Thank you for your faithfulness in praying for our family in regards to adoption. This has been a long, hard, emotional road.
As you know, we adopted Amber Kate on March 27th. We had five days with her in our family and then we had to give her up because her birthmom changed her mind about placing her for adoption. This has been painful for us. We miss Amber tremendously and pray that we will have her back soon. Currently, the birthmom is in the process of gaining custody of Amber from the foster care system. She could still place Amber with us, or her rights could be terminated by the state. . . . .we wait. Meanwhile we receive bits of news that Amber is a happy, healthy baby who loves music and people! We miss her sweet smiles.
In the mean time, our desire to be parents is still there. We had requested that our file remain closed until we knew what was happening with Amber. Our agency, however, presented us with another option two weeks ago (April 23rd):
There is currently another African American baby girl who needs a family. She was born a healthy 9 pounds on April 10th, 2008. If we wanted her, we could have her and then Amber too, if she became available. This adoption would not hinder logistically or financially getting Amber back. Another plus, the birthmom's rights were already terminated--no chance of her changing her mind. We thought it through over the weekend and decided to move forward! Maybe this was our answer to originally requesting twins. . we'll see! We have waited to break the news until she was ready for placement. Now we are set and most of the paperwork is in place. We plan to pick her up Monday, May 12th and be home as early as Tuesday, May 13th. Please pray for the following:
--Our hearts--They are fragile from losing Amber and we desire a successful adoption
--For safe travels
--For the baby's medical paperwork to come in today
--For Interstate compact to pass by Monday (this gives us permission to leave the state on Tuesday to come back home with the baby)
--For Bonding (this baby is a month old)
--For the birth father's rights to be successfully terminated on May 12th
Please help us welcome Lily Grace Leach!
And please continue to pray for her "big" sister Amber Kate, that we would have her soon (her birthmom's court date is May 19th).
Thanks for praying,
Weyland & Katie Leach
8 comments:
Yeah! Wahoo....I will let my Lily Grace know that she has a little twin in your home soon. What a sweet treasure this little one is. continuing to pray over Amber and her situation - never understanding, but always trusting the Lords plans.
Yea! She's gorgeous! We can't wait to meet her...we'll continue to pray for Lily and Amber and you two as well. Much love!
Praise the Lord! We will pray for the Lord to open every door and provide for you in every way. All God's blessings!
How exciting! Please let us know if you want to stay here! The Lord is faithful!
Praise the Lord! I will be thinking of and praying for you over the next several days. Can't wait to meet your girls. :)
Guys, I am SOO excited for you! The Lord is truly gracious and kind. My heart is so with you in prayer and excitement. We LOVE black babies (obviously!) and are so excited for your family to grow in this way.
Ruth Young
Praise God from whom all blessings flow!! This is awesome! We are so happy for you, Katie and Weyland! You will make awesome parents!
I am so excited for you!!! I wish I was there to help in some way... but I'll definitely be praying. Please post more pictures as soon as you can!
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