It was only 1 1/2 months ago, Sunday, August 7th to be exact that God spoke clearly to us that He wanted us to adopt. Only 1 1/2 months ago!!!
We said, "Yes, Lord!" and began doing our due diligence by checking out agencies. We have gone to two orientation meetings with two different agencies (this is the first step at any agency) but we fell in love with a third one that we merely had a phone call with. We were slightly disappointed that the earliest we coud get to their orientation meeting was November 14th. But we were trusting God and His timing.
Then, on Tuesday, September 20th at noon, our entire world changed. We were called by the agency and asked if we were only interested in newborns. But before I go there, let me tell you a little more about our process.
We knew we were going to adopt. That was it! God was only revealing one step at a time, which is fine because He is God and we trust Him. But with that comes a lot of unknowns. We were pretty confident about a few things; we would adopt local and we hoped to have a boy anywhere from newborn to age 4. This was at least our wish list, but even at that, we were open to whomever God had picked out for us.
Every agency we have talked with has given us the projected timeline. About 4-6 months to complete the process to be eligible to adopt, and then approximately another 6 months to 2 years for placement. We were settling in for the long haul. Again, this didn't bother us, we were just trusting God that as we took steps, He would illuminate our path and make every step plain.
So we were NOT expecting this call on Tuesday. The agency director, who is also a Christian and understands our faith and how God must play a part in all of this, called us and asked us the question, "Are you only interested in newborns." To which we replied, "Nope! We are totally open to an older child." That is when she began to tell us a story about a young boy, age 4, in need of a forever family. I can't go into his story, but both Matthew and I stood there listening and tears filled our eyes.
We took the next 24 hours and prayed. And when we came back together, we felt peace about moving forward with the next step of meeting with the Director and having an interview with her. So we did, on Thursday. And that is where we found out the cost of this independant adoption. This is time sensitive and we are CONFIDENT that if God is in this, He will provide. We still have some steps in front of us, but in order to take those steps, we need to have some things paid for.
We are going to do all we can on our end to raise the money needed, and we will depend on God to go above and beyond what we cannot possibly do on our own. We aren't begging for money, but some of you have asked if we could set up this account as you don't live anywhere by us and want to be a part of our story. And for that we are so very grateful. All the money raised will go towards our adoption expenses and getting what this little guy will need. He could be in our home within 2-3 weeks!
We can't adopt all of the children, but we can adopt one, and raise him to be a boy of God, world changer, and mighty warrior. We love you all and thank you ahead of time for reading our story that is only just beginning.
We welcome your prayers and look forward to introducing our forever son with you very shortly!!!
We said, "Yes, Lord!" and began doing our due diligence by checking out agencies. We have gone to two orientation meetings with two different agencies (this is the first step at any agency) but we fell in love with a third one that we merely had a phone call with. We were slightly disappointed that the earliest we coud get to their orientation meeting was November 14th. But we were trusting God and His timing.
Then, on Tuesday, September 20th at noon, our entire world changed. We were called by the agency and asked if we were only interested in newborns. But before I go there, let me tell you a little more about our process.
We knew we were going to adopt. That was it! God was only revealing one step at a time, which is fine because He is God and we trust Him. But with that comes a lot of unknowns. We were pretty confident about a few things; we would adopt local and we hoped to have a boy anywhere from newborn to age 4. This was at least our wish list, but even at that, we were open to whomever God had picked out for us.
Every agency we have talked with has given us the projected timeline. About 4-6 months to complete the process to be eligible to adopt, and then approximately another 6 months to 2 years for placement. We were settling in for the long haul. Again, this didn't bother us, we were just trusting God that as we took steps, He would illuminate our path and make every step plain.
So we were NOT expecting this call on Tuesday. The agency director, who is also a Christian and understands our faith and how God must play a part in all of this, called us and asked us the question, "Are you only interested in newborns." To which we replied, "Nope! We are totally open to an older child." That is when she began to tell us a story about a young boy, age 4, in need of a forever family. I can't go into his story, but both Matthew and I stood there listening and tears filled our eyes.
We took the next 24 hours and prayed. And when we came back together, we felt peace about moving forward with the next step of meeting with the Director and having an interview with her. So we did, on Thursday. And that is where we found out the cost of this independant adoption. This is time sensitive and we are CONFIDENT that if God is in this, He will provide. We still have some steps in front of us, but in order to take those steps, we need to have some things paid for.
We are going to do all we can on our end to raise the money needed, and we will depend on God to go above and beyond what we cannot possibly do on our own. We aren't begging for money, but some of you have asked if we could set up this account as you don't live anywhere by us and want to be a part of our story. And for that we are so very grateful. All the money raised will go towards our adoption expenses and getting what this little guy will need. He could be in our home within 2-3 weeks!
We can't adopt all of the children, but we can adopt one, and raise him to be a boy of God, world changer, and mighty warrior. We love you all and thank you ahead of time for reading our story that is only just beginning.
We welcome your prayers and look forward to introducing our forever son with you very shortly!!!