I never intended to start a blog. For the life of me, I couldn't think of why anyone would be interested in reading it. I still can't. But, I've been encouraged by a few people to start one. . . so here I am. The reason I decided to start one now is simple. . . . God has started us on a journey called adoption and we firmly believe that any journey God sends us on is never just for us. The things He does in our lives are meant to be shared - it's His testimony - so I'm happy to share it. I will be honest and forthcoming with all parts of our adoption process (with out going into too much detail when it's not necessary). Adoption takes time, patience, soul searching, answering hard questions, many ups and downs, and yes - money. People don't like to talk about money very much, but the way I see it is this: God will get the glory in all aspects of our adoption journey, and money is a huge way where His hand is going to be seen as we step forward in faith! So, in order to make sure God gets ALL the glory through our process, no part will be off limits for me to talk about.
We always said that adoption wasn't a matter of "if" but a matter of "when." The "when" hit me hard early November, 2010. For months prior to that day, my heart was becoming more and more tender to the orphan again. I could not even watch a short video on Operation Christmas Child without choking down tears. I was pushing away thoughts of how to rearrange my house or how many more kids our living room could handle. What was I thinking? We can't afford this right now! We don't even have any baby stuff anymore! Then the first Sunday of November came. Adoption was the focus at church that morning - and I came armed with kleenex! Two couples who have gone through their own adoption processes shared from the front that day. Both were powerful. But one of the women said something that I could not shake. She said she had come to the point of realizing that adoption was not about her, or her family, or even that child(ren) they had hopes of bringing home. It's about taking His light to the dark places.
And so begins our journey as we rely on God to help us bring Light to dark places.
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