God’s will to be done on earth as it is in Heaven. 

Amen.

Rejoice in HOPE!

Do you have you "hope." band yet?

Make a $10 donation and you'll receive your very own band in no time!

Also, don't forget about our CONTEST!
 
Share this post on facebook and you will be

entered to win

2 free bands!

Love you all!

My Hope is in You

Have you entered our contest today?

Let's spread the word and share some 'hope"!

A "hope"ful week!

It’s hard to believe this week marks the one year anniversary of the beginning of our adoption journey!  

The Lord has been faithful and steadfast every, single, step.  He has grown our faith with each passing day and blessed us beyond anything we could have ever HOPEd for. 

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. -Hebrews 11:1

Although our Ruth is not yet home we HOPE in HIM, and HIM alone to bring her to our family- in his perfect timing!

And you, the Cinco Mariposas Family, have been a beautiful encouragement and support to us this entire year.  Thank you for your prayers.  Thank you for your loving kindness.  Thank you for your financial support. 

We pray the Lord’s face shines upon you in a new and tangible way today!

To commemorate this HOPEfilled week we are excited to unveil…

For every $10 donation to our adoption fund you will receive your very own “hope.” band!  The bands are available in limited quantities in

Purple, Blue & Red

How do you get your very OWN “hope.” band you ask?  It’s easy! 

You have 2 VERY simple options:

1) Email us at FergusonAdoption@gmail.com and tell us how many  “hope.” bands you want.  Then if you’re local I’ll deliver your band(s) right away!  (You can give me your donation at the time of delivery)

2) For those of you that are not local or simply prefer to donate online, we have a Paypal DONATE button on the right side of the blog!  Simply enter your email address and tell us *which band you’d like.  Then we’ll either mail or deliver you a band within the week! 
(*note:  we only ordered 55 hope bands with approximately 18 in each color. Color preferences will be followed whenever possible.)

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BUT WAIT!  THERE’S MORE!

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Since so many of you donated to receive our “Psalm 91:4” bands-  we have ordered more!

Since this is a special week we are offering  "Psalm 91:4" bands for $10 as well!!

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And finally, we couldn’t have a week this exciting without having a CONTEST!

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Help us SPREAD the word and be entered to win a FREE

“hope.”  band &

“Psalm 91:4”

That’s 2 free bands!

How to enter:

To enter share this blog post or information about our bands on Facebook then leave me a comment here on this post that you’ve done it.  THAT’S IT!!  You can enter once per day and you have until 11PM on Saturday to enter. 

Thanks for helping us spread the word- happy posting!