Holland Adoption

While we were in Eastern Europe adopting Wesley, Patricia found "Mercy" on Reece's Rainbow and fell in love with her! We began to pray for her and for her forever family. She began to weigh very heavy on both of our hearts and Patricia began to share her profile on Facebook and started advocating for her to be adopted. Deep down we both new that this was our daughter. We both were fearful of the unknown of another adoption so quickly and the fact that we are still planning on getting Mirabel as soon as she becomes available. Over time it became so crystal clear that God was saying the time is now! We both felt an overwhelming peace that this is what God was calling us to do.
We know that this journey will not be easy, but if we keep our eyes focused on Jesus He will provide a way. We both feel like Peter when he got out of the boat and walked on water, but our goal is to not take our eyes off of our precious Jesus. We were both recently reminded that in this teaching we often overlook the 11 other disciples who were too afraid to get out of the boat and missed the opportunity to walk on water. Even when Peter began to sink Jesus extended his hand and pulled him out of the water. He will never leave us or forsake us. Even though adopting again after being home from the last adoption for only six months may seem crazy in the world's eyes we know nothing is to big if you are following God's calling on your life.

"Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Savior"
(Oceans, Hillsong United)

Our daughter (almost 3 years old) already loves her sissy and we can't wait to see the interaction and love shared between all four children when "Mercy" comes home. Our prayer for the last year has been for God to break our hearts for what breaks His and loving the "least of these" is exactly what God has called us to do. We suspect that our adoption process will go very quickly and to be honest we do not have near enough funds for this, but we know God will show us a way one step at a time. Step one was to step out of the boat and say "yes" to Mercy and we look forward to seeing God work the rest of the steps out. It's hard for God to get the glory when you have every step completely figured out but when you step out in faith He receives all the glory for how the process works out. Thank you for getting to know our story and God bless!