Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork

Wow, no one was kidding when they said there's a lot of paperwork to adopt!  Two packets later and one email and I think we probably have close to one hundred pieces of paper to complete.  Making the most of it and enjoying the journey to our daughter.

The suspense

I thought I had learned some patience throughout the last year+ that we've been talking about adoption - maybe not so much! Even though no news is good news, I couldn't take it anymore....I had to email our adoption agency just to be sure that they did in fact receive our application. In the meantime, we have started to research fundraising and have started to think about what activities we would like to pursue (when the time comes). We will defiantly be paying for much of the adoption ourselves, but it's quite expensive to adopt and we would be so grateful to have some additional support. We are having a little bit of a hard time thinking about fundraising as we already have five kids and we aren't sure what type of reaction we're going to get from people. We truly feel led to do this and are following through on what we've been called to do. There are certainly days where I laugh because God is funny! Five kids already and we should adopt from China? To say we are honored to be called for such a task is an understatement. There are 163 million orphans in the world today - soon there will be one less and no matter what it costs, we can't put a price on that!

I stand in awe

Just mailed our application!  God placed adoption on our hearts a little over a year ago.  We've spent the past year researching adoption, talking and praying trying to figure out if adoption is right for us....and to make sure He was really talking to us!  : )  God makes no mistakes and we've heard Him loud and clear.  It all comes down to faith.  Faith in our great Father, we will follow Him. 


We hope you'll follow us on our journey of faith as we bring home our daughter and sister. 


I've had all these things I want to say run through my mind for when I was able to start this blog, but for today; I stand in awe for He is good and makes the impossible, possible.


For our sweet little girl; we haven't seen your face or heard your voice, but cannot wait for the day you reach out to us and we can wrap our arms around you.  We don't know if you're born yet or if you sit in an orphanage not knowing that you are waiting on your forever family.  We will teach you the unconditional love of God, we will give you family.  You are not an orphan to us, you are our daughter and sister.


I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you
John 14:18