Disappointment

Two days ago, Jonathan received an email from his chaplain friend in Kuwait. It looks like Jonthan will still have to go to Kuwait for 6 months. He will leave right around Thanksgiving.

It will be arranged for him to be back in Georgia in time for Jon Paul's high school graduation and leaving for basic training.

It also means that our adoption case study will be put on hold, and just when it looked like things were moving forward.

The case worker of one child is going to check with her supervisor about us adopting one particular child since there will be a month between Jon's finishing in Augusta and leaving for Kuwait. And this is part of military life. But I rather have my doubts that we will be given the okay. However, I also know that if this child is the one that God wants us to adopt, then things will work out somehow.

I will post updates if things change.

Adoption Gathering

We went to an adoption gathering today done in Macon. This is where a large group of kids available for adoption come and have a chance to interact with families looking to adopt. There were about 45 kids today. We had a chance to meet quite a few of the kids while playing games, drawing, and doing other activities.

There were 3 children that we are going to seek more information. We did have a chance to speak briefly with their case workers and think they might be possible matches for our family. The ironic thing is that we went thinking were were looking for a sibling group- with at least one boy. The kids we met today are a 12 year old boy, an 11 year old girl and a 16 year old girl (as of Monday).

We now will have our home study sent to the case workers and see what happens from there. In a month, Jonathan and I will attend a meeting of case workers from all over the state at a matching conference. Fortunately this is being held in Augusta, so Jonathan will be able to attend.

We will keep you informed as we have more news. Please keep praying that we will know which child or children are the ones for us. It will not be an easy decision, there are so many wonderful children needing homes. But we only have so much room in the house right now.

Eye Update

I had the Lasik surgery on Thursday. The surgeon did a modified mono-vision. This means one eye (left) was corrected to be able to see somewhat close (so I can read my watch and see my cell phone, but not be able to clearly read a book).

I saw the eye doctor on Friday for a one day check. Everything seems to be doing well. I can see fairly well, although at times things go out of focus temporarily- this is normal. I am having trouble reading, but after my eyes are completely healed, then I can get some reading glasses. This will make doing my puzzle books and working on the computer much easier.

It does seem odd not to have to keep track of my glasses anymore- except for sunglasses. The surgery did not help my sensitivity to light- but then it usually doesn't. I haven't tried driving at night yet- so I don't know how that will work.

Lasik

Becky is going to have Lasik surgery on Wed, Aug 12th. The surgeon is offering a special price until the end of August, and was able to schedule me in before then.

If things go as expected, I will only need a pair of magnifying glasses for reading and working on the computer. It will be really nice to be able to drive and clearly see the road signs. And it will be even nicer to clearly see my family's faces without things being very blurry.

The out-of-focus problems I've been having lately are not due to a degeneration in my eyes, but rather a shifting of the plane in my astigmatism. My eyes are actually very healthy.

Senoir photos

You can go here to look at the proofs that were picked out for Jon Paul's senior photos. Numbers 4914 & 4917 will be in the yearbook. We will go to Sears and get others done for sharing (prices at this studio are TOO high!)

Please go to: www.richardsstudio.us

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