The Beeson Blurbs: Life on Pause

Wow, has it really been nearly five months since we updated our blog? We realize that this is way beyond acceptable, so let’s break the silence and let you know what has been occurring in the Beeson household over the past few months.

Sarah said it best a couple weeks ago, it has felt like the pause button was hit on our lives since we made the decision in May to move from Mississippi to the Northeast. So, without trying to bore you too much, here are some brief highlights of the past few months.

May: We put our house on the market after Joey accepted a new job to teach at Cairn University (formerly called Philadelphia Biblical University) in PA.
June: We started the craziness of packing and moving.
July: We started the tough process of saying goodbye to our friends and church in MS. After a two day journey, with Sarah’s parents there to help, we arrived at their house on July 29.
August: Joey started his new job at Cairn, and we found out that all of our children were accepted to be able to go to school in the district where Sarah’s parents live. This was a major praise for Micah and Caleb so that their speech delay needs would continue to be met.
September: Our kids started school right after Labor Day, and we finally started getting into some good routines while living with Sarah’s parents. We also started looking more for a new home; we did make an offer on a home in PA, and it was accepted.
October: Closing on our new home was set for the end of the month, but then Hurricane Sandy paid a visit to the area. So, we continued to wait for closing to be rescheduled. We also had a good update conversation with Good Shepherd Fold (GSF) related to our adoption process, which is further detailed below.

While Joey is thoroughly enjoying his new job at Cairn University, we are ready to begin to make some roots here. We have enjoyed our time living with Sarah’s parents, and we are extremely grateful for all of their help with this transition so far. The kids have especially had some invaluable time with their grandparents.

However, it has been difficult transitioning to this area with the unknown of where we would live, where we would go to church, where the kids would go to school, etc. Through all of this, God has been faithful and is continuing to teach us to surrender to His will, timing, and plans.

We do have some great news that occurred on November 1. We were able to close on a new home, and we will be moving soon to Morrisville, PA. We will live two blocks away from our kids’ school, and it will only be a 10-15 minute commute for Joey to work. We will also still be around 30 minutes away from Sarah’s parents.

Not only will this give us the space to begin a new chapter as a family, but it also places us in a position again to be able to restart our adoption process. A major component of an adoption process is the home study, and because of our move from MS to PA, we will need to specifically revise the section related to our actual house. We appreciate your prayers that we will find a helpful social worker who will guide us through this process, and then after our home study has been revised, we will need to update our approvals with the various US government offices. As mentioned above, we had a good conversation with GSF back in October, and it appears that things are moving again with children to be placed, so we are hopeful the timing of us revising things on our end will coincide with processes in Uganda and at GSF.

Would you commit to praying for the following for our family?

The sale of our home in MS.
A smooth transition into our new home in PA.
That God would lead us to a new church home and a new set of friends, connections, etc.
A smooth transition for our kids into a new school.
A smooth home study revision process and that God would lead the leadership of GSF in making a referral to us in due time.
That God would provide for the financial needs related to our adoption process. We are open to a single child or a sibling group, and so far God has provided nearly $9,000 toward the estimated need of $15,000. If we do get a referral for a sibling group, this would increase our financial need. Information for supporting our family can be found on the top right-hand corner of our blog, and do feel free to contact us if you have any questions.