So...for some time now Josh and I have been praying about adoption. We've both known for a while that God has been calling us to adopt. And some of you will remember our first Christmas letter saying that we had decided to start our family through adoption. You will also remember that right after that letter we announced our "SURPRISE" pregnancy and our sweet Oliver's birth. Then came Wyatt before we knew it and all the while we wondered when adoption would fit in. We continued to pray and felt God leading us to pursue adoption for our third child. We began looking at programs that fit our needs (ages of children in home currently, years married, etc.) and were drawn to Africa due to the overwhelming need and the large numbers of orphans. We thought we were ready in January but we soon realized that the timing was not quite right and we waited. We also researched and to be honest became overwhelmed. There was many a day during that time that I thought having another biological child would just be so much easier!! But I knew in my heart of hearts that God was calling us to adopt and many a day I did not know if we would be obedient or not. We are not in a financial standing to commit the money it will take to adopt and we kept praying over that issue and God kept responding that all He wanted from us was faith. Faith to step out in spite of everything we were feeling overwhelmed by and trust Him. Finally in July we felt the calling even stronger and knew the timing was right to add another child to our family. We've also seen God soften hearts of family around us who have volunteered to help finance parts of the adoption which we knew was a huge answer to prayer. We applied to America World Adoption Agency and today received the amazing phone call letting us know that we have officially been approved to adopt a child from Ethiopia through their agency! We know there is a LONG road ahead of us but we feel such freedom to be able to tell people that we are officially "paper chasing" now to bring home what will be our third child through adoption from Ethiopia! We are thrilled to be starting this journey and will admit that we are currently overwhelmed with all that lies ahead but know that God has already laid out the path he would have us take. We ask our friends and family to begin praying for us as we start this amazing journey. We will definitely keep you updated through this blog and look forward to sharing this journey with you!
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