Work

Things are going along rather well. I had to preside over a few weddings and some funerals as well. Lots of elders are breathing thier last. I have to prepare for simSunday's sermon. Nicole has been inviting sims to the service and I am trying to make friends and form connections. Faith is growing bigger each day, such a wonderful child. I wonder if we will adopt another child? Nicole says that there's a little girl in the hood that she's worried about, B_____. Apparently her mother has no desire for her and her mother's husband doesn't want the child either. I would hate for the child to be neglected.

I'm a Mother on Mother's Day

Early simThursday I became a mother. Ironic since it is also the simday that the hood honors the mothers. Will I do this right? Can I raise her effectively? Thank goodness Lyndon is here encouraging me every step of the way. Tatiana, my boss, was even kind enough to give me three simdays paid parent leave.

Faith

Wow. God has been amazing. Simply amazing. Our faith has been through a test, but because of our faith we now have Faith!

It's amazing. We had almost given up hope. The fertility treatment resulted in a miscarriage, the adoption agency would never come by with our child. Then amazing! Very amazing! Nicole and I woke up this simThursday morning very early in the morning (about 1:30am) full of energy and restless. I headed outside (in the rain) to check on our tomato plants and Nicole was working on tidying the house up. Lo and behold, a blue van pulls up outside our door! The adoption agency was stopping by with our child! Our child!!!

We are now the proud parents of little Faith Humphrey. She's a cutie, medium skin and bright blue eyes. Nicole and I have been in awe. It doesn't matter that we now have a loan of $7000 (IVF treatment and adoption fees) that must be repaid. That loan is just part of the evidence of the struggle we went through to get little Faith. She is priceless

No Baby Despite Desperate Measures

Still no baby. We've been experimenting with some desperate measures now. We tried fertility treatments, which are very expensive, $5000 each try. It would figure that we lost the embryo...embryo...why do they call it an embryo. It's a child.

*sigh*

The simWednesday night service was ok. I was tired, only three sims showed up. Maybe simSunday will be better. I will personally call residents to invite them over then.

*sigh*

Why does it seem like the joy of parenthood eludes us.

No Luck

I finally started working at Tati's. I was waiting a little while until the adoption procedures were complete, but they're taking ages to process our application. They approve us and then no baby, they say it will take a bit longer due to our circumstances and still no baby. Are we meant to have a chile? Maybe we are destined to be without children? No, I refuse to believe so.

Lyndon has been spending his time counseling the residents about children and marriages and the like. I hope they come to service this simday.

No Luck

I finally started working at Tati's. I was waiting a little while until the adoption procedures were complete, but they're taking ages to process our application. They approve us and then no baby, they say it will take a bit longer due to our circumstances and still no baby. Are we meant to have a chile? Maybe we are destined to be without children? No, I refuse to believe so.

Lyndon has been spending his time counseling the residents about children and marriages and the like. I hope they come to service this simday.