Ever feel like no matter how hard you try, something seems to keep going wrong?
We have been working with our Dr's office to get a letter stating our general health info and that they feel we are fit to be adoptive parents. You would think we are asking them to personally hand deliver the letter to the orphanage in Haiti. 2 MONTHS we have been waiting for this letter, 2 MONTHS!! I lost track of how many phone calls I've made checking on the status of this letter. Finally, the stars aligned and I got the call that the letter was ready to be picked up. Part of the hassle was our Dr had to have the letter notarized by a bonded notary. Basically means, she had to stop by her bank and have it notarized. Bank notaries are always bonded. We have learned so much about notaries since starting the adoption process. Anyways, I was on cloud 9 when I finally had the letter in my possession. I immediately scanned the letter and emailed it to our Social Worker and Haiti coordinator. This morning, we got an email from our coordinator that there was a problem with the notary who notarized the letter. Her notary stamp expired in January. The notaries expiration date on their stamp has to be good for at least 12 months from the date the document is notarized. HUGE problem! Now, we have to get our Dr, who is now on maternity leave, to sign the letter again in front of a different notary. I wanted to say so many bad words when I found this information out and immediately started freaking out.
Here is where God shows up in a massive way... Moments after this extremely frustrating email, Clayton got a phone call from a woman who is a bonded notary. We had paid her to meet us at the Sheriffs office and notarize a background check for us this morning. Super sweet woman and she was so interested in our adoption journey. During her call with Clayton she said as soon as she notarized our documents, she left the Sheriffs office and felt God tell her that He wanted her to help our family out and use her notary stamp however we needed. She told us that she will gladly meet us anywhere we need her to and will notarize as much stuff as we need her to ALL FOR FREE!! We had to pay $35 for 2 forms to be notarized today... We still have a ton of documents to be notarized.
Gods timing is always perfect. I think He waits until I am at my 'freak out' moment and then consistently shows up and proves Himself over and over again. Up until now, my friend who is a bonded notary has been helping us out when we needed documents notarized. She is currently on maternity leave and its not easy for her to meet us all over town when we need forms notarized now that she has a newborn. I am so grateful that God has blessed us with another resource for getting our forms notarized. Every piece of paper that is sent in our Dossier packet must be notarized so this is a HUGE blessing! Its so cool to see how God has used so many different people on our journey to our Little Man in Haiti.
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