Friday, January 28, 2011
Prayer Request
We have the home visit portion of our home study tomorrow morning. Please pray that all will go well!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Over the past months as we have asked for prayer and wise counsel about our adoption journey I have had several people ask "Why would you bother to adopt internationally when there are children right here that you can adopt for free?". This is a question that is not easily answered, in general or for our family. We have considered doing a foster to adopt program but do not believe that this is the right option for our family for a number of reasons (explaining all of that will have to be another post).
So, why should people spend the equivalent of the cost of a new vehicle (or more) to rescue children from orphanages or group homes in another country? Check out this post from the Malone Family and I think you may start to understand why.
Yes, children in the United States need loving forever families too! But the reality is that while living in foster homes and being under the guardianship of the state is far from ideal, these children do not face the deplorable conditions and absolute lack of love that children in overseas institutions do.
Won't you please pray about supporting a family's adoption? We would love for you to support our adoption plans (I'll have a chip in link posted again soon), but if you don't please consider a donation to another family or an organization such as Reese's Rainbow or Project Hopeful that advocate for orphans.
So, why should people spend the equivalent of the cost of a new vehicle (or more) to rescue children from orphanages or group homes in another country? Check out this post from the Malone Family and I think you may start to understand why.
Yes, children in the United States need loving forever families too! But the reality is that while living in foster homes and being under the guardianship of the state is far from ideal, these children do not face the deplorable conditions and absolute lack of love that children in overseas institutions do.
Won't you please pray about supporting a family's adoption? We would love for you to support our adoption plans (I'll have a chip in link posted again soon), but if you don't please consider a donation to another family or an organization such as Reese's Rainbow or Project Hopeful that advocate for orphans.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Starting at Step One Again?
It has been a tumultuous 2 weeks in our lives. Soon after we confirmed with our adoption agency that we wanted to adopt from Haiti and had them send us the contract to sign Eric started having serious reservations about the adoption. I thought that the reality of signing the contract had given him cold feet, but it turns out he was hearing God much more clearly than I was! We prayed and talked and prayed some more. And even though I had been certain at the beginning that we were supposed to be adopting from Haiti I too started to have doubts.
We finally did what we should have done at the beginning and sought wise counsel and what we discovered made us realize why God had put those doubts in our minds. Thankfully we listened to what He was saying, because I believe that it prevented us from being in a very difficult situation. The end result of the last 2 weeks of confusion and prayer? We are right back where we started (almost). We still don't know where we are supposed to be adopting from.
Please pray with us that God would clearly reveal his plan for our adoption. We believe that we have an idea where he is leading, but we thought that about Haiti too :-/ so please join us in prayer that His will would be so obvious that even WE can understand!
We finally did what we should have done at the beginning and sought wise counsel and what we discovered made us realize why God had put those doubts in our minds. Thankfully we listened to what He was saying, because I believe that it prevented us from being in a very difficult situation. The end result of the last 2 weeks of confusion and prayer? We are right back where we started (almost). We still don't know where we are supposed to be adopting from.
Please pray with us that God would clearly reveal his plan for our adoption. We believe that we have an idea where he is leading, but we thought that about Haiti too :-/ so please join us in prayer that His will would be so obvious that even WE can understand!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Another Step Forward!
We finally received our agency contract today and have taken a big step forward in our process. We now know where we will be adopting from! Drum roll please. The answer is ---------
Haiti!
The new member of our family will not look at all like our other children, which will be a huge change for us. As those of you who know us well can testify all four of our bio kids look enough alike to be twins if they were the same age. Several people have actually mistaken our youngest two (who are only 11 months apart) for twins! We've already talked with the older ones about the difficulties and prejudices we may face being a mixed race family.
I am on a mission to learn as much about Haiti and interracial adoption as I can in the next few days. I'll share some of the highlights with you as I go along.
Prayer Requests for Today:
1) That God would clearly reveal the child he has chosen for us both to the agency staff and to us.
2) That we would be prepared to meet our new little one's needs emotionally as he grows up in a family that doesn't look like him and doesn't share his cultural background.
Haiti!
The new member of our family will not look at all like our other children, which will be a huge change for us. As those of you who know us well can testify all four of our bio kids look enough alike to be twins if they were the same age. Several people have actually mistaken our youngest two (who are only 11 months apart) for twins! We've already talked with the older ones about the difficulties and prejudices we may face being a mixed race family.
I am on a mission to learn as much about Haiti and interracial adoption as I can in the next few days. I'll share some of the highlights with you as I go along.
Prayer Requests for Today:
1) That God would clearly reveal the child he has chosen for us both to the agency staff and to us.
2) That we would be prepared to meet our new little one's needs emotionally as he grows up in a family that doesn't look like him and doesn't share his cultural background.
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