So it Begins...

We completed our preliminary application and the formal application.  Some questions were so hard to answer.  'Are you willing to adopt a child with a physical problem' or 'emotional problem'?  They give you two options, 'yes' or 'no'.  Those questions can have such HUGE ranges that saying no would eliminate a lot of children as options.  I have no problem adopting a child with a physical problem that is not life threatening or not so severe that we would have to care for him the rest of our lives. 

We also checked that we would be willing to adopt a sibling group.  I have always had four names picked out for my 'kids' as I was in college; Abigail, Lydia, Micah, and Josiah.  Who knows, this adoption may bring us a little Micah and Josiah.  The unknown is soooo frightening, but yet exciting at the same time. 

We have put off adopting for years because we could not decided on what country to adopt from, oh, and I got pregnant with Lydia. :) We still don't know what country.  We have been accepted for Bulgaria, Uganda, South Korea, Hong Kong, Ghana, Ethiopia, and the Philippines.  We are so open...all we know for sure is we want at least 1 boy and as young as possible.  It will be amazing to see when all is said and done, who exactly we welcome to our family. 

Dear Lord,
I pray you would be with the mother and father of our child.  I don't know if our son has been created yet or if he has already been born.  Protect him during the pregnancy.  Protect his little life if he is being cared for by someone right now.  We trust him to your during this time.  Amen.

Trying the Blog Thing

I am soooo not a writer, but I feel the need to record the journey our family is about to embark on.  Don't really care if anyone follows this blog. I am doing this for one person. That person is my future son.  I want him to read this one day and realize all the time spent, love offered, prayers said, effort used, and miracles performed by God that took place to bring him home to our family.  We are about to begin our adoption journey.  I have no face in mind, no country, no age, not even a name, but only a burden in my heart to adopt a little boy.  God knows his face, name, age, and what country he is in.  I am trusting in Him to unite us as a family in His timing.

Dear God, you are in charge of this adoption.  You had this planned before time and help us to rest in that knowledge as we begin this long, scary, uncertain, expensive, but SO incredibly worthy adventure.  We love you and love our future son that you have prepared for us. Amen.